11 June 2008 Inch by inch, row by row
These are from a couple months ago when we went up to Maki’s parents’ house. Her dad used to be a high school teacher, but upon retirement has taken up farming. He’s pretty serious about it, and sells his produce at the local farmers’ market. Occasionally he sends us fresh veggies. His garlic is great, and I’m constantly pestering to send more (especially because I can’t bring myself to use anything less than a full bulb at a time).
Lately Genbo has been enjoying helping out grampa on the farm. Granpa has a couple small plots near their house which he uses, but these photos are from their backyard, which is also a pretty impressive vegetable patch/greenhouse.
“Why do they make this water stuff so heavy?”
Starting out conscientiously…
I’m always telling him to look at what he’s doing.
Observing his results. Not bad.
Inside the greenhouse
Now playing with the greenhouse in his jammies
These above-ground waterways are common in rural Japan. I think they used to function as sewers, but now they are mostly used for agriculture. Then again, no one really seems to know what goes in, and where it goes…
