It seems the rainy season has been over for the past few days. Burning sunray in the day time. It gets even 33 or 34 degrees C in midday, while it could go down close to 20 degrees at night; it is not correct. It has remained hot during night for the past couple of days. Added on Jul. 18th.
This year, El Nino phenomenon has occurred in the Pacific Ocean that could have brought a cooler summer here. It could be even much hotter without it. So far, it seems to have brought only the torrential rain mainly in the Western Japan. It has damaged a few areas and killed several people. We might have bigger typhoons this summer.
The global warming has surely proceeded. It could have already gone through the point of no return. In our country, the deranged weather could cause crop failure. At present, the food self-sufficiency rate is only 37% in caloric basis. We depend mostof the fertilizer, forage and seeds on foreign countries. If we consider these requirements for farming imported, the self-sufficiency rate drops to 10%. Even in this situation, the only maneuver MAFF plans to deal with such disaster causing crop failure is to force farmers grow sweet potatoes. People in big cities could not imagine what will happen then
The tomatoes in the garden farm have been ripened. I harvest some of them every day. The fresh tomatoes are the material of salad.
On the other hand, broccoli have been eaten by insects as soon as they grow up. Kidney beans won't be ripe even though they have been blooming. Are these due to the too hot weather? Next month, I should start to get ready for vegetables infall/winter. I would raise their seedlings in pots in order to avoid insect damage. Insects will have been active by the end of Septemeber.
Until the end of Septemeber, I will be kept busy with weeding. Sweating like waterfall on face and all the body, I still lock in pulling and cutting weeds. I am asking myself if I should equip my home with solar panel generator.
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