初収穫！ First harvest!

受粉から２週間が経ったのでゴーヤの収穫を行いましたぜ！
しかぁ～しっ！小ぃさっ！
何なんだ？この小ささは？携帯電話がデカイわけではありません。
純粋にゴーヤが小さいのです。
肥料をやっても、このサイズから大きくならない・・・。何故、何故なんだぁぁぁっ！
予定では明日の朝食は、ゴーヤチャンプル～♪にしようと思っていたが
このサイズでは全然足りない・・・。
メニュー変更やむなし（残念）。

2 weeks were going from pollination so I’ve harvested bitter melons

BUT!!! You may know with this picture. They are so small!

What a small bitter melons they are!

The size is almost same with smart phone but the phone is not big.

Their size is really and truly small…..

As you know, I’ve given them enough manure but they couldn’t become big….

Why! Why! I want to know the reason!!!!

I’ve planned to eat by cooking them Go-Ya champru♪as tomorrow breakfast but I have to change my plan because of their size.

The size is too small so we cannot get enough amount of main dish so sad….

参議院選挙2013 House of Councilors election 2013

さてさて、皆さん選挙へは行きましたか？
税金を沢山払っているのですから必ず選挙へ行きましょう！
今回から私の選挙区は磐田市。
そんな訳で投票所の前で証拠写真撮影して来ました。
えっ？先週よりも太って無いか？って？
はい、北海道で美味しい物をたらふく食べたせいで確実に体重増えてると
思います。
それにしても北海道寒かったわ～。朝晩は半袖ではキツかった・・。

Hi guys! Did you go to vote today?

You know, we are paying lots of tax so we must go to vote!

From this time, my vote area is changed to Iwata city.

I took an evidence picture in front of vote place.

What? You think I look like gaining weight from last week?

Yes, you are right. I’ve eaten lots of delicious food in Hokkaido so I must gain weight.

Anyway, Hokkaido temperature was very low and I didn’t bring long sleeves so in the morning and at night was very chilly.

2ヶ月半 2 month and half

さてさて、ゴー君、ヤーちゃんの種植えから2ヶ月半です。
伸びに伸びて背丈はワシを超えました。
上の階へ行かない様に、これからは切らんといけませんな。

それにしても、暑いな～。連日35度超えってよ～・・・・。
でも、我が家は、まだエアコン動かしてないんよ。
風の抜けがハンパ無いもんで全然いけちゃってます。
明日から北海道出張です。涼しいかな～。

2 month and half have been going since sowing Go-kun and Ya-chan.

They are well growing so their height has already exceeded me.

From now on, I have to cut them to avoid going upstairs if they growing more and more.

Anyway, nowadays so hot! right?

Temperature of this week was over 35 degree every day.

BUT! In my house, I’ve still not used air conditioner.

My house, winds are well going through so we can be living with no air conditioner so far.

From tomorrow, I will go business trip to Hokkaido.

I hope there are cool enough.

雌花キターーーっ！ Female flower is coming!

遂に遂に本日、雌花が開花！
我がゴーヤ学園は、男子校なのか？と思った時期もありましたが、
無事マドンナ登場！
ゴー君、ヤーちゃん共に大きくなり過ぎて、雌花がどちらの子か解りませんが
とにかく2人共よくやった。そして早く大きくなぁれ！

Finally, finally this morning, female flower bloomed!

I little worry about my bitter melon school, only boys can apply to but today finally Madonna appeared.

Both of Go-kun and Ya-chan are too much well glowing so I don’t know she is whose girl but I really say to them “Good Job!”.

And I hope she’ll be soon bigger and bigger!

棕櫚（シュロ）？ Palm tree?

棕櫚って知ってるか？
2週間ほど前に鉄のフライパンを買いました。今まではテフロン加工のを使っていたんだが、
最初は良いが数か月すると徐々にコゲ付きが・・・・。
そんな訳で色々ネットで、どんなプライパンが良いのか調べた結果原点回帰よ。
鉄が一番良いという意見が多く、我が家もそれに従う事にしました。
でも、鉄フライパンは油を馴染ませなければならず洗剤はＮＧ。
となるとタワシが欲しい。ワシは100均で買えば良いと思ったのだが、嫁曰く
「ちゃんとしたタワシじゃないと駄目だ！」
で、嫁の希望がこれ。
棕櫚の細長いタワシ。ナント！送料込￥1,890ナリ～。
高いわっ！￥100均なら18個帰るぞっ！と思うが今まで経済して来たので
しばらくは嫁の希望に従おうかと思います。
こんなんでホントに役に立つんやろか？

Do you know Palm tree?

About 2 weeks ago, I bought iron flying pan.

I’ve used Teflon pan till I buying it.
At first , the Teflon is good for cooking but some month later, It will get some burning…. 

So I’ve checked in internet which pan is the best and the result is iron pan, like my parents used.

In the internet, I could find lots of comments that iron pan is the best so I’ve obeyed their opinion.

But I have to spread enough oil in the iron pan and we shouldn't use detergent to it.

If we cannot use detergent, we need scrubbing for washing it, right?

I’ve thought we can buy it in dollar shop but my wife said ”we need good scrubbing” and her selecting is this, long palm tree scrubbing.
The price is JPY1,890, including postage fee.

Don't you think it is too expensive?

If I went to dollar shop, I can buy 18pcs of normal scrubbing but till now, I've asked my wife saving money and she help me a lot so I should pick her opinion for a long, right...?

I worry about this scrubbing is really work well or not?

見つけたっ！ I've found!

知ってる人は多いと思いますが、ワシは北海道出身の北海道民。
どこの街にも有るのが、その土地だけで販売されている限定商品。
先週金曜日に、たまたま寄ったスーパーで北海道フェアを発見。
そこで見つけたのがこれ！
”キリン　ガラナ”！
これが正に北海道限定販売で若い頃から親しんだ味。
この思いがけない出会いに興奮し、思わず箱での大人買い。
正直、味はマズイので北海道民でも好んで飲む人は少ないです。
でも、誰が何と言おうと俺はこのマズさが好きなのです。

You may know I was born in Hokkaido and I’m Hokkaido people.

Most of city has special products which we can buy only limited area.

Last Friday, I found Hokkaido fair at super market, I stop at by chance.

And what I found is this!

“Kirin Guarana”!

This is the limited product in Hokkaido and I'm well know the taste because I've drunk very often since young age.

I was so exited this unexpected meeting and I bought a box of them.

In Japanese, we say it “Adult shopping”.

Honestly say the taste is not tasty so even Hokkaido people, it is few who willingly want to drink this.

BUT! I don’t care whatever people say, I really like this not tasty taste. 

なんで!? Ｗｈｙ!?

今週末は、大阪の嫁の実家に帰りました。
我が家の家庭菜園は、5月から順次アップしていますが、実は義父母もベランダ家庭菜園を
やっていてワシとはキャリアが違う。
ゴーヤは勿論だがキューリ、トマト他が、もう既に収穫期を迎えており正に鈴生り。
これが露地栽培なら確実にかっぱらわれてるレベル。
我が家のゴー君、ヤーちゃんは、まだ雌花すら付けて無いのに、嫁の実家では
これよ。
ちなみに、写真撮影は日曜早朝で前の晩に、この他に3本のゴーヤを収穫してます。
どんだけ生んねん。ゴーヤ！
晩飯では父ちゃん、母ちゃん酒呑みながらしたり顔やったわ～。
負けるな！ゴー君、ヤーちゃん！

This weekend, I visited my wife’s home in Osaka.

I’m introducing my kitchen garden from May in this blog but my parents-in-low are also doing it in balcony at their house and their skill is absolutely different with me.

They are growing not only bitter melon, cucumber, but also tomato and etc.

Now they are already meeting crop season and they are heavy with berry.

I think if they were doing kitchen garden at open field, their berries must be stolen.

You may know, my Go-kun and Ya-chan haven’t had even female flower yet but my wife’s house bitter melon is this.

You know, I took this picture early morning on Sunday but we ate three pieces of them for supper at Saturday night.

It is amazing yield of bitter melon.

At supper, I could see big proud on father and mother-in-low’s face.

Go! Go! Go-kun, Ya-chan! Don’t be late!