Introduction
Have you ever tasted a dish that you grew yourself?Although it is not as beautiful as the packaged in the supermarket, the taste is incomparable. And every day watching the vegetables grown on the balcony grow taller and bigger, I can feel indescribable joy and excitement.
Mr. Fujita Tomo, an expert in vegetable planting, explains each vegetable planting step for you in detail in the book, and teaches you environmentally friendly, healthy and interesting ways to grow vegetables, as well as low-input, sustainable vegetable cultivation methods. No need for a yard, no need for heaven and earth, just a few containers, you can build your own small green vegetable garden.
Young people, children, the elderly, and even people in wheelchairs can follow the methods introduced in the book to grow rai on the balcony and experience a more colorful life.
About the Author
Tomoshi Fujita, born in 1959 in Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, is an expert in vegetable horticulture and agricultural education. Professor of the Department of Human Social Sciences of Keizumen Women's Gakuen University in Japan, lecturer at Yokohama National University and Women's Nutrition University, is a star guest of various horticultural TV programs and radio programs, and participates in various TV programs such as "NHK Fun Gardening Vegetable Time", "NHK Radio Summer Children's Science ** Q&A (Plants)", etc., and goes deep into the community to guide and popularize home planting and citizen farm technology. He is the author of many books, such as "Growing Vegetables on the Balcony", "Vegetable Planting Guide", and "NHK Fun Gardening Vegetable Time: Fujita Tomo's Vegetable Garden Guide".
Table of Contents
Preface. How to use this book:
Part Experience the joy of growing vegetables at home.
Potted vegetables. Start by growing simple vegetables.
Is it okay to have a balcony in my house?
Choose the right container.
Tools for growing vegetables.
Stay on top of planting time.
Create a beautiful balcony.
Part The key points of happy vegetable planting.
Start with soil selection.
Recognize fertilizers. Fill the soil.
Selection of seedlings and seeds.
The main points of watering.
Treatment of diseases and pests.
Recognize diseases, pests.
Recycling of soil.
Experience mix-and-mix. Part Happy Growing Vegetables Fruits.
Eggplant. Green pepper Chili pepper.
Large tomatoes Small tomatoes.
Cucumber. Small pumpkin.
Broad bean. Lentil.
Soybean. Strawberry.
Happy Kitchen sprouts.
Part Happy Growing Vegetables leafy vegetables.
Lettuce. Artemisia.
Green stalks. Rapeseed.
Bitter chrysanthemum. Long-stemmed broccoli.
Spinach. Onions.
Harvest spice plants from the balcony.
Part Happy Growing Vegetables Root vegetables.
Carrot. Potato.
White radish. Radishes.
Kohlrabi. Ginger.
Preface Preamble
Have you ever tasted a dish that you grew yourself?Although not as beautiful as the packaged ones in the supermarket, the taste is definitely incomparable. And watching the vegetables grown on the balcony grow taller and bigger every day is an indescribable joy and excitement.
No need for a courtyard, no need for heaven and earth, just a few containers, and your balcony will become a sea of green full of life. Some people find it too difficult to grow vegetables and are too lazy to try it, but they don't know that you are likely to lose a very precious experience. This book is aimed at beginners' fear of difficulties, and introduces the easier way to cultivate vegetables, so that you can experience endless fun in practice.
Although it is said that we grow vegetables by ourselves, in fact, it is not us who grow vegetables, but the miraculous power of nature. Be sure to try it and you'll have a unique flavor on your table.