Tag Archives: Chestnut

Autumn 2021, early spring 2022 harvests  2021年秋、2022年早春の収穫

Some harvests to share…Was lucky (no wild boar attack) and happy to reap quite a lot of sweet potatoes.サツマイモの収穫。幸運でイノシシにやられなかった。 Yes, they were the purple type… sweet and delicious…紫の種類、甘くてうまかった。 Navel oranges… managed to harvest about 160 of them.ネーブルオレンジ、160個ぐらいの収穫。 Shared them with … Continue reading

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Late summer, early autumn harvests

Part of my day job requires me to make quite a bit of overseas travel, some of which can be rather long… Upon returning from one of those trips, I found the chestnuts had dropped onto the ground… Many of … Continue reading

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Chestnuts, blueberries, chick peas, asparagus, among others…

The chestnut tree gave us a bountiful harvest this year… All in all, there were over 50 chestnuts and we had a good time ‘gnawing’ on them… The corn did not do so well… too many pests… might give corn a … Continue reading

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Potager Y in mid October 2014

It has been a long while since I last wrote. Reason is, I had not been feeling well (see here for the story). Still, I could not just sit still and watch the days go by. Weak I was/am, I … Continue reading

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Chestnut, pumpkin, beets, and rocoto…

Tried planting chestnut for the first time last year… The strain we chose is called ‘Porotan’… Don’t ask me why it is called such a name, but they are supposed to be easy to peel… We could manage only one … Continue reading

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