As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.
-- The Buddha

The bamboo we planted at the beginning of the year has 3 new shoots growing at about 6 inches a day.
The rice fields around us have been flooded for over a month now. The rice is sprouted by throwing the seed into one area then replanted. Rice planting is a communal effort. The group of people seen here each having their own fields, each helping others get planted out.
Exciting, huh?