Home vegetable garden

Among our summer vegetables, okra is one that we grow every year without fail. It can be served as a simple side dish, mixed with natto and grated yam over rice, and is a great vegetable for preventing summer fatigue. However, newly planted seedlings are highly susceptible to aphids, and they can quickly become weakened if left unprotected.

I planted sweet potatoes again this year. I’ve grown many kinds of vegetables in my home garden, but sweet potatoes are by far the crop I put the least effort into. They are simply incredibly tough. Even if the leaves start to wilt, they usually recover without any problem, and they stay surprisingly healthy even after several days without rain.

Personally, I think zucchini is one of the easier summer vegetables to grow. However, when I first tried growing it, I started without any prior knowledge and failed badly. Small fruits appeared after flowering, but they rotted before growing properly, so I could barely harvest anything. The darker fruit below grew normally, while the one above with the blackened tip ended up rotting.

When it comes to home gardening, cherry tomatoes are probably one of the classic choices. They are often introduced as a beginner-friendly vegetable. However, personally, they are one of the vegetables I have struggled with the most.

On this blog, I write articles related to IT and AI, but there is another hobby that I have been keeping up for a long time. That is home gardening. Before I knew it, it has already been more than 10 years since I started. I'm not doing anything particularly serious, just continuing within a manageable scope in a corner of my home's garden...