Starting last weekend people have been starting to plow their empty rice fields in preparation for planting. I noticed on Monday that most fields had been flooded with water to submerge the soil, so that means that planting will probably happen in the next week or so.
Not a day after all the fields were flooded I was walking home at night and the chorus of frogs out in the water was almost deafening. Where do they hang out until the water shows up? Why hadn’t I heard them before? Each rice paddy is frog central now.
This also means that we’ll probably get the call from Kuniko’s dad about helping out with the planting. I’m not sure when it’ll happen, but I’m looking forward to going out there and getting muddy again!
