Pics from my allotment in Japan

[Yebisu]

Some peopleon here were intested in what a Japanese allotment looks like. Well, they are small compared to the ones in Britain. They are usually around 30m square. They are popular and when one becomes free, there is a lottery to decide who gets it. I won the "lottery" this year and have had my plot since April. Here are a few pics.

About a week after I got it.

allotment by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr


A week or so ago

allotment 2 by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr


Some closer shots.

IMG_1688 by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr

IMG_1683 by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr

[Yebisu]

Here's a pic of the allotment area. There is one central path through the middle with the individual plots on the left and right. There are two taps on the central path.

IMG_1696 by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr

Here's a couple of my neighbours' allotments.

IMG_1698 by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr

IMG_1697 by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr

And finally here are my zucchini/courgettes. They have been doing well. I've had 14 so far from these three plants!

IMG_1694 by Yebisu Allotment, on Flickr

[Guest]

Everything looks very healthy. Silly question time but what tend to be your worst pests? (Nothing looks munched).

Very impressed

[Cadalot]

Thanks for the photos, very interesting and ideal for square foot gardening as they are so compact.

[Jay22]

Great photos, it looks so dry. Do you get a lot of rain where you are?

[lottie dolly]

Thanks for the pics,things look very healthy indeed,like the idea cutting a bag into a tube,to put as plant protection,so simple to do.

[Yebisu]

Great photos, it looks so dry. Do you get a lot of rain where you are?

It was dry but I think rain was supposed to be coming the next day so I didn't bother watering it. We get quite a lot of rain in spring, summer and early autumn. Winter is usually quite dry.

[Yebisu]

Thanks for the pics,things look very healthy indeed,like the idea cutting a bag into a tube,to put as plant protection,so simple to do.

Yep. I saw the lady in the next plot do it and copied her.

[Yebisu]

Everything looks very healthy. Silly question time but what tend to be your worst pests? (Nothing looks munched).

Very impressed

Thank you. I guess my neighbours' plants look much better so the bugs don't bother coming to mine.

We get aphids and ants, caterpillars and centipedes. Not so many slugs or snails. The aphids are at their peak now. They'll die off when it gets hot in the summer and come back around September and October. I've got some aphids on my green beans, peppers and zucchinis but not enough to panic about. According to my neighbours, birds can be a problem especially with the corn and tomatoes.

[Bigmallly]

Nice plot Yebisu, the questions I was going to ask have already been asked, mainly to do with dryness & mulching.

[craftymarie]

I loved looking at your allotment. Beautiful plants and especially your courgettes, I love those. Just shows you can still grow a lot even in a small space.

[Nannysally99]

Lovely little allotment, thanks for showing us. Keep the pics coming

[Bren In Pots]

Lovely clear photos Yebisu thanks for posting.

Thanks for the pics,things look very healthy indeed,like the idea cutting a bag into a tube,to put as plant protection,so simple to do.

Yep. I saw the lady in the next plot do it and copied her.

I do like that idea its so simple but effective.

[Nicos]

Really interesting to see!
I see you all make temporary raised beds.
I did similar on my UK plot....meaning you could change them easily each year depending on what you want to grow/part of a rotation.

Your plants look very healthy..well done!
Thanks for sharing

[damian1225]

That looks a great little patch and very interesting to see, I plan on adopting a similar approach to protect my carrots from carrot fly.. its something my plot suffers with so will put some stakes up and wrap plastic around them to a height of around 2ft, this should keep the carrot fly at bay and also the plastic film will act as a roofless greenhouse so may be a win/win scenario for me..

Thanks for sharing the pictures