On Friday morning I took the train to Hoden station to go help out Kuniko’s family planting rice. I did rice planting last year too, but as it turned out it was a little bit of a different activity today. <\/p>\n
As I soon found out, we were planting the actual seeds to get the rice started. First someone laid out a layer of soil in a plastic tray, then we used a machine to scatter seeds, wet them down, and then cover them with more soil. Each tray was loaded onto the truck, and then we drove out to the rice paddy with more than a hundred trays. <\/p>\n
From there we laid out a perforated plastic tarp down, and then laid the trays on top of that. Then we covered the trays with a big white tarp that was draped over to create a greenhouse effect. Finally we flooded the field, so that they would have plenty of water to get started. <\/p>\n
Apparently after a month they would be ready to plant out in the rice paddy with the mechanical rice planting machine. So this was the very beginning, and it was really interesting for me to watch. <\/p>\n
Kuniko’s parents were there, and also her aunt and uncle. They are taking a little while to warm up to me, but we’re slowly getting there. They served us up some bento boxes and beer for lunch, and afterwards Kuniko’s mom and I went to the farm and picked lots of peas and strawberries to take back.<\/p>\n
That evening Kuniko drove over for dinner at her parent’s place – so we could all be there together and have a big meal. I was pretty sore and tired, so we headed home early. It was a great experience for me to check out. I’m hoping I’ll be free to help out with the actual planting in a month or so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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