Weeding

The rice is growing in Jiyuden, where barnyard grass too is growing rapidly.

Weeding has become our routine now. We go into the rice field and weed by hand.

The work is progressing slowly but steadily.

The ridges are filled with barnyard grass

In spring, we got 15 mallards, helpful partners for weeding in our weed-killer-free rice field.
Mallards eat vermin and get the water muddy, for weeds not to grow rapidly.

But 2 mallards died soon after they flew into the rice field, and some escaped, some escaped again, and the number has reduced to zero the other day.. (We are still in search of them)

Runaway mallards

We will continue weeding until mid-August.