Second improved edition Apart from the sheep themselves, it’s the sheep keeper who – exposing themselves year after year to the strenuous life in the mountain pastures – we have to thank for conserving the tradition of the transhumance, the knowledge and culture connected to it. The inhabitants of Lois and Salamón (León) celebrated the homage with a meal in th ...
Apart from the sheep themselves, it’s the sheep keeper who – exposing themselves year after year to the strenuous life in the mountain pastures – we have to thank for conserving the tradition of the transhumance, the knowledge and culture connected to it. The inhabitants of Lois and Salamón (León) celebrated the homage with a meal in the Biova mountains. ...
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Sheep herds are accompanied by a “manuring system which improves the soil and the grass growth and creates grazing areas: the folding. The technique consist of mobile folds where sheep and goats spend the nights in a rotating system.” (Vicente Rodríguez Estévez) The manuring by the sheep’s excrements prepares the soil for later agricultural cultivation, encou ...
