Mr. Yoshida quit his job as a civil servant and started organic farming.2year.
The asparagus, which is finally ready to be harvested, has been killed by a mole.And I became an expert in exterminating moles (laughs).
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It's not the mole's fault, it's just me.I rotted the soil.
If you let it rot, moles will come.Moles are just coming to eat earthworms.Earthworms are designed to eat low-molecular-weight organic matter.
In short, rotten.A state in which organic matter has been partially decomposed and remains in a decayed form.I am eating it.
Earthworms go where they smell or where there are no microbes.Where there are few microorganisms, it is easy to go to spoilage.
Blind moles go wherever they smell.If the soil is rotten, the worms will come without them.I learned a lot.
It makes me feel like there is nothing in the world that I don't need.
Cabbage was difficult.Until last year, I was crushing insects by hand.
There is a night thief.I will move at night.Find it with a flashlight.It hides under the soil during the day, so it is difficult to find.
In a large cabbage field, only two cabbages were eaten by insects and fell apart.Insects only come here.why? It's a common story in organic fields.
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Let's make a scientific guess.
The caterpillar wants to eat the weak cabbage, but it can't, so it has no choice but to eat the healthy cabbage.
Cabbage collects vitamins and nutrients to protect its wounds, and in human terms, it creates a "scab".
Overall nutrition is slightly reduced.When macromolecular nutrients are reduced, caterpillars, which require only low-molecular-weight organic matter, become easier to digest and absorb.
And cabbage is eaten until it falls apart. I feel like "Thank you, insects."
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In macrobiotics, we recommend eating the roots and skins of vegetables as a keyword for the whole thing.
Toshimichi Yoshida also said, "Throwing away the core and skin is like throwing away the source of life. It's a waste.!Try your best and eat the whole thing.The core of the cabbage is called the growing point, where the ingredients for nurturing new life gather, so it's more nutritious than the leaves."
It is being talked about in various places that important nutrients such as minerals and phytochemicals are contained in the parts that tend to be thrown away.
I heard the lecture1On the day1Ten thousand3A nutritionist at the Osaka Prefecture Toyonaka Municipal Hashirii School Lunch Center, which prepares school lunches for XNUMX people, has started cooking radish and carrots with the skin on, as long as they are organic vegetables.
■The content of the joint lecture is "Kusubi"11Featured in the monthly issue.
