Quake-hit farmers return to their gardens in spring-colored Amik Plain

In the Amik Plain, where various products from grain to fruit and vegetables are grown with its climate and fertile soil, farmers resumed their agricultural activities after the earthquake that took place in Kahramanmaraş on February 6th. With the arrival of spring, agricultural activities, which were interrupted after the earthquake, revived in the plain, where fruit trees bloom and almost painted in pink. After the February 6 earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6, which are described as the 'disaster of the century', the farmers put their pain aside and went to their lands. Farmers, who enter their colorful blooming gardens to prune fruit species such as peach, olive, tangerine, lemon and apricot, care for their means of livelihood. Ahmet Cemiloğlu, who works in the Amik Plain, told the AA correspondent that the pruning season of the nectarine trees started late due to the earthquake. Explaining that they are working to improve the work in the orchards, Cemiloğlu stated that agricultural activities should be continued despite their pain and loss. Stating that he believes that the wounds of the earthquake will be healed together, Cemiloğlu continued: 'The farmer was also affected by the earthquake. After the earthquake, the rain was also effective, the fruits were damaged.' 'We are bandaging our wounds. We try to help everyone and do the work. A little later, the quality will decrease. If it is late, the fruits will be damaged. Life will go on somehow. People started working and will gradually return to the old order.'