October 27, 2009
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Our neighborhood farmer walked along this row squeezing the heads of these cabbages. He chose one and cut it off at its base. Then he cut some of the outer leaves away from the head. He put it in … Continue reading
September 4, 2009
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Looking out our kitchen window around lunch time, I discovered a circle of people in front of our neighborhood vegetable stand. As it turns out, they were filming for the Japanese cable TV channel WoWoW. I’ll try to find … Continue reading
August 29, 2009
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I never noticed these hanging on the side of our neighborhood vegetable stand. They are silk braids used as borders on tatami mats. Our vegetable stand man used them to build and reinforce his vegetable stand. He tied this … Continue reading
May 26, 2009
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Here’s our vegetable stand man working in his onion field. The corn on this side of that path (in the foreground) belongs to another farmer. These pictures were taken from our roof garden. Click on them to enlarge them. … Continue reading
October 16, 2008
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Our neighborhood farmer uses this tape to bind his vegetables into bunches. Grocery stores in the area use the same kind of tape. Here are leeks and spinach from his vegetable stand. The picture was taken on our … Continue reading
February 15, 2008
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These are daikon, Japanese radishes, in a field near our house. They are also grown in other seasons. These daikon are 100 yen each at a local vegetable stand. Can you figure out how much that is? First … Continue reading
July 11, 2007
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Click to enlarge. Can you see the slant of light?
June 27, 2007
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This is our vegetable stand man. We’ve been buying vegetables from him for over 15 years. His vegetable stand is near our house. When Little Brother was small, every time we passed the stand he wanted to buy a … Continue reading
November 23, 2006
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Since today was Thanksgiving I thought I would show the fall vegetables growing in the field behind our house. Spinach, daikon and onions in the background. Daikon Broccoli The vegetable stand near our house is still open for business even … Continue reading
September 17, 2006
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This picture was taken at the beginning of the summer. This stand was self-service. There was a box where customers left money. Here is a close-up. The wooden box on the right is the money box. It is now the … Continue reading