Year 1 – November Week 1: Autumn Harvests
This week we finally harvested all the sweet potatoes and peanuts. Contents Sweet Potatoes and Peanuts Most of the Azuma...
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Year 1 – October 3rd Week: Updates of Brussel Sprout and others
Updates This Week Contents Brussel Sprout Brussel sprout is now starting to form and we had a greeny visitor! Romaine...
2021 October 4th Week: Cabbage is in danger!
Updates about cabbage, brussels, chinese cabbage plants and planting more leeks. Surprised how good this kale for salad, we decided...
Growing Garlic
Contents October 1: Planting garlic Planted garlic together with strawberries today. It seems that these two grow well together. Peeling...
Homemade Challenge #2: Ume Yeast Water
After making ume syrup, I re-used the fruit to make an ume yeast water. Ingredients are simple; ume, water and...
Homemade Challenge #1: Ume Syrup
Rainy season has started in Japan and that means it is also season for ume! We harvested some ume fruits...
Gardening Challenge #1: Growing Potatoes
My first gardening challenge is growing potatoes. I bought some Baron (男爵: だんしゃく) seed potatoes from Nafco home center. I...
DIY #2: Setting Up Single Handle Kitchen Faucet
DIY challenge #2 is setting up a single handle kitchen faucet! We got this simple eco-type model LINAX (RSF-542YA) single...
DIY #1: Setting Up Washing Machine Drain Pan
This time’s DIY challenge is setting up washing machine pan. These are the items I bought to setup our washing...
Kominka Cake In Yakage-Cho: Coffee Ya (珈琲や)
Hi there. It’s Mrs. Wada, back on duty. I would like to introduce Coffee Ya in Yakage Town, Okayama Prefecture...