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Successful Farm e rs

We worked as far mers which helped us learn some basic
farming and gardening skills. Enjoy our successful story
of planting rice.

Sowing Process

On June 6, 2022, we went to the rice eld. We saw a seedbed. Farmer
dai was ready with some rice seeds. We used a gardening fork to make
the soil so . We took turns to sow the seed. Sowing is the process of sprinkling seeds on the seedbed. A er
sowing we rst covered the seeds with soil. en we covered it with hay. We covered the seedbed so that
birds will not eat the seeds.
by Pemba Khandu Tamang

Transplan�ng Process

In June 2022, we went to the rice eld again. We went to the eld for the trans-
plantation of the seedling. We noticed that near the seedbed there was a mud-
dy puddle. It was actually a paddy eld. e farmer had already prepared the
paddy eld by pouring plenty of water. We stepped into the paddy eld by
taking turns. When I stepped in I felt scared. It seemed like it was too deep
but I could feel the surface. It was sticky. We started transplanting by push-
ing the seedling to the bottom of the mud. A er a while, the eld was full of
seedlings. It looked nice with baby plants. For snacks, we ate Dahi-chiura. It
was rice transplanting day all over Nepal. Farmers celebrate the day by eating
Dahi-Chiura.
by Kejash Lal Shrestha

Weeding Process

A er transplanting the rice plants, we
made frequent trips to the rice eld to
see if the rice plants were growing well.
While visiting this place, one day we
noticed that some wild plants were also
growing along with our rice plants. Our
teachers told us that these were unwant-
ed plants. So we removed the plants from
the eld. is process is called weeding.
It is the process of removing wild plants
from place where they are not wanted.
We followed this process twice. It is also
a very important process of rice planta-
tion and we enjoyed it a lot.
by Sambardhan Puri

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