Have you ever wondered how the seemingly non productive landscape of Western Queensland can be quickly transformed into an area of lush green pastures after rain? How does this change happen?
The soils play host to a range of seeds, which can lie dormant for long periods of time. Once it rains, these seeds quickly germinate and grow. If you look carefully at the Channel Country soils, you can easily see these dormant seeds.
Even a careful search of black soil will reveal these seeds. And those black soil cracks are part of the magic of this rejuvenation. Whilst the soil cracks look ugly, they actually allow the rain water to penetrate deeply into the soils, and provide fabulous sub soil moisture for the growing plants once they are established.
How fortunate are we in Western Queensland to live amongst countryside that can perform miracles like this? Just magic!
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