2020 8-19
Spraying agricultural chemicals by a drawn is being done around my house recently.
Doing this work is a very hard work in this very hot weather.
So my husband also asked a trader to do this job.
A person who operates a drawn and some persons who throw some chemicals into the drawn completed the work in a very short time.
In the world of farming, it is becoming very convenient one after another.
There are about 10 ducks in this rice paddy.
They eat weeds and harmful insects and their discharge seems to be nourishment of rice.
These ducks are crossing kind with the wild mallard and duck, so they can't fly.
I asked the owner whether they eat the ducks or not after growing.
She answered, " They are too lovely to eat."
Harvest was over yesterday.
It took only two days to finish harvest.
Thanks to the progress of farming machines, the series of farm-work finished very smoothly.
We don't need the manpower like decades ago.
But the machines are very expensive.
So my husband didn't buy the machines after the ones of his broke down.
Since then, my husband asked to do these work to a farmer in our neighborhood.
The price of the task is also expensive.
By the way, rice growing of this year isn't so good because of lack of sunlight in summer and the changing of the kind of rice.
Anyway, I will taste the new rice this evening !
May 22
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June 6
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It's in the midst of rainy season and farmers are busy in planting and growing rice plant.
My husband also finished planting rice plant the other day.
He will be busy in taking care of this plant till the end of October.
Wow !
I see many rice fields like this.
Rice plants are damaged by noxious insect called 'UNKA' in Japanese.
So some farmers had harvested earlier than usual.
My husband's rice fields are also damaged.
We should harvest them as early as possible.
The season of rice planting began.
Farmers are worrying about the shortage of water because of the weather.
In spite of the rainy season, rain seldom fall and water in the ponds are very little.
May 23
We scattered unhulled rice on May 23.
May 28
They are growing beautifully.
June 2
The seedling of rice will be planted before long.
June 10
My husband planted the seedling in one of our rice fields.
Harvest is over and the scenery around my house has changed like this.
Farmer's hard work and the hot summer weather brought them nice rice.
My husband had also good crops this year and is satisfied with the harvest.
We can taste new rice now.
The season of rice planting has begun.
My husband scratched rice field filled with water yesterday.
He planted rice plants today.
This is the beginning of the rice planting and he must plant in the other large field a few days later.
Busy days will last from now.
after seven days
The season of rice planting has begun and farmers are busy in preparing for that.
My husband is also busy these days.
I helped my husband plant the unhulled rice on May 24.
They are growing well and the green is very beautiful to see.
Rice plants after harvesting are under drying now.
The scenery shows us the end of fall.
After drying, the dairy farmer piles them up and use them to feed their cow.
Rice plant grew well this year too thanks to good weather and nice care by, so rice fields around my house look golden.
Rice plant that my husband was taking care also grew well and they were harvested yesterday in some part of our rice fields.
We will be able to eat delicious rice before long !
About two weeks have passed since rice planting.
They are growing day by day.
Seen from my house, green rice fields filled with water are so nice.
Though it's very sultry these days, I feel cool a little when I see this scenery.
September 22
Rice plants planted in June have been growing very well and the farmers will harvest them before long.
Taking a walk the other day, I saw a modern style scarecrow.
The farmer made use of a head of mannequin doll.
It looked very queer for me.
Birds will not come to eat rice ears to see it !
October 5
August 28
About three months have passed since farmers planted rice plants.
Hot weather of this summer is doing good for the plants and they are growing beautifully.
Tiny white flowers of rice are blooming now.
After a month, they will be able to harvest them.
August 24
About a month has passed since rice planting.
They are growing well and they look like green carpets now.
It rains much these days, so farmers don't have to worry about shortage of water in the rice field .
I wish they grow well this year too !
