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Dec 26, 2010

Fast growth and slow growth

My komatunas in a vinyl tunnel has grown so fast that all of them can be harvested after about 30 days since setting the tunnel. In the past few days freezing cold weather continued so I was concerned if my vegetables would be frostbitten but the tunnel seem to work not only as a air warmer but as a protection against frost.













Today's harvest is just only komatunas shown above. Other vegetables like daikon radishes, Chinese cabbages but those will be consumed during new year holidays so those are preserved in my garden.














My onions are growing slowly but steadily as we can see a bulb coming out on the surface on the soil. I expect they can be harvested next spring. They are the first vegetables in my garden which will spend a cold winter till the harvest. Today I added fertilizer to give nutrition to glow onions during a winter.














How are you spending this Christmas holidays? In Japan the Christmas is not a national holiday so we have to work during the Christmas but from 30th.Dec we will have a new year holidays. I will spend the holidays eating, drinking, watching movies and caring my vegetables.

5 comments:

Mark Willis said...

Hi Takaeko; I'm spending my time learning how to use the new camera that Santa Claus brought me. It's my first-ever DLSR. An Olympus E450. Much more complicated than I have been used to! It will take me a while to become proficient in its use...
Had a lovely Christmas day with my family - my wife, 2 daughters with their husbands, one granddaughter, and my brother. Ate lots, drank lots!

Hazel said...

Good to see that your tunnels are working well and that your vegetables are surviving the cold. Thank you for your Christmas wishes on my blog. :-)

takaeko said...

>Mark
Well I believe you are excited with the new camera and I hope more beautiful photos will be uploaded on your blog!

>Hazel
You are welcome, Hazel. I wish you to have a happy new year!

fer said...

Your veggies look great! I still have a bunch of seedlings growing, and I am a bit worried about the weather, it certainly feels much colder now. I think i will try making a tunnel too.

Hope you had a very nice Christmas!

takaeko said...

>fer
Hi, fer! Well come back to Japan! I know you triodes to HongKong.
I believe you would be supprised with sevearly cold weather in Japan!