2026-11-02T08:47:59Z https://nostr.now Yewi https://nostr.now/npub19nr2aya40sfv70cktnlc4gxcd8cwawxx5sxg000x3fe3qvjz4prsxpdgvh https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/330/301/704/168/417/original/44256f0bd9a3959a.jpg https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/330/301/704/168/417/original/44256f0bd9a3959a.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdl6nsany2j640akarat8r0p80htzfdtdafp25lrq3mpz7g5epchczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywpky4ag 🌦️😗 Garden this week:<br/><br/>1. Ume plums are almost ready to harvest. 🍑<br/>2. The loquat tree I rescued out from entangled vines made its first fruits. 😎✨️<br/>3. The plant called &#39;wild asparagus&#39; growing in the orchard. 🌱<br/>4. A bagful of home-made tea leaves. 😋☕ It smells nice!<br/><br/>#gardening #nature #wildlife #plants #trees #tea #fruits #food #foraging #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/649/699/210/104/435/original/bd0e8e12310a7059.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/649/699/206/605/081/original/8bce318b54b48521.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/649/699/200/785/223/original/8791adea93b32e71.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/649/714/151/482/399/original/7d29a30a442957a1.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-08T21:26:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspdcljq33gxlgzpqufa8c4s9xqhpsgwj4ljjlr7zf8td7na83f02gzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywglzm7l Now the siverberries are red and I&#39;m competing with birds. 🙄💦<br/><br/>The berry has some bitterness until it&#39;s fully ripe,<br/>so it&#39;s a narrow window between me picking or them pecking. 🐥🍒✨️<br/><br/>#gardening #fruits #trees #foraging #nature #birds #wildlife #competition #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/584/557/449/204/956/original/dee528901e685924.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-28T09:06:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstl3qdxuekp8jkxyyyh5jh88wpcyjeqelx6pe6vv2sum2nr2smszqzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25yw72j4ey The garden this week. 🌱<br/><br/>1. Expectingly growing silverberries 🍒,<br/>2. and ume plums 🍑.<br/>3. Swallowtail caterpillars have grown large enough to be spotted on kimquat leaves 🍊💚🐛.<br/>4. Modest persimmon flowers bloomed 🔶.<br/><br/>Monsoon season is coming. 😗<br/>#gardening #plants #bugs #fruits #insects #trees #flowers #wildlife #nature #climate #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/521/219/861/795/322/original/57a21fdb949edae2.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/521/222/021/866/564/original/aa66770f64ec0483.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/521/228/893/479/128/original/8f9981c6155f8bb9.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/521/251/383/255/591/original/4f697d93328e0277.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-17T05:00:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs997sq8an8y69egfj0h06yx4qd2wksntzwud3tv3vuu67way4g3sqzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25yw9ve8v3 Wow...<br/><br/>#plants #climate #flowers #gardening #wildlife #nature #Asia #Japan #cognac<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/457/796/463/631/673/original/77dc5116c3aa0ed4.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-05T23:28:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvv75nea7twqxwer3cwxy4kxe9r334pw7680n2sh59al98uaeeurczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywh3ygkt Creepy-crawlies (Excuse me🐌?) this week. 🔍️😗<br/><br/>1. Snail-eating beetle.<br/>2. Spider in camouflage.<br/>3. Snake, basking in a strip of sunlight.<br/>4. Super-busy bumblebee. <br/><br/>Summer is coming.<br/><br/>#nature #bugs #insects #reptiles #wildlife #gardening #climate #season #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/451/890/120/143/016/original/9ed5baf545327806.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/451/897/682/924/772/original/34f90f7463ca2b35.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/451/906/548/899/587/original/df24add92cf3c017.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/451/914/545/629/552/original/5aba196136a495ed.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-04T23:04:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsywnmyppw5z48c0xykles6wllz8eatmxsmyg4xgre86tp77z4uhtgzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywm7m8ck #gardening <br/><br/>The yellowed leaves🍁 of the apple seedlings are still attached unlike last year&#39;s batch.<br/><br/>I hope they&#39;re hibernating properly...<br/><br/>#nature #trees #climateChange #winter #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/741/196/520/852/993/original/910fc1a3baa1fc6f.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-30T10:15:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs964g5w6djdkf053rmw0dnr6z80rm9za94p4rsda5d26la23e0rhqzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywzx5tru #gardening <br/><br/>😗 In a corner of the garden, among browned plants, the unknown tomato-like vines grow vigorously.<br/><br/>🔎 It seems to be Asian &#39;Solanum lyratum&#39;, and as it looks like a tomato/eggplant, it&#39;s surely poisonous. ☠️<br/><br/>...Funny it has a Japanese name &#39;lark&#39;s favorite&#39; (ヒヨドリジョウゴ). 🤔🐤💦<br/><br/>#nature #plants #wildlife #winter #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/741/020/023/691/096/original/c0cade91bca20142.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/741/030/693/902/563/original/c4cf3f8a14775a29.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-30T09:53:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz2qgkcfscw6zvddltv0lsghkvvxm045d9h6ppkruz74x2rmxyjxczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25yw922pfe 7 o&#39;clock in the morning.<br/><br/>Snow monster has covered up a mountain and now it&#39;s coming towards us. ❄👻<br/><br/>Brrr...<br/><br/>#weather #nature #weather #climate #winter #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/704/405/215/228/827/original/54bfd85fdbdc5ed5.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-23T22:21:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyef93mqw7x0dehhzx4k95fe3gl4qlt98f8g0u0sgfy2dr28j2c5szyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywhncqqn Bamboo craft, phase one. 😎🎋<br/><br/>#crafts #wickerwork #bambooCraft #manufacture #plants #nature #environment #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/699/108/702/655/928/original/b2da24817419f7f6.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/699/117/591/624/965/original/f0176c6f6e468b5a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/699/119/438/910/339/original/37eb0ffb0cd6547d.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-23T00:03:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrm3elsy5gduhhsa5s97xa8zfmeam5n8f4c5793cqfdftv3sh65aczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywkusmdh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqlfg3qpznrywpadttcd04qslf53z5lgepu6cnp6yxlqg060u85c67wxf9'>nevent1q…wxf9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Excuse me, but &#39;kabocha&#39; isn&#39;t Japan&#39;s native plant (although widely mistaken in Japan),<br/><br/>and &#39;pumpkin&#39; and &#39;squash&#39; are linguistically the same thing outside the UK/US... 2024-12-22T11:45:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqyzgast6r0z2xmjc537ydq9nqjaewv78jkgwp5svdvswx5v7emczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25yw8sgpfn I wonder how many foreigners may believe<br/><br/>that the Japanese have a tradition of eating pumpkins🎃 on the day of the winter solstice... (which I haven&#39;t done anyway. 😗)<br/><br/>#winter #winterSolstice #tradition #food #cooking #Asia #Japan 2024-12-22T00:10:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5ktvda430wkufjqh7z422k4ey2w9w0tmw7zs692c0q07ptpapvszyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywzjmjvq 💪✨️ I&#39;m doing &#39;branch twisting&#39; on the plum trees.<br/><br/>...It&#39;s a technique of bending vertical shoots into horizontal without hampering their growth, usually seen in apple orchards. 🍎🍏<br/><br/>I hope they would contine to bloom in the climate change. 🙏🌸<br/><br/>#gardening #training #trees #fruits #flowers #winter #climate #environment #nature #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/687/356/416/247/757/original/5c2c1401898d747c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/687/358/365/120/576/original/a67fa5910ecb2983.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-20T22:21:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdp92y6ypp9refdlurmsk78gywmgeg8v3u643yuh39jyfvhefy2aczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25yw40umgy Rustle, rustle, rustle...🍁<br/><br/>#nature #trees #winter #bikeride🚲️ #gardening #giants #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/670/521/698/063/892/original/18714f15d6a3771c.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-17T22:45:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqcn93gcpwd895r67aj74ngqf3ye66cy3qfj0xpcthq8u8h8ddltczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25yw8k83q6 I&#39;ve removed overshadowing reeds away from the watercress.🌱<br/><br/>I&#39;m trying to put some Japanese seli (Oenanthe javanica) and wasabi next to it, but the cress are too vigorous...🙄🥗<br/><br/>#gardening #vegetable #water #plants #Asia #Japan #winter<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/660/785/166/440/653/original/83476426a08eb6c5.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-16T05:37:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2a0ev9v94zr2vqmd2h8kl53asp4tha54y8wv0shmv36hrsetv86gzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywsa8e35 #gardening #vegetable #winter <br/><br/>Wow, the fennels I thought all gone by summer heat, have come back! 😆<br/><br/>#Asia #Japan #climate #nature<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/653/803/101/775/344/original/73984a230f678fe1.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-14T23:52:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2rpf820wgaq8d7kgrgzd3ve8dxlfzx4zf366j8nhp7aty8vva0nszyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywk6txjf #DIY day: ☃️<br/><br/>As it was sleeting outside, I spent all the morning to carve out a pickaxe handle from a camelia tree.<br/><br/>...Satisfied. 😎✨️<br/><br/>#gardening #tools #repairment #trees #shaving #woodcraft<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/649/410/518/001/877/original/ca25a659d90fef94.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-14T05:29:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs08j0z5yhamuttv2m0syd9kxnjecn5vka84r8yh579kf5lhnh8y6szyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywckqpmg 😈 The devil&#39;s walking sticks (Aralia elata) in my garden have dropped their leaves completely.<br/><br/>Fit for purpose...💀?<br/><br/>(By the way, I found out that the name &#39;aralia&#39; literally means &#39;walking stick&#39; in Latin. Aha! 🍀)<br/><br/>#gardening #plants #nature #wildlife #foraging #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/638/722/400/290/784/original/02c958c300c873c7.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-12T08:28:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsff3uc2re5jufj6a8pqs3gxam0lzzk4umsfev9ftf4x22qzg2gcxszyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25yw7rzp05 A small snail is sleeping well, with a dream of spring...💤<br/> <br/>#winter #wildlife #nature #gardening #hibernation #Asia #Japan<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/636/631/796/306/350/original/38d2070113eff3d4.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-11T23:07:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs27namacs3c6hfnflvgkjg27tpsss8mlt7rpl5wfffmazuct6szdgzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywraanym #clouds #cloudWatch #sky #weather #nature #wind #Asia #Japan <br/><br/>8:30 this morning.😎<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/626/066/777/266/904/original/e91253613daf5ec3.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-10T02:12:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswsgrn6n5u3lh7hx6ee8tekgn3gj89qa5x36f6y20s3huhddhkhuczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywwg7agr #fungi #nature #wildlife #forest #hike #walk #autumn #Asia #Japan <br/><br/>Nature&#39;s pockets.🍁🌰<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/303/845/990/848/855/original/e8f67ae7cc706b81.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-14T04:23:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs25m9phvvw8aydzykff6ypk7malnq5w3utapjpqpumtmk0fa5utlgzyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywtd8n3a #tea #gardening #Asia #Japan <br/>The tea trees in the garden are now in bloom.🍃🏵️ <br/><br/>Although it isn&#39;t in the pictures, the trees also have their developing seeds that were pollinated last year on them, which would eventually scatter after the flowers fell off.<br/><br/>It&#39;s like elephant&#39;s gestation...🤔<br/>#nature #wildlife #trees #plants<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/277/447/201/706/347/original/0e366eadf40850cf.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/277/448/839/748/076/original/60105c96b9858212.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-09T12:56:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9wjp0lk48k5a2ee03ppt02fnuay6c9mwuxs2a3lpeafazh0ncqzczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywlchlf6 #nature #gardening #wildlife #insects #autumn #Asia #Japan <br/><br/>I noticed caterpillars increased their number in my vegetable garden, 🥬🐛<br/><br/>then the reason.<br/><br/>Yellow wasps ended their hunting activity and are now silently tending their last babies.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/270/279/906/497/074/original/3ce20ac18ab580ef.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-08T06:15:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstfv7l3mk4z8yupc8thu48crnsrywyfx3y56rl3tc2d2cnh0j4ucczyqkvdt5nk47p9nelzew0lz4qmp5lpm4cc6jqepaau698xypjg25ywruzaj5 The last typhoon brought a drop in temperature and a good rain.<br/><br/>Today I went out to look for fungi and the first guy I found was this undoubtedly poisonous one (Amanita verna) ☠️.<br/><br/>#mushrooms #nature #autumn #hike<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/185/765/958/628/686/original/4c8e6ecd7e4fdb80.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-23T08:05:57Z