
Well, on a recent trip to Donki I wandered upstairs to help a friend looking for a humidifier. There, at the end of an aisle clustered with a bunch of other kits for edamame (in a beer mug, no less!), parsley, and other vegetables was the original rice kit. My tambo, it seems, had found me.

So, today with the farmers translating, we planted the tambo. (See photo at left.) The seeds must soak half in and half out of water in a sunny location. The water needs to be changed once a day until the seeds sprout in three to seven days. (The cup, by the way, is about the size of the kind that comes with a bottle of cough medicine.) Once the sprouts arrive, the seeds are planted in soil that comes as part of the kit. Then we wait again until the shoots emerge. Eventually, the rice seedlings will make it to a larger pot where they will spend their days until it's time to harvest the grain. The kit gives directions for harvesting and polishing the rice, too. I'll keep you posted on it's progress.
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What do you use lemon grass for, Anjuli? It always sounds delicious, but I don't know what to do with it. I could send you a kit!