Black fields

Another seasonal sound here, burning grass whiz, crackle and hiss. Spring is the real black-field time in Russia, black spots of scorched grass are everywhere. But why does this still happen?

Apart from those who doesn’t mind throwing a smoking fag away, some do believe it benefits the new grass. Actulaly it benefits nothing but the heat-resistant weeds, and also hurts the young trees, leaves the birds with nothing to build the nests with and kills the worms – the good guys of the agricultural world praised by Darwin once.

Non-binaural recording, headphones are not required.

Recorded April 8th, 2010
Published May 1st, 2010.