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June 12, 2016
Shishito Galore Continues
食べるのに追いつかないシシトウ。毎週ボウルに一杯採れます。
Every week, we get a bowl of Shishito peppers. Can't keep up with them.
May 27, 2016
Dog Update
２か月近くステロイド剤を飲んでいたユキですが、すっかり具合がよくなりました。
バレーフィーバーの薬は続行中だけど、もう心配ないようです。
そして、シシトウ、もう飽きた（笑）
Our Blue Heeler was on Prednisone almost a couple of months tapering down, but she is finally off and doing well. She is still on anti-fungal for Valley Fever, but I think she's fine.
バレーフィーバーの薬は続行中だけど、もう心配ないようです。
そして、シシトウ、もう飽きた（笑）
May 22, 2016
Behold the Power of Manure
わざわざ花壇を作っているにもかかわらず、うちまあまりガーデニングにこってるわけでもないので、知識も乏しく、基本的にとりあえずホームセンターで植物を買って、植てみて、育てばラッキーなノリでやってます。
今年は花壇の土が減ってきたので、花壇用の土を足しました。
肥料のことはよくわからないので、うちの肥料は基本的にたい肥。牛さんの排泄物のかほり。
そんなたい肥の力でししとう、ナス、バナナペッパー、ハラペーニョが豊作すぎてびっくり。
ちなみにナスは２回冬を越した３年物です。
We are not real gardeners who know what to do with the plants. We are more of a "let's get some vegetable from Lowe's and plant them in the garden and see how they grow" kind of gardeners.
Sewing equivalent of buying a fabric at Wal-Mart and make a tote bag kind of sewer, I guess.
We needed to add soil to the garden this year, so we bought bags of soil and amended the soil. I am no soil expert, so my fertilizer cocktail is basically manure, peat moss, and vermiculite. Peat moss and vermiculite is more to retail water in the soil than as a fertilizer.
We put a lot of manure this year and the garden smelled like a farm for a few days. I guess the vegetables liked it a lot and we are getting more peppers than we can consume. (What am I supposed to do with so many jalapenos every day?)
The two eggplants we planted 3 years ago survived 2 winters and they are going strong this year again.
"Matt's Wild Cherry" tomatoes are growing like crazy, and growing out of nowhere near we had it last year. Definitely wild. Unfortunately, it grows like a jungle and eventually it will cover the whole garden so I pull them out as I find them growing where they are not suppose to be.
今年は花壇の土が減ってきたので、花壇用の土を足しました。
肥料のことはよくわからないので、うちの肥料は基本的にたい肥。牛さんの排泄物のかほり。
そんなたい肥の力でししとう、ナス、バナナペッパー、ハラペーニョが豊作すぎてびっくり。
ちなみにナスは２回冬を越した３年物です。
Sewing equivalent of buying a fabric at Wal-Mart and make a tote bag kind of sewer, I guess.
We needed to add soil to the garden this year, so we bought bags of soil and amended the soil. I am no soil expert, so my fertilizer cocktail is basically manure, peat moss, and vermiculite. Peat moss and vermiculite is more to retail water in the soil than as a fertilizer.
We put a lot of manure this year and the garden smelled like a farm for a few days. I guess the vegetables liked it a lot and we are getting more peppers than we can consume. (What am I supposed to do with so many jalapenos every day?)
The two eggplants we planted 3 years ago survived 2 winters and they are going strong this year again.
"Matt's Wild Cherry" tomatoes are growing like crazy, and growing out of nowhere near we had it last year. Definitely wild. Unfortunately, it grows like a jungle and eventually it will cover the whole garden so I pull them out as I find them growing where they are not suppose to be.
May 1, 2016
Pepper Collections
うちのペッパーコレクション。
手前からしし唐、ハラペーニョ、バナナペッパー、ビッグジム。
２年目のしし唐が豊作すぎて食べるの追いつかないです。
とりあえずバター炒めにしてみました。
去年は実のつかなかったハラペーニョが復活したので、ハラペーニョとビッグジムはタコスにいれてみました。
バナナペッパーは別の日に肉詰めにしました。
Our peppers from the garden. From the front, Shishito pepper, jalapeno, banana pepper, and big jim.
The second year shishito is doing so good that we can't keep up with them. I sauteed them with butter this time. Jarapenos and big jims went in the taco meat.
Banana peppers were consumed as stuffed banana peppers.
手前からしし唐、ハラペーニョ、バナナペッパー、ビッグジム。
とりあえずバター炒めにしてみました。
去年は実のつかなかったハラペーニョが復活したので、ハラペーニョとビッグジムはタコスにいれてみました。
バナナペッパーは別の日に肉詰めにしました。
The second year shishito is doing so good that we can't keep up with them. I sauteed them with butter this time. Jarapenos and big jims went in the taco meat.
Banana peppers were consumed as stuffed banana peppers.
April 24, 2016
April 3, 2016
Shishito Survived the Winter
しし唐、冬を越えて今年2年目でもちゃんと実をつけております。
Our Shishito Pepper plant has survived the winter and growing fruit.
December 16, 2015
December 1, 2015
November 22, 2015
Still Going
もう終了かと思っていた花壇畑、まだ結構育ってた。
しし唐、プチトマト、唐辛子。
Shishito peppers, cayenne peppers, and wild cherry tomatoes.
しし唐、プチトマト、唐辛子。
November 20, 2015
More Lemons
またレモン収穫。片付いていない台所で失礼。
採れたレモンでレモンケーキ作った。
切ってラップにくるんで冷凍しておけばいつでもおやつにレモンケーキ。
Got more lemons from our former lime tree and made a lemon cake. (Well, 2 loaves, actually)
The Man of the House took some to work to give away and someone tried to eat it thinking it was an orange. They don't look like lemon but they are definitely lemon.
切ってラップにくるんで冷凍しておけばいつでもおやつにレモンケーキ。
The Man of the House took some to work to give away and someone tried to eat it thinking it was an orange. They don't look like lemon but they are definitely lemon.
November 12, 2015
Lemons
今年もレモンの時期がやってきました。今年は色が変わるのが早い。
ちなみに先週、今年最後のナスとしし唐をグリルして食べました。
これで花壇は春まで手付かずかな。
Lemons from our lime tree. (The lime part of the tree died from the frost a few years ago and the root stock part of the tree, which was lemon, has grown perfectly healthy.)
I don't think these lemons are any less quality just because it was a root stock. They look rather round for a lemon but perfectly tart.
I'm looking for a good recipe that uses a lot of lemons but other than lemonade, not very many recipes call for more than a table spoon of juice.
I made a batch of lemon bar, which only used 3 lemons (2/3 cup).
Hmmmm what can I make with buckets of lemons to come...
ちなみに先週、今年最後のナスとしし唐をグリルして食べました。
これで花壇は春まで手付かずかな。
I don't think these lemons are any less quality just because it was a root stock. They look rather round for a lemon but perfectly tart.
I'm looking for a good recipe that uses a lot of lemons but other than lemonade, not very many recipes call for more than a table spoon of juice.
I made a batch of lemon bar, which only used 3 lemons (2/3 cup).
Hmmmm what can I make with buckets of lemons to come...
August 29, 2015
State of the Garden
灼熱の熱さから雨季の暑さに変わって元気を取り戻したトマト。
もともと２株だったとは思えないほど、育ちすぎました。
花壇に生えている分より、花壇の外で育ってるほうが多い。
実が小さいかわりにやたら沢山あるので収穫が面倒くさいです。
ナスはさすがに終了気味。これが最後かなぁ。しし唐も終わりっぽい。
2 seedlings in the spring turned into an overgrown tomato jungle.
Overflow growth (aka sucker galore) is now bigger than what's in the garden.
もともと２株だったとは思えないほど、育ちすぎました。
実が小さいかわりにやたら沢山あるので収穫が面倒くさいです。
Overflow growth (aka sucker galore) is now bigger than what's in the garden.
August 25, 2015
Return of the Tomatoes
私と同様、暑さですっかりへこたれていたトマトにまた実がつき始めました。
なんかもうトマトの木（？！）が巨大化してしまって、剪定とかもしないので、プチトマトというより小粒納豆並みの小ささのトマトだけど、一気に熟したみたいで大量に取れました。
Our tomato plant has been somewhat dormant for the past month like I was in this hot weather but it has started to grow fruit again.
The plan is now overgrown too much: pretty much suckers galore. (And I have no intention to work on the yard in this weather)
I don't think enough nutrient goes each end of the plant and that's why each fruit is so tiny now. Well, I don't eat them, so that's ok. It's just bitch to pick all these tiny ones.
なんかもうトマトの木（？！）が巨大化してしまって、剪定とかもしないので、プチトマトというより小粒納豆並みの小ささのトマトだけど、一気に熟したみたいで大量に取れました。
The plan is now overgrown too much: pretty much suckers galore. (And I have no intention to work on the yard in this weather)
I don't think enough nutrient goes each end of the plant and that's why each fruit is so tiny now. Well, I don't eat them, so that's ok. It's just bitch to pick all these tiny ones.
July 15, 2015
Bougainvillea in Bloom
去年花壇に植えて、冬の霜で枯れ果てて根元から１０センチぐらいまで切りなおされてしまったブーゲンビリアが、やっと花を咲かせるほど元気になりました。
Our bougainvillea that we planted last year and chopped off to a 4 inch high from the winter frost has finally gotten well enough to bloom.
July 7, 2015
June 20, 2015
Heat Wave Continues
熱波、まだまだ通過中。
まだ朝7時半なので、28度で過ごしやすいけど、今日の予想最高気温46度ってさすがに記録的。
車を外に出しておくと、ハンドルとかギアノブとか熱くて触れないです。
私の車は幸いシートカバーが布だけど（安い車だからね）黒い皮シートとかだと、半そで短パンから出た素肌が大変なことになります。それこそやけどする。
熱すぎて、道路工事とか出来ないらしい。（固まらないらしい）
今週末はどこにも行かず、家で涼んでいます。
でもこの灼熱にもまけず、ナスはまだまだ育っています。
さすがに消化が追いつかないので、今日の収穫は全部もらわれていきました。
Holy shit it's hot.
This weekend is going to be a sewing weekend.
まだ朝7時半なので、28度で過ごしやすいけど、今日の予想最高気温46度ってさすがに記録的。
車を外に出しておくと、ハンドルとかギアノブとか熱くて触れないです。
私の車は幸いシートカバーが布だけど（安い車だからね）黒い皮シートとかだと、半そで短パンから出た素肌が大変なことになります。それこそやけどする。
熱すぎて、道路工事とか出来ないらしい。（固まらないらしい）
今週末はどこにも行かず、家で涼んでいます。
さすがに消化が追いつかないので、今日の収穫は全部もらわれていきました。
This weekend is going to be a sewing weekend.
June 12, 2015
June 11, 2015
Summer Success
今年の花壇は、豊作です。
去年から植わりっぱなしのナスが非常に元気で、こんなにナスを食べるのは人生で初めて、というか、今シーズンだけで人生で今までで食べた全部のナスを足した以上に食べてるかも。
シシトウは10個に1個はからいっていうけど、うちのは全部普通味のようです。
1週間の収穫：
Our garden is doing really good this year.
The two eggplants that we planted last year have been loving the summer. I had never eating this much of eggplants before; rather, I am probably eating more eggplants this season than all the eggplants I had in my life combined.
I heard that one out of ten shishito peppers is hot but so far all of our shishitoes are mild.
去年から植わりっぱなしのナスが非常に元気で、こんなにナスを食べるのは人生で初めて、というか、今シーズンだけで人生で今までで食べた全部のナスを足した以上に食べてるかも。
シシトウは10個に1個はからいっていうけど、うちのは全部普通味のようです。
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The two eggplants that we planted last year have been loving the summer. I had never eating this much of eggplants before; rather, I am probably eating more eggplants this season than all the eggplants I had in my life combined.
I heard that one out of ten shishito peppers is hot but so far all of our shishitoes are mild.
June 7, 2015
Matt's Wild Cherry
プチトマトが豊作で、トマト好きなオットは大満足。
花壇に生えているバジルとバルサミコ酢で簡単トマトサラダ。
自分ちでせっせと育てたトマトでもやっぱり私はトマト嫌い。
We have never been this successful with out tomatoes before and the Man of the House is very happy with our overgrowing Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes.
I usually make an easy tomato salad with sweet basil from the garden and balsamic vinegar for him.
No matter how precious the tomatoes are to me for having grown them from the seeds, I still do not like tomatoes.
花壇に生えているバジルとバルサミコ酢で簡単トマトサラダ。
自分ちでせっせと育てたトマトでもやっぱり私はトマト嫌い。
I usually make an easy tomato salad with sweet basil from the garden and balsamic vinegar for him.
No matter how precious the tomatoes are to me for having grown them from the seeds, I still do not like tomatoes.
May 18, 2015
Matt's Wild Cherry
「マットのワイルドチェリー」という名のプチトマトを育てています。
「ワイルド」といういうだけあって、育ち方が非常にワイルドです。
花壇に植えた２株のプチトマトが、まるで緑の壁のようになってしまっております。枝が伸びまくって花壇の外まで雪崩落ちているし、後ろにあるやしの木の枝を支柱代わりにして育っているので、もうやしの木はてっぺんの葉っぱしか見えません。
おく～のほうに色づいたトマト発見。
The Man of the House grew a few Matt's Wild Cherry seeds during the winter. Two of the seedlings were planted in this peninsula part of the raised flower bed. Just two. They have grown to be green wall of wild creature. There were strawberries next to them too but can't even see them any more.
The plants really grow wild. Its stems, despite my effort of getting rid of the suckers (I'm a sucker police) grow everywhere. There is a fan palm behind it and the stems are just growing around the palm tree using the palm tree as a support. You can barely see the very top of the fan palm.
I plead MOTH to cut off the cascading part of the stems but oh no, he's so babying these tomato plants.
「ワイルド」といういうだけあって、育ち方が非常にワイルドです。
花壇に植えた２株のプチトマトが、まるで緑の壁のようになってしまっております。枝が伸びまくって花壇の外まで雪崩落ちているし、後ろにあるやしの木の枝を支柱代わりにして育っているので、もうやしの木はてっぺんの葉っぱしか見えません。
The plants really grow wild. Its stems, despite my effort of getting rid of the suckers (I'm a sucker police) grow everywhere. There is a fan palm behind it and the stems are just growing around the palm tree using the palm tree as a support. You can barely see the very top of the fan palm.
I plead MOTH to cut off the cascading part of the stems but oh no, he's so babying these tomato plants.
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