This trio (adult and two kids, click on the photo to expand to a 1600 x 1200 pixel version) just finished cutting and raking a patch of grass and wildflowers under a row of fruit trees. Here they're getting on the tractor and fixing the gathering equipment for the piles of grass.
In the background, the slopes of Besserstein are visible with houses and vineyards.
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The eggs that I usually buy. The Naturafarm symbol, owned by the supermarket chain Coop, is supposed to be an assurance that the hens were fed an organic (Bio in German) diet and were treated "well".
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Reineclaude (Prunus domestica 'Reine Claude', Queen Claude in French) is another plum variety. You might be more familiar with the name greengage (Wikipedia). The cultivar was developed in France and was imported to the US in the mid-1700s where it was grown by both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington on their plantations in the lower mid-Atlantic states.
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These smaller, rectangular bales were taken off the fields as soon as they were put together.
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The bales that are stored outside are wrapped in plastic. Usually white or green. Some of them have designs on them. I think they look like monster marshmallows in this photo.
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This street leads to Hauptstrasse as it enters Villigen. The hill on the left half of the photo is the hill in the maize/corn post on the main site.
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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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This was my first choice for a while.
I like the way the background is out of focus in this second shot, but then my point was to also highlight the wheat, so that's why I eliminated it.
What I like about the third photo is how the flower is lit from the back and it's face on.
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