A park near our house in Japan

Corn, Capsicum, Okra and Eggplant

Life in Japan by Boh Tong Pt. 2

Life in Japan part 1

Udon oishii ne 👍

Have not eaten Udon for a while and so we visited an Udon restaurant yesterday. The Udon is thick,chewy and very tasty. They are relatively inexpensive at 700 Yen or S$ 9 a bowl.

This one feeds on our plants

This is one of the culprits that is destroying our plants. This is a form of caterpillars called hornworm. It loves to feed on the tomato plant and the tomatoes. I caught this one and brought it to the bushes away from our place.

He caught a fish but he .............

During my walk I came across a Japanese guy who caught this fish. Was rather surprise that he threw the fish back into the river. I thought he was going to use his knife to clean the fish and have it as sashimi. 😂

Harvesting watermelons

We initially had 10 watermelons but due to insects/pests, we were left with a total of 8 which we harvested yesterday. We gave away to our neighbors a few and kept the rest for ourselves. This season's watermelons are not as sweet as expected due to the weather. We will go for the second harvest soon and hope the weather is kinder.
Each watermelon is selling at S$13 (Yen 1,000) in the supermarket in Japan.

Too much rain and little sunlight

We are having lots of rain this summer and little sunlight. Our watermelon and tomato plants are affected badly. Our tomatoes split and the watermelons are bursting with too much rain which has been falling almost daily over the last two weeks. Now we can understand how the weather can affect the livelihoods of farmers.

Harvesting Watermelons in Japan (2020 July)