Monday, April 16, 2012

AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Colza, à perte de vue à la Beauce. La Beauce is a large, flat and fertile agricultural region southeast of Paris producing colza, wheat and white beets. So much wheat is produced there that it's called the grenier à blé de la France.

Vocabulary
la vue:  sight
une perte:  a loss
un champ:  a field
un grenier:  a barn or granary
le blé:  wheat
un grenier à blé:  a wheat basket

Photo courtesy of Pierre Lechanteux
©2012 P.B. Lecron
Posted by P.B. Lecron
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2 comments:

  1. CamelliaOctober 15, 2012 at 12:02 PM

    I loved this photo of La Beauce
    any chance you could post more on the History of La Beauce and the origin of the name? I find it most unusual - La Beauce - and strange; what could the name refer to?
    Thank you

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  2. AnonymousJuly 2, 2013 at 7:02 AM

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