Welcome to the Jungle

Written by: adekun on 7 July, 2009 6:54 pm - Filed under: garden — No Comments »

Upon our return, the view of the garden did bewilder. It was great to see how much things had come on in the short time we were away. Kabocha had climbed up the sweet corn and over the tomatoes, many of which were ripe. It’s warmer than it was in England and horribly humid. The coming weeks weeding is unlikely to be pleasant.

No rain, no mulch.

No rain, no mulch. There's still the bicycle somebody dumped.

Japan vegetable garden

Two weeks later, overflowing with weeds and pumpkin leaves,

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Kabocha

Written by: adekun on 22 July, 2008 4:02 pm - Filed under: food — No Comments »

Kabocha

Kabocha a few days old

These are a variety of mini kabocha; both the fruit and leaves are smaller than the usual. From the two plants only three squashes are good. The majority of the vines are now yellowing. This is in part to my idea of growing some of them up poles to make better use of space. Besides what I think was a pollination problem, many of those that did start to bear fruit soon died. I shall certainly aim to try again; in the meantime there is some new foliage to gaze at.

Kabocha

Kabocha harvested

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