Photo Update from the KafkA Shack: Kabu, Cool-Ass Landlords, Telescopes, Beehive Update, and an Inflatable Pool!

in #japan6 years ago (edited)

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出来た!We did it! Our first little harvest of Japanese turnips!


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Our landlord stopped by, bringing all kinds of fruits and veggies for us, plus a wealth of gardening advice that I was much in need of! Z-bee is enjoying his inflatable pool in the background. Hot today!!


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The watermelons now have a bit of guidance for crawling across the earth, via some straw laid out on the ground. Thanks for the advice, Nakano-san!


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We also found an old telescope in one of the out buildings when we were going through some old stuff stored there. Nakano-san, the owner of the property, told us we are free to use it, and anything else in the buildings. Great! Will be a big unschooling win if it still works! I imagine it just needs a good cleaning.


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As for the beehive, I'm still trying to lure a swarm here, but Japanese honeybees are very fickle. She's still scented with lemongrass oil and waiting for some folks to move in, though, so I'll keep you posted!


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~KafkA

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Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DLive and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)

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looks like you have a green thumb in the going. Pretty interesting projects to grow your own homestead. I believe that kids need to know the difficulty in cultivating food in order to truly appreciate the labor that goes into them. Awesome work!

wow!
looking like really farmer.ha ha ..
have a good day sir.

What a breathtaking location, thanks for sharing

Your landlord looks a cool person...he must be knowing great gardening skills?.. Also, nice to see your son enjoying...

Just perfect.. wow :

I can not explain in a word.
nice looking.

gardening is a great hobby...amazing photography of gardening

In the hot, the little boy in enjoying him. The turnips look like your bare head!

Lovely! Glad to see you are getting full enjoyment out of your new-ish place. :)

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