🪴 First Pea Planting of 2026 with Bamboo Lattice – Japan Garden

Описание: 🪴 Join me for an unedited hour in the garden here in Shizuoka, Japan. Two weeks into January, I put in my first planting of 2026—a short row of garden peas meant for later in the spring. Four young plants go into the soil, spaced carefully about two feet apart, marking the first deliberate act of planting in the new year.

After setting the peas, I begin building a simple lattice using bamboo and antique hemp rope I purchased some time ago. The work is slow and considered—cutting, tying, adjusting—laying out a structure the plants will eventually climb when the weather warms. This plot of land has now seen its second planting since I bought the house, part of an ongoing effort to tend it patiently and with intention.

There is no narration in this video. The camera is set down and left to run while the work unfolds in real time. What you’ll hear instead are the quiet sounds of winter planting—soil shifting, bamboo tapping together, rope tightening, wind passing through the garden, and the steady rhythm of hands at work.

Kurt Bell is a retired American writer living in the Japanese countryside. From an old akiya house beside the Yoshida River, he records simple, real moments of daily life—planting, preparation, and the long view required when working with living things. Japan Garden offers a place to sit with the work, without explanation, and watch the future being set gently into the ground.

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CREDITS:
“Japanese Falls” image: Lane Brown | View More: http://lanebrownart.blogspot.com/p/po...
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