Japan Simple Life

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...

I might seem a bit early but if you have a warm and sunny window sill then now is a good time to get sweet peppers and nasu going. Both are pretty...

We have quite a lot of land at the back of the house I would like to use however because the farm hasn't been used for many years Bamboo has grown...

I notice there aren't any posts about rain barrels (that I could find anyway) so I thought I'd start one.

Perhaps most places are getting enough...

Time again for the annual Mikan harvest. Seemed like on Omote-doshi this year as the trees were pretty loaded. Unfortunately the weather didn't...

Bit late with this thread, been a bit busy with recovering from typhoon #15 and getting ready for #19.

Now is a good time to be planting garlic,...

So long story short, I graduated as an environmental manager this year and I want to get into conservation in Japan. My main issue is my Japanese...

After having a conversation with Zassou about the fate of unsold home center pets, I went down a rabbit (chicken) hole on one of the re-homing sites...

I'm guessing this is pretty niche but it might be useful to someone else one day. With typhoon #15 being fresh in mind and the damage it inflicted on...

Being married with a lovely Japanese girl we are planing to move from Germany to Japan in about 6 or 7 years. As time goes by we seem to favor a more...

These cold winter days are the perfect time to prepare for next spring. My wife and I don't have a property yet but I can help reading everything I...

Hey everyone, hope you are having a successful growing year so far!

For me this year has mostly been trying a small number of plants in different...

Tsukamidori is catching fish by hand usually out of a pool or tank, sometimes out of the river. Sometimes water is fed into the pool from a nearby...

Has anyone tackled a suzumebachi hive themselves? The sneaky buggers managed to build a decent sized one under my eaves without me noticing. It’s...

How possible is it to talk down the price of an akiya? The one I have my eye on isn't really that expensive (4.5 million yen) considering that it...

Found this bad boy trying it on yesterday

Lets just say things didn't end well for it. Personally I'd rather get bitten by a mosquito than an...

Anybody know how far mamushi (Japanese copperheads/pit-vipers) can strike. I know the standard is that at snakes can usually strike 1/3-1/2 of their...

We are in the market for a garden tractor...something that can spend most of it's time cutting the grass, but also has the necessary wherewithal to...