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Summer fruit outside small apartment
Framing a second floor apartment entrance, this mature grape vine’s fruit are turning purple in mid August. I blogged earlier about the elderly woman who takes care of this garden. I have not seen her...
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Neighbor’s Fig and Grapes
A neighbor’s garden, which I blogged about twice before, has almost ripe fall fruit. This garden consists of no more than eight potted plants and some hanging baskets, occupying a small footprint and...
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Selling small fig trees at local flower shop
] いつも行く中野の花屋さんは、このかわいいイチジクを売っていました。もちろん、ベランダに一つ買いました。たったの７００円！ I couldn’t resist buying one of these tiny fig trees for sale at a Nakano flower shop I frequent. Only 700 yen!
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It’s a small jungle in summer on my Tokyo balcony garden
夏はベランダの植物がみんな大きくなります。緑の葉が多いので、ジャングルがみたいです。 In summer, lush foliage dominates my balcony garden. The morning glory curtain continues to bloom facing the sun, but inside there’s a cacophony of leaf...
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Kitchen, balcony, and city in one frame, plus new summer fig tree
この視点から、台所やベランダや都市景色が枠のなかに見えます。前景には、今年の夏に買ったイチジクがあります。 This is the view from one end of our narrow balcony to the other, facing east towards Shinjuku. The twin towers are the Tokyo Metropolitan...
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My smallest fruit tree
東京の小さなベランダで、色々なフルーツの木を育てています。イチジクやバナナやオリーブがあります。一番ちっちゃなのは盆栽の柿の木です。去年もこの盆栽の柿の写真を載せました。 On my Tokyo balcony, I am growing fig, olive, banana, and this persimmon bonsai. It’s my smallest. I took photos...
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