05/09/2026
黑皮红豆和高粱，终于再次收成了。
距离上一次收成，已经过了几个 batch。
这一句“终于”，对我们来说，不只是等了一季而已。
而是中间经历过一次又一次失败，才重新看到这一批谷粮回来。
种粮食，种下去容易，考验的是时间。没有收成之前，都不敢说一定有。
Black adzuki and sorghum are finally harvested again.
It has been a few batches since our last successful harvest.
For us, the word “finally” carries a lot.
It was not just one season of waiting. It was a few rounds of trying, failing, adjusting, and waiting again before we could see this harvest return.
Growing grains feels a little like waiting for a report card.
Until harvest day, nobody really knows the result.
我们低估了自然的力量。
原本以为，凭我们这些年的种植经验，种红豆和高粱，应该是绰绰有余。
可是当我们真正开始大量种植，种得多了，问题也跟着一起来了。
鸟来了。
田鼠来了。
虫来了。
菌害也来了。
田里食物变多了，自然界里想吃这一口的，也都会找上门。
We underestimated nature.
With all these years of farming experience, we thought growing adzuki and sorghum on a larger scale would be manageable.
But once we planted more, nature responded too.
Birds came.
Rats came.
Insects came.
Fungal problems came too.
When there is more food in the field, we are not the only ones waiting for harvest.
有几个 batch，几乎是零收成。
虫一来，红豆被咬到一粒都不剩。
高粱收成的时候如果遇到雨，一整批可以在很短时间里发霉。
没有人一开始就告诉我们答案。
我们只能遇到一个问题，解决一个问题。
失败一次，调整一次。
再种，再看，再学。
有些顾客会问：
讲要种那么久了，为什么还是买不到？是不是偷偷收起来？
其实真的不是。
很多时候，是我们自己也还在努力把方法、周期和整个种植系统重新平衡起来。
There were batches with almost zero harvest.
When insects came, the red beans could be wiped out completely.
When sorghum met rain at harvest time, a whole batch could turn mouldy very quickly.
No one handed us the answers at the beginning.
We met one problem, solved one problem.
Failed once, adjusted once.
Planted again, observed again, learned again.
Some customers asked,
“You said you were growing them. Why still cannot buy? Did you keep them away?”
The truth is, no.
Most of the time, we were still trying to balance the method, the timing, and the whole growing system.
绕了一圈，最后发现，最可靠的，还是最基础的：
轮耕系统。
要有足够大的空间。要轮得够远。
土地、虫害、病害和作物之间，才有机会重新平衡。
这也让我们更深刻明白，一座有机农场要健康运作，种类一定要够多，系统才转得起来。
这件事，其实也和我们的餐盘有关。
如果大家的餐盘永远只剩下少数几样东西，农场的种植就会越来越趋向单一。
而当种植越来越单一，轮耕系统也会越来越难转动。
After going one big round, we came back to the most basic and reliable method:
crop rotation.
There must be enough space.
The rotation must move far enough.
Only then can the land, pests, diseases, and crops begin to find balance again.
This reminded us that for an organic farm to stay healthy, diversity is not optional.
A farm needs enough different crops for the system to keep moving.
And this is also connected to what we eat.
If our plates always return to only a few familiar foods, farms are pushed to grow fewer and fewer crops.
这一批黑皮红豆，不只是红豆而已。
这一次，我们也和学校合作，让孩子们一起处理红豆。
从剥豆荚、选豆，到一粒一粒挑豆子。
一方面，真的帮我们分担了一点工作。
另一方面，也让孩子们亲手接触在地粮食。
不是从包装里拿出来的豆子。
而是从豆荚里，一粒一粒剥出来的豆子。
This batch of black adzuki is more than just beans.
This time, we worked with a school and let the children help process them by hand.
They opened the pods, sorted the beans, and picked through them one by one.
Yes, it helped us a little with the work.
But more importantly, the children got to touch local food with their own hands.
Not beans poured out from a packet.
But beans coming out from real pods, one by one.
也许这些黑皮红豆的价值，远远不只是 “一个特别的、有黑色皮的红豆”。
更珍贵的，是把在地粮食的经验，慢慢接到下一代手上。
当孩子们可以真实地从豆荚里剥出红豆，他们接触到的，不只是食物。
也是土地。也是季节。也是一个地方怎么长出自己的粮食。
这比豆子好不好吃，来得更重要。
当然，豆子也是很新鲜、很香的。
黑皮红豆和高粱，现在都已经有货了。
可以在我们的伙伴商店买到。
想支持我们继续种在地粮食的朋友，也欢迎联系我们。
Maybe the value of these black adzuki is not only that they are special, or that they have a darker skin.
What feels more precious is passing the experience of local food to the next generation.
When children open a pod and find red beans inside, they are not only touching food.
They are touching the land. The season. The way a place grows its own food.
That may be even more important than whether the beans taste good.
Of course, the beans are fresh and fragrant too.
Our black adzuki and sorghum are now available at our partner stores.
For those who would like to support local grains and local food, feel free to contact us.
When farming becomes too narrow, crop rotation becomes harder too.
