Photos of the Day for June 13, 2018

Cycle of the year:  transplanting cucumber seedlings.  Azdamichy 2018. By mid-April the first batch of forced seedlings is ready for transplanting to the main hothouse.  Transplanting requires close coordination among extended-family members, whose seemingly effortless movements belie the back-breaking nature of the work in the breathless air of the hothouse. Кола года: высадка расады агуркоў. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 13, 2018

Photos of the Day for June 12, 2018

Cycle of the year:  readying hothouses to grow cucumbers. Eastern Stolin District in central Polesia has become Belarus’ cucumber capital.  Much of the crop is exported to Russia.  The area is covered in hothouses, ranging from agribusiness-size facilities in Al’shany, which has a statue in honor of the cucumber, to small constructions in many village… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 12, 2018