Wildlife damage — countermeasures and acceptance (Rice by hand, Part 4)
It begins with "I want to kill them". A record of wildlife damage can't be written prettily. Netting, night patrols, fireworks, scarecrows, bamboo fences, elect
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Water — the warp and weft of relationships (Rice by hand, Chapter 3)
The channel was alive. The rough sequence for bringing abandoned land back to a paddy: cut the grass, find the channel, establish it, repair the ridges, let wat
Clearing — restoring abandoned farmland (Rice by hand, Part 1)
From a wasteland of three-metre reeds. In March 2016 I was able to rent a long-abandoned field within walking distance — the first chapter of fourteen years of
I wanted a practical handbook of natural farming — 14 years of rice by hand
In my twenties I read many books asking what richness is. Then I rented abandoned farmland and began growing rice with no machines and no pesticides.
Natural-farming rice growing
I wanted a practical handbook of natural farming. Fourteen years ago I rented abandoned farmland and began growing rice with no machines and no pesticides.
I'm writing a practical handbook of natural farming
Based on fourteen years of experience, I have decided to publish a practical handbook of natural farming on Kindle.
Farm flow 2026 begins
This year, too, the rice-growing workshop farm flow has begun. Three newcomers reminded me of my own beginnings.
We now accept stablecoin payments
You can now pay with stablecoins. Supported coins are JPYC and USDC.
Farm flow 2025
The hulling for everyone who took part in the rice-growing workshop is done, and this year's rice-field work is finished!
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NPO Sansai no sato ibi I attended this event after receiving an invitation from Mr. Kodera of Being with Kodera-san reminds me of IKTT Morimoto Kikuo. Do they h