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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I don't know if it really was the Summer 2007 menu, but it was different from in the Spring. My photo doesn't do justice to the way the dish looked or to the way it tasted.
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