Anyone interested in growing your own garden? This is a great and fun activity to do together with your children. Or maybe team up with close friends/other families. Gardening is relaxing, easy to do, and can be a great learning experience for all involved.
Here's how: You can rent small plots of land for as little as 600 yen per month. You work the soil, plant fruits and/or vegetables from seed or seedlings, nurture your garden, and reap the benefits. You can put your own homegrown fresh lettuce, spinach, arugula, radishes, etc, on your dinner table in as little as 30 days, and they will keep producing for months. Harvest fresh green beans, broccoli, bok choy, beets, and carrots in as little as 55-60 days. You can buy seeds and/or seedlings from Sakumoto, DIY Make-Man, Cainz, etc, for very little money.
Here's why: Eating produce that has never been sprayed/treated/cleaned with chemicals is one of the most important things you can do for your family’s health. When fruits and vegetables are grown without synthetic pesticides or herbicides, they hold onto more of the beneficial nutrients and have none of the harmful residues that can linger on conventionally grown produce. This means you are feeding your family food that is truly clean, fresh, and nourishing from the inside out. It is gentler on growing bodies, better for developing, building, and maintaining immune systems, greatly contributes to the prevention of diseases -- simply put, it is safer for everyone around your table.
Contrary to popular belief, commercial vegetable and fruit growers widely use pesticides and herbicides -- in fact, usage is often described as significant and high intensity.
Even those ready-to-eat leafy vegetables purchased in stores generally contain
higher levels of pesticide residues and potential trace amounts of disinfection byproducts from cleaning agents -- like bleach -- compared to homegrown leafy vegetables, which ideally contain none.
For better health, choose homegrown or organic-grown fruits and vegetables.