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Post your country pictures!

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:19 am
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Attachment(s) 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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Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:19 am
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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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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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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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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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
Japanese Natural Farming Guru Kawaguchi Yoshikazu

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:43 am
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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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Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:43 am
Part time farming

Last post by Eric in Japan « Thu Nov 01, 2018 3:31 pm
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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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Thu Nov 01, 2018 3:31 pm
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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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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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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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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Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:09 pm
Organic pest and disease control

Last post by gonbechan « Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:29 pm
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Attachment(s) 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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Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:29 pm
Adventures in Japanese Bee (Apis Cerana) Keeping

Last post by Caleb Fuller « Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:30 pm
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Attachment(s) 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
Leather, Synthetic, or Cotton? Best work glove for the money?

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:28 am
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by Eric in Japan » Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:36 pm
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Leather hard, synthetic wear out so easy, and cotton... well, it is cheap.

What is your favorite work glove?
I have used cotton gun-te for years...

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Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:28 am
Tool recommendations for the vegetable patch or farm

Last post by Shizuman « Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:56 pm
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by Zasso Nouka » Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:15 am
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We have the クリーンシーダ AP-1 from Agritechno Yazaki which is actually just a rebranded Jang AP-1 Clean Seeder.

It's a fairly well thought out seeder...
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:56 pm
Gun ownership and hunting in Japan

Last post by donguri « Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:10 pm
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by KumamotoHunter » Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:57 pm
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I expect several members on this board have problems with boar and deer causing damage to crops on their properties.
If you want more information...
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Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:10 pm
Mystery digger

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:48 am
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by Funasshi » Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:27 am
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Hi all
Recently my small plot keeps getting tunneled overnight. The entry/exit holes are 3-5 cm wide, some of the tunnels seems to have entry/exit,...
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:48 am
Disposing of "haze" (lacquer) tree

Last post by Tora « Mon May 21, 2018 8:52 am
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by Tora » Thu May 17, 2018 9:01 am
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There are a few small lacquer ("haze") trees and saplings i need to remove on the property I'm cleaning up. As I don't plan to get into...

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Mon May 21, 2018 8:52 am
Organic weed control methods / herbicide?

Last post by xxxxtom « Mon May 14, 2018 4:21 pm
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Attachment(s) by paradoxbox » Tue May 24, 2016 12:47 pm
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Alright, I dug up both of my fields twice, once last year and once this year and mulched them both (with dead leaf, grass, straw etc), but the land...
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Mon May 14, 2018 4:21 pm
Plant pest and disease identification and solutions

Last post by Zasso Nouka « Sun May 13, 2018 9:31 am
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by Zasso Nouka » Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:17 am
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As it's getting much hotter now we are seeing more and more pests appearing amongst our vegetables so as I come across them I thought I might post...
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Sun May 13, 2018 9:31 am

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