Still very busy here for any new photo's etc so still in France, a view of French farming.
This view from the Somme region.
One of the inhabitants.
Another dairy farm north of the Loire region had 85 cows fed on maize which was kept in a yard covered by tarpaulin, at feeding time a tractor with a large grab bucket collected the supply. We purchased raw milk (cru) direct from the cooler, illegal in the UK I believe. Cost 50c, 0.5 Euro or about 35pence for 1.5 litres.
We were directed to park on a concreted area surrounded by trees some of which were prunus. The crop of plums round, some red some yellow was a sight to behold. Branches solid with fruit the leaves were insignificant , some already over ripe were falling constantly.
Sue has a method which she has used many times. "Oh what lovely fruit, do you sell the plums" it worked as usual, "No, help yourself to them" was the answer. Not needing any encouraging we picked several carrier bags full, all reachable from the ground, it made not an impression on the crop still on the trees. These prunus grow wild and I suspect no more will be harvested, such a shame.
