Saturday, November 26, 2022

A Fowl Army Keeps a Vineyard Running

Two thousand Indian runner ducks keep the Vergenoegd Löw wine estate in South Africa pest free and fertilize the vines. Every day hundreds of ducks parade from their residence to work in the fields.


When their parading days are over, they retire onto the lake’s island where every single one will die of old age.

Read more: Gastro Obscura

2 comments:

  1. Hal in Howell11:25 am

    Reminds of this hotel I stayed at in Memphis. https://youtu.be/fyin2D-K984

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    1. The Nag12:01 pm

      My mum lived in Arkansas for many years and it was my intention to do a side trip from there to see the ducks at the Peabody but I never managed to get there.

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