wir haben vor bereits fast drei Monaten deine Zwiebeln gepflanzt und uns seitdem um sie gekümmert. Und um uns die Arbeit leichter zu machen, hat die ganze Familie Hand angelegt!

In diesem Jahr erfolgte die Pflanzung zur rechten Zeit im März, da wir für ein paar Wochen in den Genuss von schönem Wetter kamen. Aber leider hatten wir danach im April eine Dürreperiode mit null Millimetern … Die Natur braucht bekanntlich nicht nur Sonne, sondern auch Regen.

In der Region von Roscoff fallen in normalen Zeiten ausreichend Niederschläge, aber dieser Monat April war so außergewöhnlich trocken, dass sich einige Farmen mit Bewässerung behelfen mussten. Wir selbst haben kein Bewässerungssystem, weil es für diese Kultur in normalen Zeiten nicht notwendig ist. Da das Klima in den letzten Jahren aber besonders wechselhaft geworden ist, werden wir eines Tages vielleicht auch auf dieses System zurückgreifen müssen.

Es ist gerade dein Engagement, das es uns ermöglicht, Investitionen in Erwägung zu ziehen, um die Lebensfähigkeit und Erhaltung dieser historischen Kultur zu gewährleisten und unser Projekt voranzubringen. Dafür vielen Dank!

Wir kümmern uns derzeit um die neue Ernte und verhätscheln sie! Wie du auf dem Foto sehen kannst, sind die Gassen sauber, da sie regelmäßig gehackt werden. Das Blattwerk der Zwiebeln ist sehr grün und wir hoffen auf ein wenig Hitze in den kommenden Wochen, damit die Knollen dicker werden und wir kommenden August schöne Zwiebeln ernten können.

Dies ist unser zweites Jahr mit CrowdFarming und wir denken bereits an die Ernte und den Versand deiner Zwiebeln. Wir hoffen, in diesem Jahr unseren Betrieb (der noch immer ein Familienbetrieb ist) neu organisieren zu können, um deine Kartons bestmöglich vorzubereiten und sie zum vereinbarten Termin auszuliefern.

Wir bieten dieses Jahr auf CrowdFarming außerdem ein neues Produkt an: unsere traditionellen Schalotten.

Wir bauen die traditionellen Schalotten nach der Methode an, die uns von unseren Eltern vererbt wurde, die sie wiederum von ihren Eltern geerbt hatten, und dies über Dutzende und Dutzende von Jahren hinweg (wir könnten jetzt sogar in Hunderten von Jahren rechnen!).


Wir pflanzen die Schalottenknollen zwischen Januar und März und ernten sie Ende Juni/Anfang Juli. Wir warten, bis sie gut getrocknet sind, bevor wir sie aufsammeln. Dann lagern wir sie vor Feuchtigkeit geschützt an einem gut belüfteten Ort und können sie so mehrere Monate lang bis praktisch zur nächsten Ernte aufbewahren!

Unsere Schalotten werden nach den Vorgaben des biologischen Landbaus angebaut. Sie sind süßer als die Roscoff-Zwiebeln und werden in rohem Zustand besonders in Salaten geschätzt. Wie du auch auf dem Foto sehen kannst, sind die Pflanzen gut gewachsen und sehr grün. Jetzt wünschen wir uns, dass die Knollen dicker werden!

Ich hoffe, dass du zufrieden warst und für eine weitere Erfahrung mit uns bereit bist. Was uns betrifft, solltest du wissen, dass wir unser Bestes tun werden, damit du auch in diesem Jahr wunschlos glücklich wirst und unsere besten Zwiebelgewächse genießen kannst.


Tiphaine Quemener – Ferme de Kergus

The spring was exceptional, with all the rain leading to verdant pastures and fast-blooming oak trees. This provided ideal conditions for our flock, which produced an exceptionally good wool with long and fine fibres.

The spring was followed by a hot summer, in which our recently shorn sheep enjoyed the abundant water pools and the shade of our holm and cork oak trees. As you well know, caring for this oak grove is essential for the well-being of our herd and the maintenance of our ecosystem. Seeing as the early autumn was going to be ideal for repopulating our farm, we got to work and planted 2,200 new cork oaks as our grove is quite old and needs to be regenerated. What’s more, the heavy rainfall in autumn and winter meant that the sheep were able to enjoy plenty of grass and acorns.

There were also some changes in our fleece washing process. Unfortunately, the plant where we washed our wool had to close as it couldn’t cope with the crisis. In Spain, it was the only plant that used the open-width scouring format, which is essential for weaving our blankets, so we had to go in search of another one. In the end we found one not so far away, in the Portuguese town of Guarda. We’re sure that its output will be of very high quality.

As you can see, it could be said that last year was good for us professionally. However, at the end of the year, Javi told us that he wanted to leave the project. He was having a few health issues and his body was asking him for some rest. We thought that the issues would only be temporary and that he would get better. However, a few months later we received the terrible news that he had been diagnosed with cancer, which he was sadly unable to beat. We want to thank him for all these years of hard work and commitment. Moheda would definitely not have been possible without him. We were devastated by how quickly everything happened, but we’re sure that he’ll be looking down onto us from heaven to help our pastures flourish and our sheep thrive.

After such sad news I decided to take charge of Moheda with the unconditional help of Jose Antonio, Bernardino and Javi. The weather has been phenomenal so far this year, so Javi must be helping us from heaven to water the fields. Thanks to this ever so rainy spring, our sheep will be able to graze for much longer and the planted cork oaks will grow stronger.

Last week we finished shearing and we’re very happy because it was all rolled and the wool is of a very good quality. We’re now branding the sheep so that we can easily identify them in case they mix together with our neighbour’s flock. After marking the sheep, we’re going to start making firebreaks with the tractor, as the summer is very hot and dry and there are few precautions against fire. In the summer we’ll be very focused on monitoring the sheep for possible ticks and watering the newly planted trees as it’s vital for them to have extra irrigation in the first year.

I don’t want to go without thanking Javi once again for all the years of dedication. We’ll miss him a lot but we’re sure that he’ll be guiding us from heaven. 

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We are happy that once again, we are able to promote the wool from our farm and to design our shawls with the help of Texidors, a cooperative for the social integration of people with disabilities. Transforming our wool within a radius of 350 km into handmade shawls is a source of real satisfaction for us. 

Here is some news from the farm:

The sheep are in great shape. Outdoors all year round, they are currently enjoying the fresh spring grass. We look forward to the rain, as grass is their main source of food. 

Some ewes have given birth to lambs in March (this is lambing). It is a central period in the life of the farm and especially intense for us, because the births take place in the open air. The hardy ewes do perfectly well giving birth on their own, and the freshly born lambs are able to follow their mothers through the meadows and woods of the farm. Nevertheless we must remain vigilant to identify fragile animals. We regularly return mothers and their young to the barn. It’s wonderful to see these little ones frolic, gain confidence, jumping everywhere …

At the beginning of April we organized the shearing site, with the aim of shearing 900 ewes in 3 days. Intense days for the team of shearers and sorters, which took place in a vibrant atmosphere. We collected 750 kg of beautiful wool ready to be washed and spun near our home. We are happy to note that the wool of our herd is increasingly long and dense, the result of a long selection process.

The shearing this year was the opportunity to test our new installation made during the first confinement last year. We are constantly improving the conditions of shearing and wool collecting. We chose to reproduce the New Zealand model where the ewes are contained in a box, then sheared on a wooden floor before returning to the field. This wooden structure makes it possible not to soil the wool. It also facilitates the recovery of wool for sorting. 

Our wool, once spun into thread, will be used to create your future shawls to keep you warm next winter. We cannot wait to see the results. 

It is our privilege to renew your adoption and send you a shawl at the end of the year with the wool of your sheep. Do not hesitate to share it with those around you. Have a lovely day everybod

Good day to all!

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