Seems the farmer let the crows have it. The corn, that is.
June 27, 2012
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June 22, 2012
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Standing Again
The typhoon on June 19th flattened the corn. Almost uprooted it. Two days after being knocked down, the corn is almost standing up straight again. (The crows didn’t bother this corn field. Maybe they didn’t want to pick on … Continue reading
June 21, 2012
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Crow Update
The crows have lost their breakfast, lunch, and dinner spot. Unfortunately, crows are noisy and the fruit tree was messy. They still gather. Can you see why? Corn fields. They’ve done a lot damage. Let’s see if this … Continue reading
June 20, 2012
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The Morning After the Typhoon
Mt. Fuji looked like this. I could see the damage to the corn from the roof. This is ground zero. The corn looked like this before the typhoon. Yesterday, the zucchini in another farmer’s field was curved. Today, it’s … Continue reading
November 26, 2009
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Autumn Field Work
Those guys missed all the action. That’s our vegetable stand man working in the fields. He’s moving sato imo to store them for the winter. Those are sakura, cherry blossom trees on the right.
November 23, 2009
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Busy Even Today
Even though it was labor Thanksgiving in Japan today, our vegetable stand man and his wife were busy. He cut the stems of yatsugashira. He biked them over to the stand where his wife stripped the outer skin off … Continue reading
October 15, 2009
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Cat In the Bean Field
Yesterday I saw one of the cats we caught last year. He’s the one who got caught eating the fish head I had for another cat. We took him to the vet to have an operation. He looks healthy … Continue reading
September 20, 2009
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September Taro / Satoimo (里芋)
taro (Colocasia esculenta)
August 12, 2009
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Summer Planting
The truck farmer is planting leeks in the field behind our house. Deep rows are needed fro leeks. Click on the label below to see Japanese leeks. P.S. I didn’t feel any earthquakes today. The typhoon passed us by.
July 25, 2009
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Baby Ears
Granny’s baby elephant ears in Texas. Baby taro in the field near our house in Tokyo. Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is satoimo (里芋) in Japanese. Click on the categories and tags below for more about taro.