Rice Harvest

The combines goes along and separates the rice from the stalks.
















The grain is then laid out along the side of the road.















The stalks dry and are scooped into bales.

Rice Fields: October 13

The field was harvested sometime between Saturday afternoon and Monday afternoon. Check the next post for what happens after the harvest.

Rice Fields: October 11

Harvest has started. Notice the field at center left.

Rice Fields: October 6

Harvest is just around the corner. A few fields have been picked and the farmers are laying out seeds to dry.

Rice Fields: September 6

After a several week absence (the Mongolia posts are coming soon, I promise), the rice has seeded. Harvest doesn't appear too far away.

Rice Fields: July 29

The latest progress:

Rice Fields: July 10

I've split up my posts. You can find all of the rice field entries by clicking on the Rice Fields tag to the right.

It's been a couple of weeks since my last update. Read my post "Hazy Days of Summer" to find out why. Things are really growing well now. The landscape looks much lovelier with the seas of green instead of all the dirt brown.

Rice Fields: June 22

The rainy season has begun, so I haven't been out to the fields as much. I'm also starting to bike the hills to the west and north of town as well. As you can see, the rice has made substantial progress over the last couple of weeks.

Rice Fields: June 6

The rice is growing.

Rice Fields: May 31

Some rice fields near a friend's house. The little blue sheds with orange roofs supposedly house ducks with which they use to fertilize the fields. But alas, no ducks were in situ.















A close up of some rice sprouts.

Rice Fields: May 29

It rained all day yesterday. Today was planting day.















Here they are planting the field... by hand. Some farmers have little tractors that can do the job, but many still do it the old fashioned way. You'll occasionally see little old ladies in Asia with a permanent stoop from working the rice fields.

Rice Fields: May 27

Almost all the fields in the area are flooded. Most have been planted with rice sprouts. My field seems to be one of the few that still needs planting. There are some nice looking terraced fields on the way to my school. I'll try to bike out there sometime this week and take some photos of them.

Rice Fields: May 17

The fields are beginning to be flooded. In the area, 30-40% of the fields have been flooded and about 5-10% have seedlings ready to be planted.














Some rice seedlings in another field.

Rice Fields: May 11

No changes to my field. In the area, about 10% of the fields have been flooded and maybe 1% have rice plants in them.

Rice Fields: April 30

I've started to a new series of photos to track the progress in one of the rice fields near my apartment. I will try to update it every week or so with new photos and descriptions of the rice growing process.

In a few of the fields, farmers are burning off old crop. Some tractors are also out and about plowing fields.