In the past, after Obon, bell bugs would chirp at night and a cool autumn breeze would blow, but now, due to the foehn phenomenon and other factors, it is 37 degrees in the daytime and 27 degrees at night, and it is still mid-summer.
Thanks to this, I think I have become tolerant to the heat. I don’t feel hot, and the words “hot” and “hot” don’t occur to me at all. (Maybe I just don’t feel it anymore as I get older?) ) Instead, I have become extremely uncomfortable with air conditioning, and I leave the air-conditioned room with my cat immediately.
This is a view of the farm at the end of August.
Preparation of fall and winter vegetables!
Since we quit using black mulch this year, the weeds have taken over and turned the field into a weed field. We are struggling to cut the weeds in order to sow and plant fall and winter vegetables.
The benefit of weeds is better drainage of the field, so we are trying to find a balance between vegetables and weeds. （We are trying to grow vegetables in a natural way.)
The riding mower runs between the ridges. It is easy to cut weeds just by driving.
Weeds in the rows are cut with a mower. Mowed weeds are used for grass mulch.
Lightly plow the area where the rows of seeds and seedlings will be planted with a hand hoe. Cover the surrounding area with weed mulch to keep the ground as dry as possible.
Summer vegetables still hard at work!
Summer vegetables that are doing well in the heat wave include eggplants (eggplants and long eggplants), okra (okra and five-cornered okra), peppers (bell peppers and Manganji peppers), small tomatoes, cucumbers, edamame (green soybeans), and zucchini.
A fruit that can’t wait for fall!
Although it is extremely hot, the season is well underway and the persimmons (astringent and sweet), chestnuts, figs, and sansho (Japanese pepper) will soon be ready for the fall harvest. Black beans and peppermint flowers are also blooming.
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