Fields on fire

I could have written this entry any time from a few weeks ago or even over the next few months as April to September is sugarcane cutting season. When I first witnessed the fire last year you wonder what is going on, whether it is out of control and how close it will get. From what I have been told, and before the slashing can begin, the sugarcane needs to be burnt, which makes it easier to cut and also to kill off any snakes lurking in the fields. So this was the view from our house where the fields of sugarcane start around 100metres away.