投稿の詳細: 蕎麦刈り　Harvest of buckwheat

といってもコンバインという機械で
刈って、脱穀して袋詰めまでしてしまう
のだが。

当初先月25日に予定されていたのが雨で
延期。その後ほぼ1日おきに雨が降って
今日に至ったしだい。
晴れたとはいえ今までと夕べの
雨で、蕎麦の茎や異常に元気な雑草の茎が
絡み付いて、それを取り除くのに二人がかりで
何度も中断。

山の方は異常高温のせいか、実があまり
入っていないそうだが、この畑は充実した
実が入っているようだ。

ふもとの山も色づきはじめた。

Harvest is done by the machine called
Combine which can be also used for rice,
soy beans and rape seeds.

The harvest was expected on October 25 but
it was cancelled due to rainfall. Thereafter, it
rained almost every other day and finally our
turn came today. The stem were wet as well as green
weeds that were twined the machine. The machine operator
had to stop many times to remove the plants and I had
to help him to pull them out from the machine.

I hear that the harvest is poor this year especially in the
area of higher altitude probably due to the unusual summer
heat. However, our buckwheat seems all right with more
grains than last year.

The mountains around here have started showing the
autumn color.