湘南自然薯栽培その３

学生時代の野球部の１年上のWさんが癌の闘病をしています。二人の先輩と彼の住まいである茨城の藤代までお見舞いに行きました。思ったより元気で安心しました。
W-san, a student on the baseball team from my school days, is a year older than me and is battling cancer. Two of my seniors and I went to visit him in Fujishiro, Ibaraki, where he lives. We were relieved to see that he was doing better than we expected.
 

自然薯圃場の今年最後の草刈りを実施しました。猛暑のため２週間もしないうちに草ぼうぼうとなってしまいます。
Carried out the last weeding of the year in the Japanese yam field. Due to the extreme heat, the field will become overgrown with weeds in less than two weeks.

落語塾で落語『千両みかん』を師匠から噺を拝聴した後で、急にみかんを食べたくなりJAファームで売っていた極早生みかんを買って食べました。１房：100両と言いながら大事に食べました。美味しかったです。
After listening to the rakugo story "Senryo Mikan" performed by my teacher at a rakugo school, I suddenly had a craving for mikan, so I bought some early-season mikan that were on sale at JA Farm and ate them. I ate them carefully, knowing that one bunch was worth 100 ryo. They were delicious.

EFCの仲間と玉葱の種を植えました。赤と白、そして早生と晩生の４種類の種を蒔きました。初めての試みです。うまく育苗できればと思います。
Planted onion seeds with my EFC friends. We planted four varieties: red, white, early, and late. This is my first attempt. Hope the seedlings will thrive.

浜田牧場さんの田圃３反の畔の草刈りを実施しました。猛暑で草ぼうぼうでした。１０月初めには稲刈りの予定だそうです。
Mowed the weeds on the banks of Hamada Farm's 3 tan rice field. The intense heat caused the grass to grow thick. They plan to harvest the rice in early October.