Today sees ailing Prime Minister Fukuda’s new cabinet inaugurated. The forbearing Japanese can now look forward to a raft of reforms instead of the usual dithering and inaction. If the latest reshuffle doesn’t upset the apple cart, the golden age may last until next September when an equally dynamic team get elected.
Long live the gerontocracy!
jake: Night soil :)... the traditional fertilizer. 
Alan: Nice looking taters. Good color to them.
I fertilized mine this year with the used bedding from my chick brooder ...Alan: Isn't every year a mixed year in the garden? Gardeners are the best at taking the good with the ...
Ben: Didn't work. I have the Chinese version, maybe it's different? Who knows... (and yes, I've followed the steps ...
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