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TERRACED FARMING
Val d’Hérens
Since it has always been difficult to work the steepest slopes, our ancestors developed them by building horizontal terraces supported by small stone walls.
This method prevents erosion and slippage of the good soil downwards while providing better infiltration of rainwater into the soil.
These flat areas, often with a southern exposure, were used to grow cereals (wheat, rye, etc.) for several hundred years until the beginning of the 20th century and the industrial revolution.
Since then, these areas have been covered with grass and have become hay meadows of exceptional quality and diversity.
This titanic work shows to what extent farmers are aware of their role as "landscape gardeners" by limiting the establishment of shrubs. They participate in the preservation of an open and diversified landscape.
Marie : We are on the upper part of the hamlet of Lannaz, where the layout of the landscape with its shaped terraces allowed the cultivation of cereals and thus allowed our ancestors to feed themselves.
This method prevents erosion and slippage of the good soil downwards while providing better infiltration of rainwater into the soil.
These flat areas, often with a southern exposure, were used to grow cereals (wheat, rye, etc.) for several hundred years until the beginning of the 20th century and the industrial revolution.
Since then, these areas have been covered with grass and have become hay meadows of exceptional quality and diversity.
This titanic work shows to what extent farmers are aware of their role as "landscape gardeners" by limiting the establishment of shrubs. They participate in the preservation of an open and diversified landscape.
Marie : We are on the upper part of the hamlet of Lannaz, where the layout of the landscape with its shaped terraces allowed the cultivation of cereals and thus allowed our ancestors to feed themselves.
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