I've cleaned our garden to start gardening for this year.

Why do many people like to touch earth? Originally,Japanese people have lived on agriculture. So some people say that is the reason why we like to work on fields.I could hardly wait for snow to melt, and at last,the snow have completely disappeared from the flatlands. Today I pulled up the chickweeds in my garden,picked up dead leaves, and leveled the land.I saw some little buds of Katakuri or fawn lilies here and there in the garden.
Now we are going to rent a small farmland called "Furusato Noen" from the city."Furusato" means "home town", and "Noen" means "farm". In London, I hear from my friend there that it is called "lot". The size of a lot here in our city is 66 sq km.There are lots for 189 families in the suburbs,where it is 10 minutes' drive from our house. We look forward to growing vegetables,such as spinach,carrots,potatoes,
sweet potatoes,cucumbers,pumpkins,beans,corn,etc.