:56:01
I guess I'm sounding a bit like some hotshot farmer, huh?
:56:06
Not at all...I feel I understand.
:56:11
To be frank, I was working at a company until recently. I'm really
just a beginning farmer, so...
:56:19
Oh...is that so?
:56:23
So y'know, with my parents still in good health, maybe that's why my
attitude is positive. But that's how I have to be, you see?
:56:31
I quit the company because someone doing ``organic farming'' called me
and asked me to try it, too. Everyone said I was a fool, but so far,
I have no regrets.
:56:41
``Organic farming?''
:56:45
``Farming that requires guts...farming that gives you guts.'' That's a
little joke.
:56:54
An ``organic farm'' uses as much compost as possible and as few
agricultural chemicals and chemical fertilizers as possible.
:57:02
Ohh, I've heard about this, it's non-chemical or uses few chemicals.
:57:06
But that's not right, it sounds so negative.
:57:11
It's really an ideal agriculture that takes advantage of the life
force of living things. And people are only beneficial to it. That's
what makes the whole idea so cool.
:57:21
Huh.
:57:24
But this ``helping'' part is extremely hard.
:57:37
Well, I've been told to take you directly to the fields...
:57:40
Right, I'm ready to help out.
:57:43
Oh? You're not going to sleep?
:57:45
You see, I heard that benibana should be picked in the early morning,
when the dew makes the thorns soft.
:57:52
Well, that's true, but...
:57:54
I'm a night owl, so I thought the best way to switch my life to being
a morning person is to come by a night train.