楠ワイナリー　

ビーバーという刈り払い機や乗用モーアーで
草を刈っていると、蝉が寄ってくる。鳴かない
メスは体当たりしてくるし、鳴くオスは近くで大きな
音を立てる。どうも、威勢の良いオスが来たと勘違い
されているらしい。今朝も寄って来た蝉が何匹か
いた。これは帽子に留まった油蝉のメスを捕まえたところ。
ビーバーやモーアーの音の周波数が蝉の鳴き声に近い
のだろうか。スペクトラムアナライザーがあれば
自然界では結構面白いかも。

Whenever I mow weed by handheld mower or cart
mower, I find the sound attracts cicadas. Female cicadas
which do not make sound come to hit me and male ones
which do make sounds seem to try make louder sound
as I approach to them. It seems that they take me a
big and strong male cicada. This morning, some cicadas
came to me while I was on the cart mower. The picture
below shows a female cicada came to stay on my cap.
The frequency of the mowers may be close to that of
cicadas. It may be interesting if you had a spectrum analyzer
with you when you were out in the nature.

今朝巨峰の畑にてボルドーを散布。
畑にはたくさん蜘蛛がいるので
防除しているとこんな風に蜘蛛の巣が
水滴にかたどられるのをよく見ます。

I sprayed Bordeaux this morning at kyoho vineyards.
As there are many spiders in my vineyards, I can often
find such cobweb like an embroidery with spray water.

防除の日、早朝の西の空に満月が。
畑には雑草として刈られる
月見草がきれいな黄色の花を
開いている。道端には濃い紫色の
朝顔も。いつの間にか7月も終わりに
近い。今日も暑くなった。

In the morning of spraying, I found full moon
in the west sky. Evening primroses are in full
bloom with clear yellow flowers which are to
be mowed as weed. I can find dark purple flower
of morning glory. The month of July is almost gone
while I did not notice it. It got very hot again today.

袋掛けも終わったので、
今朝からボルドーの散布があちこちで
始まった。夜間散水も始まったので
よくスケジュールを調整しないと、早朝畑に
出ても防除できないなんて事もたまにある。
この時期、太陽が出てきた瞬間体感温度が
大分高くなる。雨合羽を着ているので
暑さは尋常ではない。サウナ状態。
やせること間違いなし。

Bordeaux spray began this morning after the
completion of wrapping the bunches. As the irrigation
by sprinkler also started, some may find the irrigation
going on when he(usually he) arrives at the vineyard
and cannot spray. We have to check the irrigation schedule
well.

Regarding the spraying at this time of the year, we feel
very hot once the sun rises. As we wear rain wear, the hotness
we feel is beyond imagination. It is almost as if we were in
sauna spa. You can surely lose your weight.

大雨の後は熱暑が続いて、農地はカラカラに
なってきた。土は、水分をあふれるほどに含んで
畑の中ではハンドルを取られるほどだったのに、
今は、固くしまっている。　週末ごろから
灌水も始まった。

After heavy rain for days in a row, we have had
very hot days and it has made the soil very dry.
While it was raining, the soil got so wet and
we were not able to control our vehicle in the farm.
But now the earth was so had and tight. The irrigation
Began at the end of the last week again.