Introduction
| The picture shows the runes of the Central Nova, surrounded by the first meadows we have encountered on the road. Now we are going on the side of some bites in the mountain: they are bundles of extractions from aggregates. |
| Now we are down below, on the flood plain of the River Ter. The flat terrains, the terraces of the river, are fertile, accessible, with available water and for that reason, they are the best place to grow cultivation. |
| Fodder and grass crops for cattle are the priorities. Throughout the whole spring and summer, one, two or even three desserts are made. The grass is allowed to dry and then it is collected and balls wrapped in plastic. In the ball it continues fermenting and becoming more digestible by the ruminants. Finally it is stored for later feeding of the cattle throughout the winter: it is the hay. |
| Animals (cows and horses of meat production) in the spring-summer are on the mountain eating grass from the natural meadows. When the cold arrives, when the grass of the pastures of the high mountain becomes yellow the animal goes down to the bottom of valley where still they can work on the fields: quintals, plans or closes. The distribution of animals is not random and they are moving in delimited fields to make the most out of them. It is not uncommon to find already in these fields, feeding animals to strengthen with the hay collected during the summer. When hay is not enough, farmers must buy straw to replace it. Most of this cattle will be taken to the Empordà plain to spend the winter: it is the moment of transhumance with the difference that was previously on foot and now they are carried in trucks. |
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