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Ferns and ferneries in Lapurdi

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Posted on 2018-09-14 in
Mechanized harvesting of ferneries. Urruña (Lapurdi), 2009. Michel Duvert

Mechanized harvesting of ferneries. Urruña (Lapurdi), 2009. Michel Duvert.

Moorland (larrea) is the natural setting for the commons (herriko lurrak), historically open-access territory, where enclosures (borda-barrukiak) were built for livestock and clearings (labakiak or luberriak) opened and regularly burned (lur-erretzea) for maintenance. (more…)

Yellow is the colour of spring

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Posted on 2018-04-20 in

Dandelions in the field. Luis Manuel Peña. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.

It has been a cold and rainy winter, and spring is taking its time arriving. We still find ourselves surrounded by snow-covered mountains, and when the northwest wind blows, it enters our body and makes us feel like we are freezing. (more…)

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