#014 Dandelion (Tanpopo タンポポ)

There are some kind of dandelin in our garden.

No1....................No2.......................No3

No4............................No5

Ice Up in the Spring

It's was very cold from mid night yesterday till the early morning.

So water in the bucket froze.

But it did not re-create the ice as upon a like the day.

It seems that Winter come back today!

Harvest #002-6 (a mustard family )

Today's Harvest

#013 Bag flower (Genpei Kazura 源平かずら )

This is Genpei Kazura which came from my elder sister as container-grow plant at first last year.

But AyeYai forgot to water this plant, so it was barely alive.

She made me to remove it in the field last Sunday.

Now it's fine like this.

#012 shepherd's-purse (Nazuna Penpengusa)

This plant's nickname is Penpengusa in Japanese.

We call it "Nazuna ナズナ) in Japanese.

The place must be a paradise for them.

But they are destined to be pull up as the weeds.

Harvest #002-6 (a mustard family )

This is today's harvest of the mustard family.
It's sixth harvest.

#011 Violet (Sumire スミレ すみれ)

These violets are in the parking area.

I can find out them third straight year in the same place.

Here is last year flower. Here is the plant two years ago.

They are very happy flowers!

#010 Cleyera japonica (Sakai 榊 サカキ)

The Cleyera japonica has some stories.

Here is a story on September 12, 2007.

Here is another story on September 11, 2008.
Here is last story on March 13, 2009.

This is today's the plant which has a lot of eaten leaves by a bug.

Harvest #002-5 (a mustard family )

Today's harvest, it7s five times this year.

We have eaten them for dinner as a miso soup and Oshitashi.

This is Oshitashi.

#009 Sugar peas

I happened to find out a flower of the sugar peas this morning.

It's first time to see it.

I can see a few insect at this time of day, but I think it's not enough to pollinate the flower.
I worry about bringing forth fruit.

#008 Spiraea thunbergii (雪柳 Yukiyanagi ﾕｷﾔﾅｷﾞ)

Today's Yukiyanagi It's blooming.

Here is the pictures last year on March 20, 2009.

The Japanese quince is not blooming yet.

A growth record of the sugar peas #3

Around four months have passed since seeding sugar peas.
Here is latest record.

(#1 field)

Here is record #1.

(#2 field)

Here is coming out day.

(#3 field)

Here is seeding day.

(#4 field)

Germination of potatoes

I planted the potatoes at here last month, 22 February.

These potatoes as seeds were harvested two years ago.

The seeds like them, so I did not expect the germination.

Because the shape of the potatoes like this picture.

When I found out these germination, I was impressed by vitality of the plant.

Harvest #002-4 (a mustard family )

Today's harvest

I picked off them as a filling of Miso soup for the breakfast.

But AyeYai said to me that it's light as filling for the Miso soup.

So she added a radish with them in the Miso soup.

Put forth buds #004-1 (YukiYanagi)

It's today's the Spiraea thunbergii (Thunberg spirea)

This plant has also new leaves at the same time.

We can enjoy the two plants' flowers at the same time after two weeks.

#008 Bergenia （ヒマラヤユキノシタ）

It's today's the Bergenia. Here is last year's the flower.

Here is full bloom of the Bergenia on March 29, 2009.

Here is pictures two years ago.

Haru no Awayuki (A light snowfall in sprig)

When I got up the morning.

There was a lot of snowfall on our garden.
Here is the snowfall one month ago.

We coll it a light snowfall in spring.

But we say it Haru no Awayuki in Japanese.

Haru(春) means Spring, Awa(淡) means light or (泡) means bubble and Yuki(雪) means Snow.

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The following are landscapes this evening at pm 6:00.

The snowfall disappear like bubbles.

It's typical climate on this period.

Harvest #002-3 (a mustard family )

Today's Harvest

It's third times harvest in this season.

This is one of breakfast for our grandchild this morning.

He is stating at our house with his mother.

Put forth buds #003-1 (Blueberry)

It's a rainy day today, these are pictures of the buds of the eastern blueberry.

Yes, we have another one which is the western blueberry.

The western blueberry was transplanted last October.