THE HARVEST IS ABUNDANT!

DESPITE THE RAINS, THE HARVEST IS ABUNDANT. AND THE GOLDEN FIELDS FULL OF NATURE'S BOUNTY IS SEEN NO MORE.... In its stead, white birds flock and ravish what was leftand black hawks scatter their color from one field to the other....filling themselves till before dark. IT IS INDEED HARVEST TIME and the farmers's faces say it all: the harvest is good this year. NOTHING amazes me more than the speed by which each farmer go through harvest in a sec. Oh well, actually not a second but in matters of hours for each farmer. That is, several hectares in a matter of hours. FARMING GADGETS-for-rent centers teem with activities at this time of the year. The schedule is so tight that one has to make reservations way ahead of the season. TIMING is also of the essence. Rainy days are a NO-NO, of course,since harvesting when it pours not only makes a ruined lot but reflects an ignorant agriculturist. SO EXPECT a cancellation when it rains. That means a re-scheduling. THE MOVEMENT is endless.But that spells INCOME to all: the movers, the rental shops, the farmers and of course, the JA-a cooperative of farmers which controls the sale, and limits the planting of rice to meet the local consumption, not to mention the sale of these harvests,including vegetables and the like. HARVEST SEASON HAS COME! REJOICE AND BE GLAD! NEW RICE WILL SURELY GRACE THE TABLEONE OF THESE DAYS......