February 18th, 2025 –February 22nd is Spring – USUI (Rainwater)-4rd KOU “Rain moistens the soil”
The micro-season USUI (Rainwater) represents the time when warm spring rains moisten the earth and plants begin to sprout.
The snow that fell a few days ago has mostly melted. And it has rained lightly three times so far today. The fields are moderately wet as the 4th KOU represents.
The weather was nice on Sunday the 16th, so I went out to my kitchen garden for the first time in a month and a half and did “KAN-OKOSHI”
, that you roughly dig up the soil with a shovel and expose it to the cold to kill pests such as soil disinfection. This is also called “KAN-ZARASHI” (cold exposure).
Actually, more than half of the field had been left untouched since the end of last year, so it had been bothering me for a while. The best time for “KAN-ZARASHI” is in early February, when it’s the coldest, but you don’t want to work when it’s cold^^;
According to the weather forecast, a “once in several decades” cold wave is expected to hit the country this weekend. Temperatures of minus 6 to 9 degrees are expected to continue for several days.
It’s ideal for “KAN-OKOSHI”, but I’m worried about heavy snowfall.
With nature, things don’t always go our way.
