In the Morning Light

The leeks look blue.

So does the broccoli.

Click on the photo to enlarge it. Actually the camera was on the wrong setting!

Summer Planting

The truck farmer is planting leeks in the field behind our house. Deep rows are needed fro leeks. Click on the label below to see Japanese leeks.

P.S. I didn't feel any earthquakes today. The typhoon passed us by.

Winter Vegetables

That's imo guki on the left and leeks on the right.

On the top shelf: cabbage, Chinese cabbage, bag of taro

middle shelf: turnips, spinach, broccoli

bottom shelf: leeks, daikon (Japanese radish)

Yesterday, children were walking home carrying daikon, Japanese radishes. Little Brother planted and pulled daikon in one of the nearby when he was in elementary school.

Click on the labels below for more posts about these vegetables.

In the Leek Patch

What is that?

Click to enlarge the picture. There is a basket in front of a chair on wheels. I couldn't get a picture from a better angle because the leeks were in the way. The farmer must go down the row sitting in this small chair, pulling leeks, and putting them in the basket.

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Our vegetable man uses this tape to bind his vegetables into bunches. Grocery stores in the area use the same kind of tape.

Here are leeks and spinach from his vegetable stand. The picture was taken on our garden table. I bought and carried them home just like this. No shopping bag. He or his wife offers a bag, but most of their customers don't use them. You can see neighbors going home with their vegetables in hand or in bicycle baskets or in their own bags.

Japanese Leeks

These are Japanese leeks. They are the long green things sticking out of my grocery cart. Sometimes the greens are longer making them even more difficult to bag. They are usually sold in bunches of threes but are sold individually too. They're good.