One kind at a time upsurging

 Natural farming tells us that the environment is a closed ecological system composed of the soil, the microbacteria in it, the weeds growing, the insects alive in it, all under certain climate. The system is going on in a stable way without artificial manipulations. Growing a lot of vegetables could inevitably be a kind of invasion or of violation to this system. Usage of agricultural chemicals or of fertilizers would destruct the system whether in short or long term. 

Modern agriculture seeks a lot of products. More crops, more profits. It even aggravates the destruction. If agriculture should go on as an industry in the capitalistic world, it might be excused with more profits. Violation to nature, however, would revenge on us as contaminated foods or as aggravating climate change.

Learning of natural farming, I am more convinced that small sized farming without industrial pursuit for profits may be anti thesis for such nature destruction. The efficiency of harvests is only 20 or 30% less than conventional farming. When climate change would reduce the harvest and result in food shortage, we have no other choice but grow vegetables and/or crops by ourselves.

I am too old and too ignorant of farming. But I would go on growing vegetables after lessons of natural farming at home here. 

Now radish is grown prosperously. Radish dishes are coming on the table from one to another. Fresh one is always great.

Cooked squid and radish. A typical family dish in Japan.

Fish soup with vegetables. Mackerel with radish etc. Seasoned with miso. It is named Arajiru in Japan often served at restaurants in beach resorts.

Shredded radish is cooked in chinese soup of chicken.

Radish with bacon. Mustard seasoned it.

No photo but chicken and egg plant cooked with grated radish seasoned with vinegar was a pretty good one.

The only problem in our kitchen is that one kind of vegetable upsurges at a time. I should plant various vegetables in small amount...