未分類 Eddos are growing day by day! Our star plant in 2021
Some eddos which we had bought at the supermarket sprouted, so we planted them, wondering if these tropical plants work ...
2021-07
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未分類 Artificial pollination of courgette (zucchini): What’s the difference between male and female flowers?
The courgette plant has male and female flowers, but the chances of natural pollination are not very high, so it’s bette...
未分類 Making garden salad with the vegetables we harvested!
The vegetables are now getting ready to be harvested. Today we harvested lettuce, arugula, radishes and cucumbers. We al...
未分類 Some ginger has sprouted and so we planted it
Some ginger had sprouted so we tried to plant it, although I thought it was a little too late to grow ginger. I prepared...
未分類 We harvested our first cucumber!
Our cucumbers are growing well. Yesterday we harvested our first cucumber of the year. This year we have grown three dif...
未分類 Harvesting leafy vegetables: the more you harvest, the more they grow!
This is probably the first year for us to grow so many different leafy greens. We have only grown Shanghai choy and arug...
未分類 There is no “right” way of gardening for everyone
A few days ago, I wrote an article "Making good use of weeds" in Japanese (and also in English). I've been sharing posts...
未分類 Making good use of weeds
Weeds are often thought of as a gardeners’ enemy. In our vegetable garden we usually remove the weeds as soon as possibl...
未分類 We harvested some leaf amaranth
Amaranthus may be better known as an ornamental plant or as one of grains, but the leaves are also edible. We've grown o...
未分類 Zucchini (Courgette) had double headed flowers
The zucchini have started to flower, but there is something a little curious: two of our zucchini plants have double hea...