That Picture In The Header Does Not Look Like New Jersey

The picture in the header was taken in Japan during the summer of 2008 in Osaka prefecture. We were going to go swimming in a river and along the way we passed many small farms and rice fields such as the one in the picture. This was the first time I had ever been out of the city in Japan and shows an aspect of the country that many people might not be as familiar with as those of the crowded streets of Tokyo.

While the picture itself is of an actual farm and this is supposed to be a blog about backyard gardens, it is still a nice, green picture and I think it works well in the header.

In Japan, you see a lot of backyard gardens brimming with eggplants, tomatoes, and cucumbers. It gets very hot and humid early on and by June they are already where we wouldn't be until early August here in the North Eastern United States.

A close up picture of a rice field: