Archive for January, 2010

T-shirt winter

Written by: adekun on 29 January, 2010 6:34 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

Apart from the odd flurry, there hasn’t really been any snow this winter. Quite at odds to other parts of the world, it again seems peculiar. I wonder if it will have any effect on the flavour of white leeks and daikon.

Tags: weather

Mayatron

Written by: adekun on 22 January, 2010 4:08 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »

Maya is a year old. She has already been walking a couple of months. Doors are now no longer an obstacle and she has figured how to lift and open the stair guard. I’m going to have to remember to unlock it before I barge through it. Her appetite hasn’t abated, if anything she eats more than Kento. The little tears if her chawan (rice bowl) is empty. Looking back over past photos brings a familiar sense of déjà vu. Even Kento shared the same rotundness.

Tags: maya

Flowery hakusai

Written by: adekun on 15 January, 2010 1:55 pm - Filed under: garden — 1 Comment »

Each subsequent attempt at growing hakusai (chinese cabbage) has ended up for the worse. The cabbages are splayed, instead of the solid stumpy stubs that were harvested a few years back. It would be good to understand why. Is it the weather or perhaps the compost isn’t cutting it?

Tags: garden, hakusai

Underpowered Yorkshire Puddings

Written by: adekun on 9 January, 2010 4:35 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

Although parsnips at Christmas were a boon, getting light and fluffy Yorkshire Puddings proved impossible. Regardless of a foolproof recipe, they just would not rise. I’m sure the problem is the オーブンレンジ (oven range). It just isn’t a fair contender. The microwave/oven combo isn’t able to get back up to temperate quick enough once the door is opened. Continue reading

Tags: whinge

The garden that should not be

Written by: adekun on 2 January, 2010 9:09 pm - Filed under: garden — No Comments »

A new sense of direction and purpose is what the garden needs (in addition to heaps more compost). The weather was not overly kind last year. Once the summer vegetables finished, the plot was dug over and left. It was rather given up and sadly barren. Rather than try to grow the usual Japanese vegetables, it might prove fruitful to concentrate on fewer if more exotic veg. Perhaps a review of what went well and what was enjoyed. Go over what I set out to do last year. It all seems a bit cavalier.

Tags: garden