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Nghe An farmers spread nets and build dikes to hunt for 'heavenly gifts'

Huy Thu • November 1, 2024 20:02

Farmers in Chau Nhan and Hung Loi communes (Hung Nguyen) consider spreading nets and building field banks as important preparations that contribute to a bumper crop of earthworms.

bna_1(2).jpg — After the flood season, the fields of rươi are plowed and fertilized like the fields of transplanted rice. Since mid-October, people in communes with rươi fields in Hung Nguyen district have begun going to the fields to spread nets and build banks to hunt for rươi. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_2(1).jpg — To spread nets in the fields, people have to make bamboo stakes to tie the nets before taking them to the fields. Mr. Cao Van Nam (37 years old), living in Phu Xuan hamlet, Chau Nhan commune, said: His family has more than 4 sao of rươi fields. This year, the old nets are still there, but the bamboo stakes are damaged so much that they have to go to Vinh city to buy meters to make stakes. He is busy driving a machine to pound the fields so he spread the nets later than the people in the village. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_3(2).jpg — Also in Phu Xuan hamlet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Linh (48 years old) shared: Her family has 1 hectare of rươi field, both divided by household and by bidding, so when the rươi season comes, she and her husband are quite busy. These days, she has taken the time to mend the net and make 2 new nets to catch rươi. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_4..jpg — According to local people, in high fields, the tidal water is expected to only rise to the calves, so households with fields of earthworms only build banks and do not set up nets. Building banks on warm, sunny days, leaving the banks dry and hard will be more convenient for hunting earthworms. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_5(1).jpg — Mr. Cao Xuan Duong (66 years old) in Phu Xuan hamlet, Chau Nhan commune shared: He is one of the households that spread nets in the field of blood worms the latest compared to the people in the hamlet. According to him, blood worms only start to appear in the 10th lunar month, so spreading nets early in the first half of the 9th lunar month is just a preparation step, the blood worms have not appeared yet. Photo: Huy Thu

On average, each sao of rice field needs more than 10 kg of net to spread. The current price of net is from 7,000 - 10,000 VND/kg (depending on the type of net). Usually, each season of the earthworm season, farmers only need to buy a little more net to supplement the existing net to spread it on the field. The motto of farmers when spreading nets is to "stick deep, tie tight", otherwise just one rain and wind will cause the net to tilt and fall. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_7(1).jpg — It is known that Chau Nhan and Hung Loi communes have about 100 hectares of rươi fields. In Chau Nhan commune, rươi fields are concentrated in hamlets 7, 8 and Phu Xuan hamlet with more than 55 hectares. In Hung Loi commune, rươi fields are distributed in hamlets 1, 2, 5. On this occasion, on the rươi fields, farmers have spread nets. Photo: Huy Thu

8 (1) — The fields of rươi along the Lam River are quite low, when the tide rises, they often flood the banks, so people have to buy nets about 1.2m high or more to spread around the fields. For each rươi field, people often leave a trap door, or sluice door to place a basket to catch the rươi. The trap door is often cleared so that the tide recedes to a corner, gathering the rươi in the field. Photo: Huy Thu

After setting the stakes, spreading the nets, and tying the ropes, people just need to use mud and soil to cover the bottom of the nets. The nets for catching the worms are usually set up in the fields for a few months at the end of the season before being harvested. Before the night the worms appear, households often go to check the nets, plug any gaps, and fix the crooked stakes. Photo: Huy Thu

Preparations for the worm season take place until the last minute before the tide recedes, and households with worm fields must complete setting up traps to catch the worms. Some households have fields near rivers with high tides, so they must buy boats and move them from their homes to the river in advance to get around. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_11(1).jpg — With careful preparation, this year, people in communes with rươi fields in Hung Nguyen district hope to have a bumper rươi season. When the rươi comes to the fields, local people often calculate the tide to go to the fields to watch the rươi, not knowing exactly when the rươi will emerge. This year's rươi season, people have had sleepless nights. Photo: Huy Thu

Setting nets to catch earthworms. Video: Huy Thu

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