Typhoon Faxai
Written by: adekun on 27 October, 2007 4:03 pm - Filed under: blog — 4 Comments »
The latest typhoon has brought heavy rain to Honshū. It’s passing south of Tokyo at the moment. The brassicas have taken a weathering as the gusts have been strong.
I took a photo a few days prior on what was a nice day. From the left:
- Garlic
Sweet Potatoes
Hakusai, Cabbages, Broccoli
Spinach
Carrots
Beetroot
Mizuna
Potatoes (jumble of oddments in front)
Asparagus at the back
Garlic Chives
Written by: adekun on 8:07 am - Filed under: herbs — No Comments »
Will be transferring a clump once the typhoon weather has calmed up. These have a mild garlic flavour and a popular addition in asian cuisine.
Mizuna
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Transplanted a dozen fralie plants for the winter. A few have wilted, but hopeful to have a few come through.
Rhubarb
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Trying to raise a few seeds for the spring. Haven’t been able to find any roots.
Sweet potatoes and Stout
Written by: adekun on 25 October, 2007 8:41 pm - Filed under: blog — 1 Comment »
A day during the past week I was left to fend for myself. Having got a few beers, I took to the garden to see what could be dinner. It was an opportune time to give the sweet potatoes a test. Regrettably, my garden nemesis had the same idea, only a few months previous and is still at it. The first pulled was a surprise as it was sprouting, normally the shoots (called slips) are planted rather than growing them from the tubers.
Fumbling around a bit more, I came to one that wouldn’t budge. Rather like in the story of the Giant Turnip. After some effort, it came free to reveal a gnawed outside. Several plump nekirimushi were unearthed at the same time. I wanted to bake a large sweet potato in the oven, but this one would have taken hours. They are sometimes sold for ¥88 per 100g instead of by quantity; this weighed one and a half kilos.
My wife came home early as I was prepping thick slices in the microwave. We went out to a sushi restaurant instead.
Over the following days, it got finished off, despite being of bad flavour. Although the same problems persist from the bugs, the more modest sized ones taken today are much more agreeable. As is Kirin’s latest beer.
Snake
Written by: adekun on 16 October, 2007 9:21 pm - Filed under: blog — 4 Comments »
Over the past week, the nights have been noticeably cooler. So much so, I seem to have disappeared deep under the covers, in lieu of concluding anything (except beer).
Today was hot. In the morning, I checked on the brassicas and found that the tender centre of one of the hakusai had been devoured. The glum feeling was soon vanquished as I spotted the first shoot of garlic to have speared through the soil.
The garlic is adjacent to the herb garden and a presently unkempt corner of the garden. Prior to lunch, I went out again to see if there were any more developments. I counted a further two and heard something rustling between my feet. I looked down to find an incoming snake, rather like that scene with Roger Moore in Live and Let Die. Without a cigar and aftershave, I could only hop to the side as it raised its head and call to my wife. It scuttled back from where it had come, which was rather good of it, giving me a decent look of it. It might have been a Shimahebi or Hibakari?
Most lunchtimes, my wife’s aunty takes her break at the house. She said she has seen a few Aodaishō (Japanese Rat Snake) in the front garden, they reach a length of between one a two metres. Still, it was somewhat unexpected.
Kohlrabi
Written by: adekun on 5 October, 2007 5:37 am - Filed under: food — No Comments »
I wanted to grow something you can’t buy in the supermarkets. Nobody has tried kohlrabi here. Seeds were sown 06-Aug. Eaten and burnt-up by the sun shortly afterwards.
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