Rice Farming

Im working on organic rice farming with the help of Mr. and Ms Ooyama. they let me use one of their rice fields and work with them. we planted rice on nursery soil to make seedling a few weeks ago. it was about 3inches tall when I saw it a few days ago. isnt that amazing that dozens of rice grains will get produced from one tiny grain of rice?

we also add some fallen leaves into the rice field as fertilizer and turned over the mud. it was so tough to walk in the mud, the rice field. i fell down many times not being able to pull my legs from the mud. i got tired though i didnt do much work...sorry ooyama-san.

Mr. ooyama said it would be good to add cow manure or poultry manure but he wouldnt because those on sale are from animals that were fed imported GMO feed and he doesnt think its a good idea. Im glad my teacher, ooyama-san is an aware person.
he is 80 years old and his wife is 75. but they only look as they are in their 60s or something. they work outside growing rice and veggies, eat their organic brown rice and vegetables, so they are very fit. they are pretty much "vegan", though they havent heard of such a term ever.