11/14/2022 Just a quick update. The door’s been installed! Hubby made this from scratch really quick! I didn’t have a chance to take photos of the whole process… 庭のフェンス用のドアが完成しました…
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Garden relocating project 庭の引越し#3
11/14/2022 Just a quick update. The door’s been installed! Hubby made this from scratch really quick! I didn’t have a chance to take photos of the whole process… 庭のフェンス用のドアが完成しました…
Garden relocating project 庭の引越し#2
11/11/2022 After finishing relocating the garden beds, we immediately moved on to the fence project. The temperature is dropping day by day and we needed to dig a hole before the ground is frozen. …
Garden relocating project 庭の引越し#1
11/20/2022 It’s been over a year since we started discussing relocating our garden. The current location is a bit far from the house. We run the hose above ground and set auto irrigation syst…
11/9/2022 Memorandum – The fig tree “JP” did well on the ground for the first year. It grew tall and produced some big and sweet fruits. This tree was originally my hubby’s …
11/7/2022 Here comes another “garlic planting” season! I normally plant them in mid October but I waited until this day to make sure that no more sunny summer-ish days in Hudson Valley.…
9/4/2022 My big boy finally started turning red! I was so happy when I found a slightly yellow/orange-ish tomato about a 10 days ago. I have picked about 60 since then and they are keep coming! I&#…
8/26/2022 This was back in last December. There is a sliding door by our dining room that leads to the deck. The windows were original and it’s been more than 20 years old so the inside of th…
8/20/2022 It’s been 3 years since we redid our deck. We made a big mistake by applying polyurethane on them back then. The moisture trapped in between the paint and urethane and they look dir…
8/17/2022 I just want to leave a note here about my green tomatoes. I have 4 “Big Boy” plants and this is my first year growing them. I started noticing some fruits hanging in mid July …
Mission accomplished! Braided part of it for longer storage, Keep some for sharing and save some for next season. Satisfied! ニンニク最終章。半分くらいを長期保存用に編み込みにして、残りの半分は、お友達に配る用と、来シーズン用に。一人で大満足(笑)…
8/7/2022 It has been brutally hot and humid in Hudson Valley. This is by far the hottest year since we moved here in 2017. Despite the heat, my veggies are doing well. Especially cucumber plants. I…
7/7/2022 I had another successful year growing garlic. It’s a hard job digging them up but at the same time it’s so satisfying! I planted 66 last fall and harvested 64. Not bad at all! …
Done on 7/6/2022 3 fig trees, lemon and key lime and some herbs無花果3本、レモン、キーライム、ローズマリー、ミント、瀕死のシソ We have some plants that we wanted to keep on the deck but… we had a hard time fighting against…
It’s been muggy here in Hudson Valley… My last blog post was more than 8 months ago and I thought it’s a good idea to write about what I’ve been up to. We spent a whole mont…
11/13/021 Just wanted to leave a note here. I planted the garlic for the next year at the end of October. German white, the one we have been growing and a new variety “Music” that I got…
11/12/2021 I can’t believe it’s already in mid November. It’s getting cold here in Hudson Valley day by day and the morning temp has been constantly below 32F. That means fig tree…
There are so many Apple orchards around us. It’s no exaggeration to say that we can’t go anywhere without going through the orchards. Every year in late September, we smell sweet apple …
In early September, I got an email from my father in-law saying he purchased some trees online. He has a green thumb and we often talk bout our garden and trees. Anyway, in the email he mentioned t…
8/23/2021 This year I took a break from gardening as we went on a cross country trip from mid May through early July. Since the garlic has been planted in last fall I decided to grow them anyway wh…
4/27/2021 This was a while ago, Rich renovated a guest room closet. This closet doesn’t even have a door and left it as we don’t have many people come and stay in this room. Rich instal…
4/26/2021 I guess it is safe to say that spring is here. We still have subzero temperature cold nights though flowers are blooming everywhere and grass grows green! Normally, I am busy preparing pl…
3/13/2021 It’s been a long snowy winter here in Hudson Valley, New York. But finally it is getting warm and plants started waking up! We are the snow-birds who “chase” the snow an…
1/24/2021 Happy 2021! Hope this year will be brighter and healthier for everyone. Well, our first woodworking project of this year was canoe paddles. We took a 2-day class at the Wooden Boat School…
My hubby has been making a skin on frame pack canoe and finally finished it. This is a one-person canoe and he is going to make another one for me next. Sweet! This 5 minutes video will show you ho…
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11/14/2022 Just a quick update. The door’s been installed! Hubby made this from scratch really quick! I didn’t have a chance to take photos of the whole process… 庭のフェンス用のドアが完成しました…
11/11/2022 After finishing relocating the garden beds, we immediately moved on to the fence project. The temperature is dropping day by day and we needed to dig a hole before the ground is frozen. …
11/20/2022 It’s been over a year since we started discussing relocating our garden. The current location is a bit far from the house. We run the hose above ground and set auto irrigation syst…
11/9/2022 Memorandum – The fig tree “JP” did well on the ground for the first year. It grew tall and produced some big and sweet fruits. This tree was originally my hubby’s …
11/7/2022 Here comes another “garlic planting” season! I normally plant them in mid October but I waited until this day to make sure that no more sunny summer-ish days in Hudson Valley.…
9/4/2022 My big boy finally started turning red! I was so happy when I found a slightly yellow/orange-ish tomato about a 10 days ago. I have picked about 60 since then and they are keep coming! I&#…
8/26/2022 This was back in last December. There is a sliding door by our dining room that leads to the deck. The windows were original and it’s been more than 20 years old so the inside of th…
8/20/2022 It’s been 3 years since we redid our deck. We made a big mistake by applying polyurethane on them back then. The moisture trapped in between the paint and urethane and they look dir…
8/17/2022 I just want to leave a note here about my green tomatoes. I have 4 “Big Boy” plants and this is my first year growing them. I started noticing some fruits hanging in mid July …
Mission accomplished! Braided part of it for longer storage, Keep some for sharing and save some for next season. Satisfied! ニンニク最終章。半分くらいを長期保存用に編み込みにして、残りの半分は、お友達に配る用と、来シーズン用に。一人で大満足(笑)…
8/7/2022 It has been brutally hot and humid in Hudson Valley. This is by far the hottest year since we moved here in 2017. Despite the heat, my veggies are doing well. Especially cucumber plants. I…
7/7/2022 I had another successful year growing garlic. It’s a hard job digging them up but at the same time it’s so satisfying! I planted 66 last fall and harvested 64. Not bad at all! …
Done on 7/6/2022 3 fig trees, lemon and key lime and some herbs無花果3本、レモン、キーライム、ローズマリー、ミント、瀕死のシソ We have some plants that we wanted to keep on the deck but… we had a hard time fighting against…
It’s been muggy here in Hudson Valley… My last blog post was more than 8 months ago and I thought it’s a good idea to write about what I’ve been up to. We spent a whole mont…
11/13/021 Just wanted to leave a note here. I planted the garlic for the next year at the end of October. German white, the one we have been growing and a new variety “Music” that I got…
11/12/2021 I can’t believe it’s already in mid November. It’s getting cold here in Hudson Valley day by day and the morning temp has been constantly below 32F. That means fig tree…
There are so many Apple orchards around us. It’s no exaggeration to say that we can’t go anywhere without going through the orchards. Every year in late September, we smell sweet apple …
In early September, I got an email from my father in-law saying he purchased some trees online. He has a green thumb and we often talk bout our garden and trees. Anyway, in the email he mentioned t…
8/23/2021 This year I took a break from gardening as we went on a cross country trip from mid May through early July. Since the garlic has been planted in last fall I decided to grow them anyway wh…
4/27/2021 This was a while ago, Rich renovated a guest room closet. This closet doesn’t even have a door and left it as we don’t have many people come and stay in this room. Rich instal…
11/14/2022 Just a quick update. The door’s been installed! Hubby made this from scratch really quick! I didn’t have a chance to take photos of the whole process… 庭のフェンス用のドアが完成しました…
11/11/2022 After finishing relocating the garden beds, we immediately moved on to the fence project. The temperature is dropping day by day and we needed to dig a hole before the ground is frozen. …
11/20/2022 It’s been over a year since we started discussing relocating our garden. The current location is a bit far from the house. We run the hose above ground and set auto irrigation syst…
11/9/2022 Memorandum – The fig tree “JP” did well on the ground for the first year. It grew tall and produced some big and sweet fruits. This tree was originally my hubby’s …
11/7/2022 Here comes another “garlic planting” season! I normally plant them in mid October but I waited until this day to make sure that no more sunny summer-ish days in Hudson Valley.…