Farm & Garden

Farm & Garden

Butternuts progress

In May, I planted butternuts seeds and lovely sprouts came up. I wanted to try companion planting this time and planted ...
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Pampas grass Planting Project 3

It has been for 5 months since pampas grass planting project started.Now the pampas grass divisions are getting bigger a...
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Spreading Compost and Preparation for Sunlight-Disinfection

Last time we all cleaned up eggplants in the greenhouse and now it's time to make a good soil again for the next season....
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Riding a bike IN a Rice Field?

I helped work at a farm and this time it was a bit different than usual. It meant I rode a kind of a bike to drain a pad...
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Removing Eggplants and Clean up in the Green house

Once a year the eggplant's farmer clean up in the green house to check and arrange the condition of the soil. The day be...
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Taking out Tomato’s plants from the field in the Greenhouse

It's time to remove tomato's plants from the field in the greenhouse. Mostly Mitsu-san used his machine to gather and pu...
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How Do Bamboos Grow from Bamboo shoots?

Bamboo forests are always awesome! Those areas make me feel very calm and give us fresh air. When I went to the bamboo f...
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Utilizing Barley

I visited a squash farmer's field who also grows barley for green manure. Barley looks beautiful! The farmer said some h...
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Process of EDOSAKI Squash Seedlings

Have you ever heard of an EDOSAKI Squash ?In Japan, squash and pumpkin are all called " kabocha /かぼちゃ".In this area, squ...
Travel Highlights

” WARABI ” one of the Wild Plants in Japan

Do you know "Warabi"? During spring, you can find Warabi Plants called bracken in English in the wild in Japan. "Warabi"...