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Links for the budding vegetable grower/Seed and Farming resources.

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sun Dec 23, 2018 5:55 am
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by Zasso Nouka » Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:42 am
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How about a thread containing useful inks for allotment holders, smallholders or anyone interested in growing their own veggies ?

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Sun Dec 23, 2018 5:55 am
Post your country pictures!

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:19 am
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by paradoxbox » Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:16 pm
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No thread for this yet so I thought I'd get one started.

Here's one to get us started - this is a pic taken around 100m behind my house. I climbed...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:19 am
Agricultural Special Offers

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:03 am
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by Zasso Nouka » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:26 pm

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Here's a thread for any agricultural special offers you might come across. Every now and then I see one of the nationwide home centres selling...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:03 am
Persephone months are over

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:17 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:35 pm

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So today is the first day that day length is over 10 hours and we can expect to see increased plant growth from now on so with that in mind it is a...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:17 pm
Part time farming

Last post by Funasshi « Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:57 am
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by Funasshi » Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:43 am
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Hi all
So...now I have used 1,5 years of gardening/growing veggies for my own use in a just below 300 sqm plot to learn some lessons and feel more...
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Last post by Funasshi
Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:57 am
Best Prefecture For Farming?

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:34 am
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by farmingnoob » Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:32 pm

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Imagine you could have a plot of land in any prefecture in Japan. All other factors being equal, where would you choose and why?

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Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:34 am
Japanese Natural Farming Guru Kawaguchi Yoshikazu

Last post by korekaranoka « Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:58 pm
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by Wendy » Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:05 am

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Interesting article....and I wonder who is farming organically/no-till in JSL? Would love to visit some farms. Which would have probably made more...

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Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:58 pm
Organic pest and disease control

Last post by Shizuman « Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:36 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:57 am
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We have fought some tough battles with insects and diseases on our farm so I thought I'd share some of the things we've learned and see what other...
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Last post by Shizuman
Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:36 pm
Mushrooms

Last post by gonbechan « Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:10 pm
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by Chris64 » Mon Dec 31, 2018 9:30 pm
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Apart from being a baker, ex farmer and a few other things, I also grow mushrooms.

I know there was some talk a while ago about mushroom growing...
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Last post by gonbechan
Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:10 pm
Farming viability

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sat Dec 29, 2018 5:51 am
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by Chris64 » Sat Dec 29, 2018 2:20 am

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Does farming pay enough?

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Sat Dec 29, 2018 5:51 am
Vinyl houses

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Wed Dec 12, 2018 2:22 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:40 am
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Note: Some of the posts at the beginning of this thread have been copied over from the What did you do today? thread to create a dedicated Vinyl...
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Wed Dec 12, 2018 2:22 pm
Any seeds worth sowing now?

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sat Nov 24, 2018 5:43 am
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by farmingnoob » Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:47 pm

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Despite being a week away from December, home centers are still selling their winter veg seeds. Is there anything worth starting today? Can anything...

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Sat Nov 24, 2018 5:43 am
Recently planted onions dying

Last post by farmingnoob « Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:54 pm
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by farmingnoob » Sat Nov 17, 2018 1:12 pm

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It's my first time planting onions. I picked up some seed starts (look like thin green onions) at my local home center and used a pre cut black...

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Last post by farmingnoob
Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:54 pm
Where do you get farm size supplies?

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:53 am
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by farmingnoob » Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:54 pm
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I'm preparing a 900L raised bed as well as a 5mx2m tilled garden for next spring, so I need some big size supplies. Where do you get supplies like...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:53 am
Tokita Seed's Otone Research Farm Open Day

Last post by Shizuman « Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:29 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Sun Oct 14, 2018 6:53 am

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Tokita seeds are having an open day at their research facility in Saitama on November 14th & 15th if anyone is interested

Otone Research Farm...

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Last post by Shizuman
Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:29 pm
Night Time Trail Camera Footage

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sat Nov 17, 2018 12:26 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Mon May 21, 2018 5:52 am
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We often see unknown animal foot prints around our land have been lucky enough to see various wild animals going about their business in the early...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Sat Nov 17, 2018 12:26 pm
Winter kill temperatures for various vegetables

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:57 am
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by Zasso Nouka » Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:13 am

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Found an interesting site the other day that might help folk planning what to grow through the winter. The author (Pam) has been collecting data for...

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Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:57 am
Troubleshooting and Maintenance on a Kerosene Flame Weeder

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:53 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:20 am

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Our kerosene flame weeder was behaving erratically over the last few days and I thought it might be the nozzle that was blocked so decided to give it...

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:53 pm
Agri World 2016

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Mon Oct 15, 2018 12:57 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:17 pm
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Dates for this years Agri World are 12 - 14 of October at Makuhari Messe, the main expo is made up of AgriTech (Farming machinery, fertilisers &...
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Mon Oct 15, 2018 12:57 pm
Seeding time - Preparing for winter

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:39 am
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by Zasso Nouka » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:42 am

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So with summer receding into the distance and autumn getting going it's now time to get those veggies that will go through the winter in the ground....

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Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:39 am
Field of weeds

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sun Sep 02, 2018 5:52 am
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by Tora » Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:29 am
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Looking for advice on how to change a field of weeds into a field of dreams.

I am working on moving into an old house on the fringe of town (or...
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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Sun Sep 02, 2018 5:52 am
Autumn planting time

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:21 am
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by Zasso Nouka » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:15 am

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So, it's time to start preparing for autumn and winter once again and start seeding the appropriate veggies. This week we seeded the first of the...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:21 am
Choosing a kusakariki

Last post by Tora « Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:29 am
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by Tora » Tue May 01, 2018 10:33 am
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Or taming of the weeds

We are getting ready to start renovating an older house with land on the outskirts. First step is cutting weeds before the...
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Last post by Tora
Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:29 am
The worst weed out there

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:09 pm
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by Paletti » Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:52 pm

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As summer is well underway the weeds seem to have taken over about every inch of bare soil they can find in our garden. Fortunately our present...

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Last post by Zasso Nouka
Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:09 pm
Adventures in Japanese Bee (Apis Cerana) Keeping

Last post by Caleb Fuller « Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:30 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:29 am
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So, we've decided to have a go at capturing and keeping some Japanese bees this year and have ordered up a starter set from the Kyoto Weekend...
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Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:30 pm

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