Flourishing Under The Flaming Sunπ WWOOF Korea July News letter
Editorβs Note
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The news of a rain spell creeping up from the South; July is yet to arrive, but the song of cicada boisterously fills up a small neighborhood park. Hadnβt they been around in August, when the children were on vacation? I am unsure whether my memory failed me, or the bugs decided to come out early after having had enough with the untimely hot weather.
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Recent WWOOFing photos depict either pulling up or mowing down grasses. It seems like the war against weeds β all those plants shooting up overnight β is in full swing. Although we conveniently lump any inedible plants into βweedβ, every single one is a precious entity that settled on the Earth after billions of years of evolution. Feeling its gravity, one cannot just toss it off.
μ¬ μ¬λ¦, μ¬μ μ΅κ³ μ λμκ° μ보λκ³ μλ κ°μ΄λ° μ‘μ΄ νλμ μλμ§κΉμ§ λ μΌλ‘ λλ €λ³΄λ΄λ € μ μ°λ λλΆλλ€μ΄ κ·Έλ ν μ μλ λ° ν볡νμμ ν릴 λλ°©μΈμ μκ°νλ μ΄ μ¬λ¦μ λ μ΄λ»κ² λλ νλ λμ ν¬μ μ΄ μ₯ λ€μ΄κ°λλ€. λ΄κ° μμ΄μ»¨μ λ μΌμΌ νμλ₯Ό λ λ°°μΆνκ³ κ·ΈλμΌ μ§κ΅¬κ° λ λ¨κ±°μμ§κ³ λλΆλλ€ λλ°©μΈμ νλλΌλ λκ² κ΅¬λ, μ΄μ° 보면 μ΄λ¦¬μμ κ³μ°μ νλ©° 7μμ νΈμ§λ₯Ό λμλλ€.
With this summer forecasted to be historically hottest, I cannot help but stop grumbling over the weather, thinking about the toil of farmers at open fields sweating to return the soilβs vitality until the very last weed. If I used AC less often, I would emit less carbon, and the Earth would heat up less, saving a bead of sweat from the farmer. Signing off with this silly reckoning, I post the letter of July.