Peppers
Written by: adekun on 28 August, 2009 6:44 pm - Filed under: food — No Comments »
パプリカ a red pepper
The ubiquitous ピーマン (p-man) can be found in every veg growers garden over the summer. パプリカ (papurika), another species of Capsicum annuum is less common. As there are so many of the former about over harvest time, there doesn’t seem much point in growing them. It seems worthwhile tending the unusual and watching fab colours develop.
Summer veg planting
Written by: adekun on 11 May, 2009 7:22 pm - Filed under: garden — No Comments »
Mulch me
A week ago the bulk of the summer veg were planted. The patch they now occupy isn’t the best. Only a year ago it was full of flowers, weeds, and camellia trees. It would really benefit from the ridiculously deep digging the initial beds got. In the back corner next to the potatoes, there are some sweetcorn mounds. Between the stakes: tomatoes, poorly aubergines, cucumbers and peppers. There’s still some pumpkin plants to plant; is it too late to sow a couple of seeds? The chilli pepper seedlings need to get transplanted along with whatever herbs come good.
Summer veg shopping
Written by: adekun on 4 May, 2009 1:14 pm - Filed under: garden — 4 Comments »
After battling against holiday season traffic and hordes of old people, the bulk of the summer vegetables for planting have been purchased.
- 3 桃太郎 (momotaro) tomatoes
- 3 サターン (sata?n) tomatoes
- 7 アイコ (aiko) tomatoes
- 3 other mini tomatoes
- 3 aubergines
- 5 ピーマン (p-man) peppers
High summer garden
Written by: adekun on 7 August, 2008 2:12 pm - Filed under: garden — No Comments »
- Along the back from the left:
- Empty space where the spuds were
- Asparagus
- Basil
- Peanuts
- Middle and front:
- Sweet Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Peppers & aubergines
- Soy Beans
- Okra
- Recently vacated kabocha and watermelon
It really looks dry out there. I’ve barely been out with either the hose or watering can. The sweet potatoes are thriving nonetheless. Expect the cucumber to have finished. Perhaps earlier with a bit more watering and mulch they may have lasted a bit longer. 
Tomatoes and the typhoon
Written by: adekun on 14 July, 2007 3:05 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
Presently I’m watching the news to see where the latest typhoon is headed. Over the past couple of days it has moved up from Okinawa and is now passing over Kagoshima at the bottom of the island of Kyūshū. It is expected to continue east over Shikoku towards Tokyo, good distance south of us. I guessed wrong about tsuyu (the rainy season) being behind us the time we returned to Japan. There has not been a day without heavy rain and strong wind since.
As a precaution, I decided to run the gauntlet and recover the ripe and almost ripe tomatoes, the cucumbers and aubergines.
Running up and down the rows, returning to the place a handful in a bowl, against the elements seemed comparable to a Japanese endurance game. Perhaps the star prize was an exotic red p-man.
Message From Miho
Written by: adekun on 7 June, 2007 2:52 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »
I just downloaded another batch of photos from my helpful sister-in-law. The first was taken last Sunday. The clover around the tomatoes has since been thinned out and the red onions pulled.
Here some p-man, Japan’s popular pepper.
I am hesitant about giving the order to pull the garlic. As my minders are busy out working most hours, there is a good chance the odd week or two might pass and the heads end up splitting. I think this weekend it would be prudent to check several rather than the odd couple with a view to harvesting the lot?
There is quite a bit more yellowing to the leaves on a photo taken yesterday. It looks like most of the scapes got fried. Should be a little more blasé – I can always plant those past it?
Earlier Summer Vegetables
Written by: adekun on 27 April, 2007 12:49 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »
After a long and tiring day under the unrelenting sun, the summer vegetables were planted yesterday. There is still a little space to accommodate something else, perhaps a cucumber plant.
From the left:
- Tomatoes (aiko, momotaro & tsugi momotaro)
- Aubergines, Peppers
- Sweet Potatoes
- Cucumbers
- Red Onions
- Garlic
- Potatoes
- White Onions
Although I didn’t cadge any cowpats, I did cadge some greens for the compost heap. After being offered a few barrow loads of compost from my neighbour’s compost mountain, the offer of a similar sized stack of shungiku (chrysanthemum) came.
I had made a short deviation from my no chemical strategy and treated my own heap with some pellets to deal with only* beetle larvae and woodlice.
It seems quite timely; it will make an excellent addition. I shall be spending the next week clipping away with the secateurs.
* I can only hope so.
