#lemon squash

はまの屋パーラー渋谷パルコ店 (Hamanoya Parlor Shibuya Parco Shop)

Monday harvest:

Tuesday harvest:

Seeds we collected from this year's leeks:

Wednesday harvest:

Curbside find of the week. These 100 gallon stock tanks run for around 130 bucks & this one was free. We're going to use it to make a container version of a hugelkultur bed:

Friday harvest:

These are some of the summer squash that volunteered in our front bed. They appear to be a hybrid of lemon squash & either straightneck or crookneck squash:

Tersa sphinx caterpillar:

Seen while walking:

Found while walking - two rocks... one obviously evil:

We have volunteer pumpkins in the front bed starting to make:

A volunteer crookneck squash from the front bed:

Sunday harvest:

I felt something on my back & snapped this photo:

And here it is biting me:

Out of focus shot of a hummingbird feeding at our chive blossoms:

My queen planted some lemongrass today to take the place of the Bells of Ireland that had gone to seed:

Kissa menu series: レモンスカッシュ (lemon squash)

A surprisingly popular drink in kissaten is the lemon squash. I don't order it often because I feel it is overpriced for lemon juice and sparkling water (and sometimes a cherry), but I sometimes go for it in summer. I normally order lemon tea (hot or cold), but I thought it might not be such a special thing to feature here, so I went with Mia's most ordered cold drink (and special request for this series).

I don't have much to say about it because my research didn't give me much info except for the recipe and the fact that "squash" is traditionally British and normally refers to concentrated fruit juice (not the mixed version that exists in Japan).

Because of the freshness of the drink, I went for a fresh youthful look, but with an 80s twist.