Late Autumn Crops in Korea

Travelling through Korea during the last few weeks, I was struck by the presence of crops in many of the fields.

Indeed, the rice harvest is over by early November.

Rice fields, after the harvest.

But many smaller fields are still green, in spite of the colder weather and shorter hours of daylight.

Greens in a field, in late October.

Green fields in October.

Edibles growing in late October.

Some green fields, in early November.

Upon closer examination, the plants growing in these fields were those vegetables that I had learned, thanks to my parents' gardening hobby, are more hardy and frost resistant.  Commonly, these late autumn crops consisted of onions and hardy leafy plants that looked like cabbages.

Korea's growing season is definitely longer than Canada's.