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.
![融雪剤が散布され、春模様を描くひまわ理の里](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
April 29 (Fri.) The snow melts and a green carpet of green manure, coir, and wheat is laid in the sunflower field.
![雪が融け、緑肥のえん麦・小麦の緑の絨毯が敷き詰められたひまわりの里](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Compost application is in progress!
![堆肥散布](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Fertile land with compost dances
![堆肥舞い散る肥沃な大地](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
lush green meadows
![緑輝く草原](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Saturday, April 30, bathed in drops of sunshine...
![太陽の光のしずくを浴びて](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Plowing of green manure is conducted.
![緑肥のすき込み作業](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Monday, May 2: Soil preparation steadily progresses to improve soil fertility, activate microorganisms in the ground, and control harmful insects.
![土作りが着々と進行](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Plowing of fields
![畑の耕起作業](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Sunflower field waiting for sowing after soil preparation on Sunday, May 8
![播種を待つひまわりの里](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
The field where silence prevails Sunday, May 8
![静寂が広がる畑](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
Under the watchful eye of blue skies and white clouds...
![青い空と白い雲に見守られながら](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
I dreamed of the wonderful sunflowers I would meet in the summer.
![素敵なひまわりさんとの出会いを夢見て、夏を待ちわびながら。。。](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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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![北竜町ひまわりの里](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/themes/the-thor/img/dummy.gif)
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