Even though I had just planted the mizuna that my neighbor gave me, striped flea beetles started eating it. I tried spraying it with a Stochu solution. Insects seem to dislike strong odors.
How to make Stochu solution
Vinegar : Shochu : Wood vinegar (1:1:1)
Mix three bottle-capfuls of the Stochu mixture into 2 liters of water.
I found aphids on my broad bean seedlings. I’ve heard that aphids tend to gather when the soil is too rich in nutrients. To draw off some of the nutrients, I planted arugula and red leaf lettuce next to the broad beans.
In these days, I tried some vegetable preservation. Nukadoko(fermented rice bran bed), pickles, miso, rice koji (rice inoculated with Aspergillus oryzae) and syoucyu(alcohol).
It was Interesting. All of them are included same procedure. Mixed and ferment.
When I bought an pineapple, skin is for compost and core is for alcohol. After drinking alcohol, core is for jam. No garbage. Interesting.
Japanese organic cultivation often uses rice husks and bran. Husks are useful for making soil aggravation structure, and keeping heat and moist on surface of soil. Rice bran is used to ferment vegetable scraps and create compost. It's good smell. It all returns to the earth.
However, Japanese agricultural committee doesn't share fields for new farmers. When someone wants fields, he needs to work for training at other farm or make achievement by himself.
It's not easy to look for the fields.
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