Thursday, May 19, 2022
The season has shifted from "Risshatsu" to "Komitsu" and rice planting is in full swing.
We are now in the season when all things are full of life and growing vigorously under the warm sunlight.
After the snow melted, work to create fertile soil is steadily underway in the Sunflower Village, including spreading compost, plowing in green manure, and tilling!
From fiscal year 2022, Nekonote (Yoshinori Omae, President, Itaya, Hokuryu-cho) has been in charge of managing Himawari-no-sato.
- 1 Soil preparation for Sunflower Village 2022
- 1.1 Tuesday, March 29, Himawari no Sato, where snow-melting chemicals are sprayed and spring patterns are painted.
- 1.2 April 29 (Fri.) The snow melts and a green carpet of green manure, coir, and wheat is laid in the sunflower field.
- 1.3 Saturday, April 30, bathed in drops of sunshine...
- 1.4 Monday, May 2: Soil preparation steadily progresses to improve soil fertility, activate microorganisms in the ground, and control harmful insects.
- 1.5 Sunflower field waiting for sowing after soil preparation on Sunday, May 8
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Soil preparation for Sunflower Village 2022
Here is a summary of the soil preparation scene at Sunflower Village from late March to early May.
Tuesday, March 29, Himawari no Sato, where snow-melting chemicals are sprayed and spring patterns are painted.
April 29 (Fri.) The snow melts and a green carpet of green manure, coir, and wheat is laid in the sunflower field.
Compost application is in progress!
Fertile land with compost dances
lush green meadows
Saturday, April 30, bathed in drops of sunshine...
Plowing of green manure is conducted.
Monday, May 2: Soil preparation steadily progresses to improve soil fertility, activate microorganisms in the ground, and control harmful insects.
Plowing of fields
Sunflower field waiting for sowing after soil preparation on Sunday, May 8
The field where silence prevails Sunday, May 8
Under the watchful eye of blue skies and white clouds...
I dreamed of the wonderful sunflowers I would meet in the summer.
After this, the seeding work will begin. We sincerely hope for the healthy growth of the sunflowers as we head into summer.
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Two million sunflowers bloom on a hill facing east on an east-facing slope. When the sunflowers are in full bloom in early August, the village is filled with the sound of "Wow! When the sunflowers are in full bloom in early August, the village is filled with the sound of "wow!
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◇ Photography and Editing: Noboru Terauchi Reporting and Writing: Ikuko Terauchi
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