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Burning Fields

19 December 2008 3 Comments

In late October, the farmers here in Jindo began to burn the remnants of harvested rice fields.  I don’t know why they do this, but one day I decided that I would go get a closer look.  I drove out to some of the surrounding fields on my motorcycle, and took some shots.  I spent around 2 hours standing out in varying thicknesses of smoke, and my snot was black for a couple days, but I think the shots were worth it.  You can see a selection of them below the cut.

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  • Sorry about that! « Waygook Next Door said:

    [...] Burning Fields [...]

  • John from Daejeon said:

    Sometimes, my father would burn the remains of a crop to get rid of some sort of weed growing uncontrollably in it or to get rid of the seeds of that crop which would likely become a weed-like parasite in what he was planting next.

    Nowadays, most farmers in the U.S. rely on herbicides for weeds and pesticides for the insects.

  • Kelsey said:

    Interesting. Thanks for the potential explanation!

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