Natural Cultivation Gardening: How I Compost Without Chemical Fertilizers.
Around mid-summer last year, I started reading books about natural cultivation, and I wanted to garden without using pesticides or fertilizers as much as possible. That’s when I suddenly came up with the idea of composting food waste.When I got rid of the summer flowers, I had a lot of leftover soil, so I decided
Natural Cultivation Gardening: how to deal with pests ➁.
Natural gardening: Relationship with insects➁I started gardening on my balcony last fall, using natural cultivation without fertilizers or pesticides.With spring just around the corner, I would like to write about how things have been with insects up until now. Last time here.Natural cultivation gardening: how to deal with pests①. First, let’s look at the Antique
Natural Cultivation Gardening: how to deal with pests ①.
Natural cultivation gardening: Relationship with insects ①It’s been about 4 months since I started gardening on my balcony, which is natural cultivation without fertilizers or pesticides.This is the time when there is least insect damage, but I’d like to keep an eye on what it looks like. First up is the Antique Viola Frosted Chocolate
Natural Cultivation Gardening: How to Treat the Soil
Natural gardening: handling the soilI started gardening on my balcony without using fertilizers or pesticides around October last year.The first thing I did was to stop applying fertilizers and pesticides, and the next thing I did was to improve the soil environment. Around that time, it is time to dispose of spring, summer, and fall
Natural Cultivation Gardening: My Reference Materials
Natural cultivation gardening: What I used as a referenceMy balcony gardening has transitioned to natural cultivation since October last year. Since it is a natural cultivation method, we do not use fertilizers or pesticides.The way you look at plants has changed, and you no longer focus on the flowers, but the roots and the vitality
Winter pruning – chocolate cosmos and dahlias
This year, it doesn’t get very cold, so I was having trouble figuring out when to prune the plants to survive the winter.In the end, I put the scissors in on January 2nd of the new year, so I’ll write about the process this time. First up is Chocolate Cosmos “Akatonbo” Awayuki.Even though they were
Sanbritainia How to spend the winter 2023-2024
Sanbritainia wintering 2023-2024Thankfully, there seem to be a lot of people visiting my blog for “Overwintering in Sanbritainia,” so I thought I’d write about what’s been going on this winter. Well, my Sambritenia scarlet has grown thick since autumn after summer. After that, it bloomed properly, but I didn’t take any photos, so I don’t
How do i grow tulips
I wasn’t planning on planting tulips the next spring.The temperatures have been so high lately in spring that it quickly disperses (tears). But when I saw the bulbs at Konan last weekend at a bargain price, I couldn’t resist picking up these three. Here is what I immediately planted using Runrun.First, I added the Sunset
Sanbritainia planting experience
Sambritenia seasonWe start November with Sambritenia , which is currently blooming vigorously.It’s grown so big that it’s not really tall, but it’s drooping, and now it’s about 50cm long. The one that started blooming last August was cut off, and since then it hasn’t bloomed.It wasn’t until October that it started blooming again. By the
Speculation on the reason why Sambritania does not bloom
Sunbritainia not bloomingEven though it’s cloudy, it’s hot enough in Osaka today, 34℃/28℃.Today, I would like to introduce you to Sunbritainia Scarlet for the first time in a while. It’s been about a month and a half since I last wrote about Sunbritainia. As the title suggests, it’s not in bloom right now, but let’s
How to Winterize Sanbritainia Safely ~ Progress Part 2
Overwintering in Sanbritainia ~ Progress Part 2 ~With spring in the air, I’m curious about the state of the winter group.The one that really caught my eye was Sambritenia Scarlet.Click here for last month’s record →How to Winterize Sanbritainia Safely ~ Progress Part 1 It’s been about a month and a half since the last
How to care for my beautiful Christmas roses
Beautiful Christmas roseIn the past few days, the cold has returned to Osaka.The frequency of watering has decreased significantly, and the plants seem to be relieved that their rapid growth has stopped. Meanwhile, the beloved Christmas rose is now in its prime. The many buds swell and open, making it very cute. Her downcast profile
How to Winterize Sanbritainia Safely ~ Progress Part 1
Overwintering in Sanbritainia ~ Progress Part 1I started February with this article, which I’ve been wanting to write for a long time. … In order to realize the red garden of my dreams, I am letting Sanbritainia grow through the winter.This is the progress in progress. Last time here. Then on December 10th, the length
How are the plants on your balcony doing on this cold morning?
Even here, where the minimum temperature rarely drops below 0℃, it seems to have fallen to -2℃.That’s because I slept in thick clothes and woke up sweating (lol) There was nothing out of the ordinary on the balcony this morning.The violets that I had left outside and the lace lavender that I had kept inside
How have you prepared your balcony plants for winter?
It looks like it’s going to get very cold starting tomorrow, so I’ll write about how I’ll survive this winter as a memo. The following plants will be allowed to overwinter indoors this year. This is the first time this year that I will be making it through the winter. ◆What to take in when
How to manage orchids
There are two types of orchids in my house.Mini Phalaenopsis and Dendrobium ‘Angel Baby Green Love’.Both are in their third year. (And both were less than 1,000 yen; lol) Last year, based on information on the internet, the mini Phalaenopsis orchid grew two leaves and the dendro flower grew four.This year, I used NHK Hobby
How to care for Sanbritainia – watering (Success part)
Watering Sunbritainia – Success editionI couldn’t figure out how to properly water my Sunbritainia scarlet, and it almost died once.I will write down the failures and successes for future study (or rather, for myself next year). Click here for the previous “Failure Edition”.“Watering Sunbritainia – failure edition” One day, I saw an entry on someone’s
How to care for Sanbritainia – watering (wrong part)
About the care of Sunbritainia Watering of Sunbritainia – MistakesToday I’d like to talk about the reason I came up with this blog, and how to care for Sunbritainia. I thought I was growing it according to the official website, butAs I said it was for advanced users, it was difficult for me as a
Today’s balcony – between spring and summer
Today it’s cloudy and rainy, with temperatures of 25°C/20°C.I had been sweating for days, but the past few days have been cool and comfortable. Last week, I finally got rid of the violas, tulips, and other winter flowers.Now that spring has passed its peak and we are beginning to hear the footsteps of summer, we
Rose ‘Cocktail’ blooms for the first time
Before last summer, I passed by a house where the rose Cocktail” was always blooming beautifully.It was the first time she had seen someone taking care of the plants, so she talked to them, and as a result, she received a “Cocktail” cutting, which she had always admired. Since then, it has gone through summer
Today’s Veranda -The second half of spring starts
Yesterday was very gloomy due to the yellow sand, so I watered the plants and quickly retreated indoors.It was a pretty nice and sunny day today, so I took a lot of time to admire the flowers and noticed that the pansies, tulips, and primroses were coming to an end, and it seemed like the
Today’s balcony -The season moves quickly
Today’s balcony -The season moves quickly-Although there was a sudden thunderstorm in the middle of the night, the flowers on my balcony are peacefully enjoying spring.For humans, the climate doesn’t change much from day to day, but plants can sense the changing seasons and change.Let me introduce you to that situation. First up is the
Today’s balcony – the height of spring
Today’s balcony – the height of spring –The maximum temperature has been around 25℃ for the past few days, which is quite hot for spring.The plants are opening all at once, and my balcony is in the midst of spring. First of all, we planted tulips “Sunset Tropical”.The tulips “Sunset Tropical” open like peony flowers
Today’s balcony -After the spring storm-
A spring storm passed from yesterday night until dawn.I thought I would scatter the cherry blossoms that had just bloomed, but surprisingly, there were still some left behind.Today in Osaka, it’s 18℃/6℃ and sunny.The sun was getting stronger and brighter, and I was sweating a little while walking during the day.The flowers on the balcony
Today’s balcony – Spring with mixed plantings
Today’s temperature is 15℃/14℃, as if the cold in March is a lie.Although it’s raining, it’s quiet and quite pleasant today, so I’d like to introduce you to the currently very lively group planting. First of all, I planted viola decollete and princess clover “Dark Debbie”, which have been blooming really well for a long
Today’s balcony -The beginning of spring
After a few chilly days of drizzling rain, today it was sunny for the first time in a while and the temperature was 12℃/22℃.Can we now say that spring has finally arrived? Introducing the state of the balcony today. I wanted to see this view first! A combination of lily of the valley, daffodils, and
Today’s balcony -buds waiting for spring
Even though the vernal equinox has passed, there’s still a chilly feeling that doesn’t feel like spring yet.The rain continued, and February felt more like spring…Even under such circumstances, plants are steadily growing according to the seasons. First up is the leaf button “Moondrop Flare.”Around the vernal equinox, the lowest temperature was about 1 degree,