The garden

I have been somewhat busy of late, hence the complete lack of posts. Given that we still have another 7 weeks to go in the term (yes, I know, it's the end of June. But this is Japan. We do things differently here. And we are determinedly proud of that fact), I figure won't be writing all that much over the next month or so either.

It's, well if not exactly summer, then late spring here. A very wet spring it has to be said. For the past fortnight we have pretty much day-in-day-out of fog, drizzle, fog, more drizzle, interspersed with bouts of rainy mist. 

My plants however seem to like it.

Sanae and Cian have embarked on an experiment to see if vegetables, particularly those that require lots of sunlight, like tomatoes and cucumbers, can grow in a place with barely any sunlight at all!

Like I said, they're calling it an experiment. I'm calling it a 'failure' but that's just because I have slumped into a fog fueled pit of wet negativity. Sort of like a one man version of the Irish soccer team, humming the Fields of Athenry to myself as I trudge to work every morning.

Mind you, it could be worse - I could be a Clare hurling supporter.