湘南自然薯栽培その３

浜田牧場さんの飼料用の藁の仕込みを手伝いました。約15,000�uの田圃の稲藁をコンプレッサー付きトラクターで50㎥の藁束ーー約2,000個---に仕上げて軽トラで運んで倉庫に格納します。正味３日かかります。
Assisted Mr. Hamada dairy farm prepare straw for feed. A tractor with a compressor is used to make a bundle of 50 m3 of rice straw from a rice field of about 15,000 m2 into a bundle of about 2,000 straw, which is then transported by a light truck and stored in a warehouse. It will take 3 days net.

第一圃場の８畦目の薯を堀上げてみました。７８本で合計で１６Ｋｇありました。
昨年並みの収穫です。
Digged up yams on the 8th ridge of the first field. There were 78 pieces and weighed 16 kg in total.
The harvest is about the same as last year.

カラス除けロボットのデモがあり参加しました。大鷹のロボを製作してカラスを追っ払うものです。据え置き型のロボは餌食のカラスを捕まえて羽を動かし声をたてるものです。飛行型のロボは上空１０ｍを半径約１０ｍの範囲を飛行します。タウンニュースに掲載された写真を添付します。
There was a demonstration of a crow-proof robot and participated. It is a goshawk robot that is made to drive away crows. The stationary robot catches a prey crow, moves its wings, and makes a voice. The flight type Robo flies 10m above the sky within a radius of about 10m. I will attach the photo published in Town News.

昨夜から熊本に来ています。午前中は初めて熊本城を見学しました。数年前に壊れた天守閣の崖も見事に復旧されていました。
Have been in Kumamoto since last night. Visited Kumamoto Castle for the first time in the morning. The cliffs of the castle tower, which broke a few years ago, were also beautifully restored.

初めてニンニクを栽培することにしました。約300個の種ニンニクを第二圃場と第五圃場に定植しました。
Decided to grow garlic for the first time. About 300 seed garlics were planted in the 2nd and 5th fields.