Burning Fields

December 19, 2008 | Expat Life, No Sidebar, Photography |

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.

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John from Daejeon
December 23, 2008 at 10:41 am

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.

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Kelsey
December 23, 2008 at 11:40 am

Interesting. Thanks for the potential explanation!

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