Plum

Plum fruits were going to use jam-making.
They were soked in water for one day.
Fresh plum jam is served for breakfast this morning.

tomato

Tomatoes are ripe.
They look good.
They have dictintive aroma gorwn outdoors.

Satoimo

Satoimo is growing.
It rained temporarily around 5:30am.
Water drops can be seen on the leaves of satoimo after rain.

Ajisai

There are many kinds of ajisai.
One of them blooms.
This may be called gakuajisai

Edamame

Edamame is immature daizu.
It is usually cooked pods with eda, branches in salt water.
So it is called edamame.

Agapanthus

It originally comes from South Africa at Meiji era.
It blooms in the rainy season.
Iｔ has spreading thick roots and prevents the soil of bankside from washing out.

Togan

98 % of togan is water.
It has no tastes.
It takes on the flavor of other cooking ingredients.

Nigauri

They call it "Goya" in Okinawa.
It has distinctive bitter taste.
Eating nigauri helps to beat the summer heat.

Okra

Okra flower blooms.
It will bocome a okra pod.
Okra is nutritious.

Mini-tomato

Mini-tomato has another name, Puti-tomato.
Puti comes from French "petit".
They grow gragariously.

Mikan

Mikan tree is still small.
The fruits can be found a few.
The leaves are sound.

Hassaku

Hassaku trees are heavy with their fruits babies and rain drops.
It was photoed by the camera under umbrella.
My shirt got wet.

Yuzu

Yuzu's babies are growing.
The berries of yuzu have rough surface.
Japan is the highest of yuzu's production and comsumption in the world.

Shiso

Red shiso grows wild.
It dyes ume red.
Chiso juce is good for the restration of strengh.

Ingenmame

Ingenmame grows 180cm high.
It prduces flowers.
Their color is white or pink.

Persimmon

There are generally two types of persimmon fuit.
They are astringent ( shibugaki) and non-astringent.
This one is non-astringent.

Pumpkin

Pumpkins continue to produce both male and female flowers.
They are polinated by bees or by our hands.
Now pumpkins fruits are going to berry.

Tomorokoshi

Tomorokoshi is about 180cm high.
It's shows a ear.
The kernel is immatured.

Prince melon

It rained last nigh and early morning.
A prince melon gets wet with rain.
Now two melon babies can be seen.

Monshirocho

Monshirocho is called small white or samll cabbage white in English.
It is a small to mid-sized butterfly species.
Now it is on the leaf of pumpkin.

Natsutsubaki

Natsutsubaki andJapanese original shobu blooemed yesterday for the first time of this year.
Japanese original shobu was uploaded already yesterday.
This natsubaki can be seen during dinner.

Shobu

This shobu is Japanese original speceis.
It is simple, pretty and noble.
It comes from Mukaihara Hiroshima pref. several years ago.

Shoubu

Shobu blooms continuously.
Shobu is a representativce flower at this time of year.
It will show us new flowers tomorrow.

Zakuro

Zakuro is pomegranate in English.
It is native to the region from Afghanistan to Himarayas in northern India.
It's fruit has around 600 seeds.

Eggplant

Nasu is called eggplant in English.
Becauce 18century Europian cultivars were yellow and white.
They resembled goose or hen's eggs.

Agisai

Agisai is a popular ornamental flower.
It is grown for its large flowerheads.
It is moderately toxic if eaten.

Nigella

Nigella was planted several years ago.
The name of this herb was forgotten.
It's name was found in the book of herbs.

Shobu

Shobu blooms one after another.
The first is purple and the second is white.
Here, the third is pink.

Bell pepper

This may be the hybrid between japanese togarashi and foreign bell pepper.
The taste belongs to bell pepper.
It is sold as "pi-man", bell pepper at the plant shop.

Tomato

Tomatoes are going to grow ripe.
Yet they are immature.
Tomatoes grown outdoors are delicious.