Wisteria and palm at 48
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Tree gnomes
The apple tree that is home to the tree gnomes.
The big setting.
An alternate view from April. I think there have been some changes in the placement of the gnomes. Maybe they go and help people in the night, like the elves in the Grimm fairytale about the shoemaker.
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Cow fighting in Valais
The spectators ringside. Note the families with little kids.
The cows walking around.
One seemed to be eager to get on with the business of going up to the mountain meadows.
There was only this one water trough for the 30+ cows, which I thought was insufficient. The cow herders kept having to guard some of the ones taking a drink, to prevent a few other feisty ones from disturbing them while they were drinking.
The toilet for the biped masses.
The movie clip (just under two minutes long at 320 x 240 resolution):
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The one that's ready and the one that's waiting
The crops that I've been showing are almost all along the main road that becomes Hauptstrasse when it enters Villigen. Lots of variety in a small space. The village visible in the background is a neighboring village called Rüfenach.
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Golden crop of another sort
Fewer awns than on the one on the main blog.
Some statistics from 2000 from the Swiss agricultural unit. Update: try this new page here.
Out of 88,419 hectares used for human consumption:
Winter wheat Winterweizen 85.3%
Summer wheat Sommerweizen 10.2%
Rye Roggen 2.2%
Spelt Dinkel 2.0%
Emmer, Einkorn 0.2%
Mischel 0.1%
Out of 78,139 hectares used for animal feed:
Winter barley Wintergerste 45.9%
Corn Körnermais 27%
Triticale 16.5%
Oats Hafer 5.7%
Winter barley Sommergerste 4.5%
Mischel 0.4%
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The garden II
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