[EBS입트영 7/2 Tue] Growing Sweet Potatoes / 고구마 농사

2 Tue. Growing Sweet Potatoes / 고구마 농사

 

My parents decided to leave city life behind and returned to the countryside as farmers.

Our family was excited at first, and we planted various crops.

Among them, the one that sticks out in my memory is sweet potatoes. 

I remember it clearly because the harvest was so labor-intensive.

We harvested other crops as needed, whenever we wanted to eat them.

But sweet potatoes required a full day of harvesting, scheduled in advance. 

Sweet potatoes thrive in barren soil.

But our land was so fertile that there were earthworms everywhere.

This made it really hard to grow sweet potatoes.

The lesson learned from sweet potato farming is that they taste best when they are store-bought. 

Still, it was rewarding to see my parents enjoy farming so much.

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leave city life behind 도시생활을 떠나다 

returned to the countryside 귀농하다

sticks out in my memory  특히 기억에 남다

labor-intensive 손이 많이 가는 

as needed 필요에 따라 

require a full day 하루종일 걸리다 

scheduled in advance 사전에 계획한 

thrive in barren soil 척박한 땅에서 잘 자라다 

make it really hard to ~을 매우 힘들게 하다 

lesson learned 교훈

store-bought 매장에서 구입한 

be rewarding to see  보면 뿌듯하다