Go out of control Self-cultivation Vegetable growing Home garden Popular with child-rearing generation May 4 6:09
May 4th is "Green Day". With the spread of new coronavirus infections and the need to refrain from going out, vegetable gardens are becoming popular among the parenting generation.
At seed and seedling stores in Akiruno City, Tokyo, every year many people seek vegetable seedlings, but this year, the number of customers has increased by 10% compared to last year, and people of the parenting generation with small children It means that there are many.
At the same time as the opening of the store on the 3rd, families with children visited one after another, and asked the staff of the store about varieties and cultivation methods that are easy to grow, and bought summer vegetable seedlings such as eggplant, cucumber, and tomato.
According to the store, a simple cultivation kit that puts seeds in a container with a diameter of about 15 cm and grows vegetables such as arugula just with water is popular because it can be selected anywhere.
A man in his 40s said, “It's fun for children to touch the soil outside. It's healthy to see how vegetables grow, and children are crazy. I'm having fun with my family.” .
A woman in her thirties said, "It is good for the vegetable garden to be raised at home so that we can eat fresh vegetables."
Tatsuya Nomura, Managing Director of Nomura Usansan, said, “This time is the best season to start growing summer vegetables. I want to grow vegetables with my parents and enjoy the fresh taste now that I am going out.” It was