#019 Chinese violet cress (花大根 Hanadaikon)

We can see the plant at all over the place in our city.

We treat it the same as weed.

It doesn't means we seed it in our garden.

Inhabitant #2 (Toad, ヒキガエル、 Hikigaeru)

He is growing???

Are you this toad which I met you tow years ago?

He has gimlet eye.

It seemed that he gave me a gimlet eye on, because I disturbed his winter sleep.

Don't sleep! It's just middle of Spring.

#018 Carolina Jasmine

Last week end, I worked for maintenance our garden by this Carolina Jasmine.

I was covered delicate flavor at that time.

It's exactly Jasmine flavor.

Here is the picture of this plant a year ago.

And here is the picture of it two years ago.

#017 Tulip(チューリップ)

We could meet these tulips at the same three points in our garden again.

Under the Lilac

Under the Peach

Under the American Cherry

A flower's life is short!

This picture was taken by me three days ago.


The flower petal carpet was taken this morning.


There is the carpet under the cherry.

What short the flower's life is!

But we are able to enjoy the flower two times in the sky and on the earth.

Thanks, great nature!

Harvest #002-8 (a mustard family )

Today's harvest

Before harvesting filed, now a mustard has flowers.
After harvested field, it's eighth harvest.

Well-stocked Strawberry Filed

The strawberry field was developed by me on last September.

I can not wait for harvest of the strawberries.

Crop of the strawberry last year fell short of the goal. (15Kg)

So I expect bigger crop than 2004 year's this year.

Harvest #003-1 (Sanchu Asian Lettuce)

This is Sanchu Asian Lettuce which we initial planted at our garden this year.

Before handpick......................After handpick

The harvest and Kentucky Fried Chicken

These were today's dinner. We enjoyed the dinner.

Typical Japanese Spring

We can see Typical Japanese Spring at a hump nearby.

The hump is an ancient burial mound.

We can arrive at there after fifty steps.

Here is snapshots of last year at the same place.

Here is another snapshots at another place in our city.

It was cloudy today.

Chery blossom look nice in blue sky at all.

Harvest #002-7 (a mustard family )

Today's harvest

Before harvesting field

After harvested field

#016 Peach (Momo : 桃 もも モモ）

Today's flowers

The tree has some stories.

Here is #1 story.

Here is #2 story. Here is #3 story.

Inhabitant #1 (Lizard, Tokage 蜥蜴、トカゲ、 とかげ)

Today, I started to build a sandbox for our grandson.

At that time, I found out a baby lizard at the place under construction.

Our garden is as close as Lizard World.

I would like to show you some examples.
Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, Example 4, Example 5,
Example 6, Example 3, Example 8, Example 9, Example 10.

#015 Japanese quince (Boke : ボケ）

Today's Japanese quince

Here is last year's the flowers.

Here is two years ago.

The plant name is Boke in Japanese.
Boke has another meaning, it means "senile ".

I am sixty three years old, I am still fine!

#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