Gardening and farming are still keeping me quite busy. It is a routine work for me to go out and see what happens with the vegetables and the fruits early in the morning, whether raining or fine. And I am inclined to lie on the bed around 9PM.
Succeding green pea, of course at another spot of the farm, kidney bean is growing vigorously. You may see weeds growing around it on the photo. It's too laborious to pull them. And natural farming says it is useful for grass mulching later. They may attract insects harmful for vegetables as well. That is why I let them grow so far as they won't disturb the vegetables grow.
Sweet potatoes are taking over potatoes which have been already completely cropped out as shown on the photo below. These seedlings are home grown from sweet potatoes. Rooting is pretty good compared with commercially available ones. There are spontaneously growing vegetables from seeds from the plants last year, such as tomatoes or white radishes. They are invariably vivid and easily growing. As if they are accoustomed with the environment in this place. Without any scientific evidence, I guess it's an adapttion process through epigenetic mechanism.
This fall, a lot of sweet potatoes are expected.
Several plants of tomatoes are growing and even bearing some fruits already. The big issue is the rain continuously coming on in this season. I might have had the farm ridge higher in order to keep them on the side of dryness. In wet circumstances, they could easily get illnesses, I am afraid. Without a green house, it depends on the weather. I just wish they will survive this wet season.
A big success with broccolis. Not much damage from the worms of cabbage whites this year.
The most important thing I have learned this season was that each variety has the best timing to sprout in a year. I have tried to get okra sprouting earlier in a year without much success. Recently, a few seeds have sprouted in pots like this. Only a matter of the temperature. Those originally from tropical areas are quite critical for the environemental conditions, I learned.
Another example of spontaneously grown vegetable. A pumpkin growing at a corner of the garden. Very vivid already with a fruit. The size of leaves is remarkably large. Just a miracle why such a plant grows in this way.
Apples are also growing. A dozen or so. May we enjoy them this fall.
Oh, it may be boring to most readers. Before finishing this post, here is a photo of boxful potatoes recently harvested. I would send some of them to my friends and family members. Some will be used as seed potato in this fall.
One of the most popular dishes in our family. Omlet featuring newly harvested potatoes. With red wine sauce.
This is how I am getting along nowadays. Besides such fun things, I still feel quite disgusted at what is going on in the Perliament. Almost dictatorship. Without much arguments regarding issues and validation for legislative facts, a number of serious laws are being voted as the government wants. Such as immigration law, the law regarding expiration date extention for nuclear plants, the financial resources law for military expansion etc. Every law is against the human rights for people, whether immigrants or own people are involved with.
When I was younger, I could not put up with such absurdity going on in the politics. i am much more calmed down as for such problems. But I still go on speaking out against thing irrational in the society even if it is only a small voice.
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