Protect bare hillsides from erosion by covering in jute netting (aka “erosion control cloth) and/or stretching straw-filled wattles horizontally across slopes. Plant through the jute.
In one quiet, telling scene, Chizuru takes Chizuko to harvest jute plants so they can make the awful-tasting soup she promised. It’s a much more complicated endeavor than Chizuko had imagined ...