Mt.Ushida

Climb Mt.Ushida.
Reach the top at 7:00
It's my new record.

Alstroemeria

Alstroemeria ia commmonly called Pervian Lily or Lily of Inca.
It is South American genus.
It is long-lived penennial.

Bell pepper

Bell pepper baby is born.
It will become big soon.
It's fine this morning.

Kabocha

Kabocha baby is born.
It's the first one of this year.
It may come from artificial insemination.

Shobu

Shobu season begins.
It's first shobu flower of this year.
June is near at hand.

Onion

Onions are hung on the beems.
Yesterday they are digged.
They can be used all through the year.

Mikan

Mikan has it's baby.
It's small.
But it has perfect shape.

Satsuki

Hirado flower is over.
Satsuki is now in season.
June comes near at hand.

Ingenmame

Ingenmame grows up supporting bamboo frames.
It wraps around ribbing with thin, spiraling tendrils.
Caterpillars on it are exterminated by hands every morning.

Kabocha

This flower is polinated this morning.
It is done by my hands.
Big kabocha is expected.

Bell pepper

Bell peppers have flowers
The flower is white.
The color of pepper is green.

Nigauri

A nigauri's tendril grabs the suporting frame.
Nigauri grows well.
And it will bring much of a catch.

Kabocha

Kabocha's male flower can be seen.
kabocha produces both a male and female flower.
It will be pollinated by bees and our hands.

Tomato

Tomato has now flowers.
It begins to bear small blue fruits.
Chiana is the largest producer.

Nasu

Nasu has it's flower.
Nasu flowers are typically purple.
They have star shaped with fused petals.

Rose

Roses begin to open up.
They are not exposed to insecticides
They are damaged from pests.

Satsuki

It is satsuki at north side garden.
It is not in full-bloom.
It's flower blooms day by day.

Satsuki

Hirado season is over.
Satsuki season begins.
Here is satsuki at front gate.

Green pea

It was served yesterday for the first time of this year.
It was cooked as the part of kakiage.
Today it is going to be the ingredinet of mamegohan.

Kyuri & Nigauri

There are 8 kyuri plants and 4 nigauri plants.
There vines can not be seen yet.
Their support poles are already prepared.

Hasskaku

Hassaku flowers grow gragariously.
Their fruits are expected overly abundant.
Fruit thinning must be needed.

Tamanegi

They will be harvested early in June.
Some are served already as the stuffs in misoshiru.
Summer has come.

Tomato and Egg plants is supported by bamboo poles.
They will be typhoon resistant.
Poles for kyuri are also prepared.

Rue

Leaves are tripinnate.
Flowers are yellow.
It was used extensively in Middle Eastern crusine in olden days.

Mikan

Mikan flowers bloom.
Uguisus are singing.
Ships come and go.

Ayame

Ayame is a kind of Iris.
It's sword shaped leaves stand straght.
The stem below the flower has yellowish stripe.

Potato

Flowers of potato plant just open up this morning.
They resemble those of egg plant.
The potato ana the gg plant belong to the same family.

Narutoyuri

Narutoyuri flowers goes down before kowing it.
Leaves are good to watch.
They are variegated.

Mokkoku

Flesh leaves of mokkoku are shiny.
Mokkoku is one of the typical tree in traditional Japanese garden.
It makes the garden tranquil atmosphere.

Lemon

Lemon flowers buds can be seen.
This lemon tree used to bear lean fruits.
It is heavily pruned .

Ki_Shobu

Ki_shobu opens up.
It is the begining of shobu season.
Uguisus are singing songs.