Well, I am sure that I am cursing myself to wild boar damage by posting these photos of my BEAUTIFUL ORGANIC RICE! I made the paddy 100 square meters (four times last year) and had nothing but trouble! Leaks and water holding problems- sand washing in from storms, a crab who kept tunneling into the water warming pond and releasing it all into the paddy ice cold! Heavy rains overflowing and washing out the paddy banks! But I learned a lot and I think with about 20cm of aged cow manure spread in there before winter, I might do even better next year.
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| Koshi Hikari rice |
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| Koshi Hikari rice closeup |
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| A different angle of the paddy |
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| My helper giving it a thumbs up! |
It might look nice if you don't know much about growing rice, but I must admit the yield looks to be very skimpy compared to the neighbor's. Even so, if we escape boar damage, I think it will yield better than last year.
This year I decided to take fewer chances and fenced in the whole paddy by Sept. 3. Whew! Of course, it remains to be seen if it will work. I followed the instructions on the package of netting, One meter high, one meter spread outward on the ground, and staked down.
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Elsewhere in the garden, my Sudachi (citrus) is covered in tiny lime-like fruits!
Margaritas anyone?
Sudachiade for the little ones? |
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Can anyone identify this?
I found this on the back of a pawpaw leaf.... wasps? |
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| Same mud structure from a bit further away. |
Looks like Mud daubers (wasps) to me. And like their offspring successfully emerged from the nest, too.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was probably the case, but it is nice to have a second opinion :)
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