By dennis
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We get so much snow every year that we have to rebuild the greenhouses every year. The snow is light and fluffy at first, but always ends up as ice.
To prevent the green house from collapsing we have to take the plastic off and just leave the frame in winter. Even then the weight of the snow bends the pipes and does a lot of damage.
Also by having to remove the plastic every year it reduces its transparency and life span. We can only use it about 3 years. Living in one of the snowiest places on the planet doesn’t make life easier and certainly can get costly.
Anyway, here is a timelapse of how we put the roof back on. ( click ‘ building ‘ on top)
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For 5 months of the year our landscape is pretty minimal and natural colours are pretty somber.
When the first spring flowers emerge they make quite a contrast to the still white backdrop.
Still a wait for the last 60-70 cm of snow to melt, but with flowers around, we know it will be soon.
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With the warm weather finally coming in, the trees also awake from hibernation and are keen to absorb some rays of light. Lots of deciduous trees in the Niseko area and it creates some quite stunning colours and views. This photo is taken from the Niseko Green Farm overlooking the river valley and the Hirafu ski resort in the back ground. There is still quite some snow on the top on the mountain.
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Some nice miserable weather in April. Many cold and cloudy days. The recent rain helped to get rid of most of the snow and now we areWatching the snow melt away finally on our fields.
Hopefully it will not rain too much in the on coming weeks, so we can start with fertilizing our fields for another year of vegetable growing.
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Winter has come early. The first snow of the season has sparked the Niseko powder virus. Now with 6 months of white landscapes and cold ahead of us, we all look ahead to those magical turns in deep Niseko powder.
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Snow is starting to melt on mt. Yotei.
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It`s slowly getting warmer and the forecasted rain will start melting the snow.
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