Harvest

Workers harvest napa cabbages in a field on Anbandeok Hill at dawn in Gangneung, South Korea, Sept. 5, 2013.

A worker harvests napa cabbages in a field on Anbandeok Hill at dawn in Gangneung, South Korea, Sept. 5, 2013

A worker harvests napa cabbages in a field on Anbandeok Hill at dawn in Gangneung, South Korea, Sept. 5, 2013

A farmer plows a field with cow as workers harvest potatoes on Anbandeok Hill at dawn in Gangneung, South Korea, Sept. 5, 2013.

Workers harvest potatoes in a field on Anbandeok Hill at dawn in Gangneung, South Korea, Sept. 5, 2013.

Workers harvest 6 year-old ginseng at a field in Chuncheon, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2013. 

A worker harvests 6 year-old ginseng at a field in Chuncheon, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2013. 

Farmers harvest beans at a filed in Bosung, South Korea, 2004.

Workers harvest onions at a field in Muan, South Korea, 2010.

A farmer removes insects from a rice field in Asan, South Korea, Oct. 11, 2012.

A farmer harvests rice with a combine harvester in a paddy field in Hadong, South Korea, Oct. 9, 2014. 

A farmer harvests rice with a combine harvester in a paddy field in Icheon, South Korea, Oct. 11, 2012.

A farmer harvests rice with a combine harvester in a paddy field in this aerial photograph taken in Hadong, South Korea, Oct. 9, 2014. 

A farmer harvests rice with a combine harvester in a paddy field in this aerial photograph taken in Ganghwa island of Incheon, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2014. 

A farmer harvests rice with a combine harvester in a paddy field in this aerial photograph taken in Hadong, South Korea, Oct. 9, 2014. 

A combine pours rice into a truck at a field in Gimje, South Korea, Oct. 16, 2011. 

Farmers sit roadside as they take a break to eat lunch during a rice harvest in Hadong, South Korea, Oct. 9, 2014.

A farmer is silhouetted as she moves a bale of hay at a field in Gimje, South Korea, Oct. 16, 2011. 

It’s harvest season again. Harvest is a time of plenty, when the season's hard work is rewarded by bounty. Gathered here are images harvest of cabbage, ginseng, rice and crops critical and obscure during my assignment in South Korea.