tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post6008316133789665514..comments2024-01-14T17:29:57.602+09:00Comments on Life in Rural Japan: Rice Seed planting yet againAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671659320538901131noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-30899845161063058322009-05-27T21:06:16.090+09:002009-05-27T21:06:16.090+09:00I find it really interesting how food etc is culti...I find it really interesting how food etc is cultivated, I like visiting tea rooms- tea fields, etc I find it so interesting to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-34321897656482691872009-05-26T20:27:45.560+09:002009-05-26T20:27:45.560+09:00I was just going to say the same as Kevin (Hi fell...I was just going to say the same as Kevin (Hi fellow Nagano-ite) your vegetables are streets ahead of ours and you're just getting the rice in? Is it a special variety? I heard somewhere (Southern Kyushu? Okinawa?) they actually get two harvests in a year. And the machines may be slow but spare a thought for the poor people on triangular terraced paddies who can't even use the machines- that'sshinshu lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06687535978619731812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-75512889986934077872009-05-26T08:25:12.080+09:002009-05-26T08:25:12.080+09:00Wow, it seems late to be planting the seedlings - ...Wow, it seems late to be planting the seedlings - at least in Nagano time. Everyone here has already planted all their rice paddies (except us of course - slackers that we are)<br /><br />When do you plant and when is the harvest in your area?Kevinhttp://www.bastish.net/index_2.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-8192421568022026522009-05-26T06:16:53.851+09:002009-05-26T06:16:53.851+09:00I loved this part of your post..
"despite my effo...I loved this part of your post..<br /><br />"despite my efforts to tell her that no matter how many people came the job would not be completed any faster as the machine controls the speed and the machine is very slow!"<br /><br />That is so so very true Jo. I know that too. I see the machines myself and they really won't go any faster no matter how many people are there. Ha ha ha. : ) You're Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427544303742999100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-89321357458613383532009-05-26T05:57:07.119+09:002009-05-26T05:57:07.119+09:00our rice planting consits of paying ichiman to the...our rice planting consits of paying ichiman to the builder up the road to get his tractor in the paddie, although I think GK and hub go too to do the edges. <br /><br />Good luck for the next batch of kids. Are you around this weekend? Just in case I need somewhere to stash a two year old for two or three hours (very optimistic birthing plan of pushing bunster out in short time)Gaijin Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002872730404970732noreply@blogger.com