Tag: Gardening
23
Sep
Organic Gardening in Shizuoka City 1
by dragonlife
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The first plot as it has been for the last 15?20? years! September 22nd 2013 I have just started helping a friend of mine, Asami...
01
Dec
A Japanese Gardener’s Winter Preparations
by dragonlife
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Looking at my dear neighbor, Mr. Yoshizo Sugiyama’s garden this morning I realized that winter was about to fall on us in spite of the...
05
Oct
Shizuoka Prefecture Agricultural High School (1)
by dragonlife
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I’ve lived 34 years in Shizuoka City, and I still remember that about 20 years ago farmers’ sons had to be dragged screaming into that...
23
Sep
Polyculture: Shigehiko Suzuki at Shige-Chan Garden
by dragonlife
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Shigehiko Suzuki/鈴木重彦 goes by the nickname “Shige-Chan”, which is also the name of his agricultural enterprise. Actually people have called him simply Shige-chan, a mark...
20
Sep
Gardening After Retirement: Yoshizou Sugiyama (1)
by dragonlife
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I have been observing my neighbour for quite some time, always exchanging daily greetings and a chat now and then for the last 17 years....