Hello Hive
Happy new day to us all, it is yet another beautiful morning in the land of the living and we are grateful for the privilege of life. I had one of the most tiring day yesterday and felt so much pains that I had to use some pain killers before I could get some sleep and still I didn't sleep for most of the night.
I can't wait for this rice transplanting process to be over so that we can get as much rest as possible, this rice planting is the most hardest work in the farm so far. In fact growing rice is the most hardest of all the farm works that I know of unless there are some crops that are also difficult to grow as these ones.
After the downpour of about 48hrs ago, we have resumed back into the rice farm to continue with the transplanting exercise. The exercise is usually a very slow process and regardless of how fast you work in the farm or wished it to move you end up working on a very small portion per day. Most of the timess we invite volunteer neighbors to the rice fields to assist us with transplanting but due to the nature of the rains this year, everybody is busy with their farms. And besides a good number of persons have retired from farming this year alone.
People retire from farming when their fields are bought over by real estate agents for building houses. I remembered mentioning it here that the lands we buy on lease to farm on are fast being sold out for people to build their homes.
Away from all the noise you can see the exercise we did yesterday. Starting with removing rice from the nursery
Next I use sticks or cutlass to make holes in the swamp. What I like about this place is how much water it retains, just a single downpour during the raining seasons can cause this place go hold much water which is why the rice plants thrives very well here after being transplanted.
After making these holes we actively transplant a calculate amount of 5-7seedlings per hole and the process is repeated over and over for the entire day.
By the end of yesterday you can see the portion that we were able to cover and as I drop this blog we are already on our way to the farm for the days work.
