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Volume 9 December 2006

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Eiji (Age) Morozumi Landscape Designer Consultant INSIDE THIS ISSUE
In Japan Plant of the month DIY DIYGarden maintenance Garden of the month Womens Quotation

Have a break, have a Green tea

DO IT YOURSELF GARDEN MAINTENANCE

make tree nice and clean and feel like waxed legs. Oops. 3) Look at your object carefully to check for cross branches. If so, cut one of them out. Cross branches are two branches touching and crossing each other. 4) Stand back and see if any branches are out of proportion or shape. You can shorten them to fit in to rest of branches. 5) Dont forget to clean up the mess you just made. 6) You may reward yourself with a talk to Santa for more presents That wasnt bad at all was it ? You can get ready for party and dont forget to buy some nice sake. Have a safe holiday and enjoy your life in 2007.
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Not many days left before New Year. Many people are in mad-rush before Christmas and try to do shopping, clean up the garden, get BBQ out from the shed and refill the Gas bottle. Well, just that time Mens rule for Women of the year again. Crying is blackmail I cant give you advice on shopWow! Its already December ping but gardening of course. The And I did every month with- new growth on the plants from spring may need some attention out hiccup. My big thanks to my lifetime partner Kay and you will give them some hairfor correcting my wording, cut to tidy up a bit. Wont you ? so YOU can understand Ive been doing this pruning since I what Im saying... started this business. Its not diffiha.ha.ha(I try my best cult, all you need is patience and says Kay) Im sure youve got a patience beI received some interestcause you are reading this. ing comments from readIf you have some messy trees or ers and hope all are true. shrubs and dont know what to do, My wife Kay and I would like to take this opportunity then follow my advice. If your garto thank you for your supden is spotless then go to Page 2. port over the past year. 1) Take all or much as you can to cut dead branch off with HAPPY NEW YEAR secateurs or even saw. After this your plants will already be smiling and start to look good. Some Australian Native plants need just this and will not need any more attention. 2) Snip out small branches (pencil thin) from trunk and thick branches. This will

Fortunately Thank you

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In Japan
Japanese Cuisine
Japanese cuisine is unique to the Japanese archipelago where it originated and developed over the centuries. The majority of Japanese dishes are contrived to accent the natural flavours of fresh fish and shellfish and almost all are prepared so as to go well with rice and sake. The season of the year is a prime factor in the selection of materials and the choice of the manner in which to prepare them. Utmost care is used in arranging the foods on dishes of various colours, shapes and materials. In addition to rice, soup and pickles, there are horsd'oeuvres, sashimi, grilled fish, deep fried and boiled foods, vegetables and fish in various dressings, and vinegared dishes. In season, special efforts are made to enhance the natural flavour of the materials. Typical seasonings are soy sauce, sake, vinegar and sugar, but in no case is the seasoning so heavy as to make the dish strong or cloying. In making broths for soups and boiled foods and sauces for fried foods, stocks prepared from such materials as dried bonito, shiitake mushrooms, and tangle (an edible seaweed) are used to bring out added flavour. One common technique in Japanese cooking is the use of a hidden seasoning which is not itself perceptible to the people enjoying the dish but which accents some natural flavour of the materials. For instance, a small amount of salt is added as a hidden seasoning to bring out the natural sweetness of a dish. Use of refined sugar goes back only about one hundred years, and even today, sugar is used sparingly in the best Japanese cooking. Among the Japanese foods liked best by foreign visitors are sushi and tempura. Sushi is slightly vinegared rice overlayed or mixed with raw fish, shellfish or vegetables. The method of preparation, shape and taste differ somewhat depending on the locality. The nigirizushi of Tokyo is a simple variety of sushi consisting of small oblong balls of vinegared rice topped with a thin slice of raw fish or shellfish. It is usually eaten in sushi shops where it is prepared before the customers eyes by cooks who go about their work in a smart and lively manner that gives these establishments a special atmosphere. Today nigirizushi is popular throughout the country. Tempura is a fritterlike dish of fish, shellfish and vegetables dipped in flour and water batter and deep fried. The Japanese celebrate particularly happy occasions with red rice sekihan) and sea bream (tai) prepared with head and tail intact. Sekihan is made by steaming glutinous rice (an especially sticky variety) together with red beans which turn the rice red. The Japanese have long considered red to be a lucky colour because of its association with colour of fire and the sun.

Wisteria floribunda Japanese Wisteria Deciduous, woody-stemmed, twining climber with leaves of 11 19 oval leaflets. Scented, pea-like, purple flowers are carried in drooping racemes, up to 60cm long, in early summer. Best looking on pergolas. If it doesn't flower, dig spade into ground around wisteria to cut some roots. It will flower next year .

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GARDEN OF THE MONTH

Garden of the Month is a new series to introduce the gardens which I think have something special. Motsuji Temple is known for its garden, one of Japans few remaining Pure Land Gardens, which attempt to reproduce the Buddhist concept of the pure land or paradise. Pure Land Gardens were a popular garden style during the Heian period (794 1185). Inside Motsujis garden, only the pond and the foundations of the former buildings remain. Motsuji was founded in 850, and under the Northern Fujiwara grew to become the Tohokus largest temple complex with several hundreds of subtemples during Hiraizumis heydays in the late Heian Period, before being drastically reduced with Hiraizumis fall. Motsuji is a 5-10 minute walk from the JR Hiraizumi Station.

Womens rule for Men You dont have PMS; dont act like you do

Chinese saying
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.

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