はじめてのさつまいも栽培｜畝立て・新聞マルチ・苗の植え方と秋の支度 [字幕]

はじめてのさつまいも栽培｜畝立て・新聞マルチ・苗の植え方と秋の支度 [字幕]

Chapter 9
A Day of Tilling – Planting Sweet Potatoes for the First Time Good morning.
Today, I’m going to plant sweet potato slips. This place used to have a greenhouse.
It’s been a long time since anything was grown here. To prepare the soil,
I start by digging up the weed-covered ground. I’ve heard that beans and sweet potatoes can grow even in poor soil. I wondered if I could really do it,
but this is my first time growing sweet potatoes. At first, pulling weeds was really hard for me. But once I realised that digging the soil a bit with a shovel first
makes the weeds come out more easily, it became much easier. This one… won’t budge! ^^; Next, it’s time to make the soil soft and fluffy. Using a farming tool with five prongs,
I loosen the soil and let air in. As the soil softens,
the field slowly begins to look like a real garden. Finally, I make the raised beds. With a tool that has a half-circle blade,
I gently gather the soil into shape. Once the beds are formed,
the garden looks much more defined. Finally, everything is ready for planting! Even though it’s such a small garden bed,
it took me two whole hours to build it. Exhausted, I take a short break. I’m sitting on this wooden box,
but I heard there’s a beehive inside—so I’m a little nervous. A sip of cold tea to refresh myself—
and back to work. I lay down newspaper on top of the garden bed. The newspaper helps prevent weeds and keeps the soil from drying out. After covering it with some soil and gently pressing it down, I place the leafy part of the sweet potato sprout on top of the newspaper. Then, starting just beside the edge of the newspaper, I dig a shallow trench. I lay the base of the sprout sideways into the trench. This method keeps the slips from being shaken by the wind. It also helps maintain just the right level of moisture in the soil. I use newspaper printed with black ink made from soybeans. Because colour ink may contain heavy metals or petroleum-based substances, they could affect the soil’s microbes and the crops themselves. To keep the newspaper from blowing away in the wind I cover the edges with soil to hold it down. To prevent the soil I added from being blown away I press it down with my foot to secure it. While working, I found a large piece of plastic buried in the soil. I heard the previous user had laid a weed barrier sheet to prevent weeds from growing. That was already 20 years ago. Plastic is difficult to decompose in the soil,
and polyethylene (PE) can last for over 100 years. Even polypropylene (PP), though it deteriorates in 10 to 30 years,
never fully decomposes. It’s difficult for microorganisms to break it down, As a result, it ends up becoming waste that stays in the soil forever. To remove it from the soil, I have no choice but to dig it up, separate it, and dispose of it. Recently, it seems that more biodegradable materials have become available. This is the plastic that was left in the soil. From now on, I hope to choose materials that are as environmentally friendly as possible. Thank you so much for watching to the end:)
I hope to see you again in the next video. Blessings from the mountains, with the scent of spices.
Next time, we’ll make wild bayberry craft cola.

#さつまいも栽培 #sweetpotato #自然農

今回は、ビニールハウスの跡地に、はじめてのさつまいもを植えました。

草の生えた土を掘り起こし、耕し、畝を立て、
新聞紙でマルチをして苗を寝かせて植えていきます。

小さな畝に2時間。へとへとになりながらも、土の手触りや風の音に励まされながら、
少しずつ整っていく畑の景色に、心が落ち着いていきました。

途中、20年前の除草シートが土の中から出てきた場面も。
プラスチックの分解について調べたことや、これからの選択のことも字幕で添えています。

・新聞マルチと横植えの方法
・家庭菜園とプラスチックごみのこと
・暮らしの中で考える、環境にやさしい選び方

次回は、夏の山桃とスパイスでつくるクラフトコーラの動画を予定しています。
季節の移ろいとともにある、自然な暮らしのひとこまを、
これからもゆっくりと、お届けしていきます。

▶ 前回の動画：Chapter 8「じゃがいもの収穫とやさしいサラダ」
▶ 次回の動画：Chapter 10「山桃とスパイスのクラフトコーラ」

#無農薬 #organicgardening #家庭菜園 #homegrown #字幕動画 #slowliving #自給自足 #環境にやさしい暮らし #ナチュラルライフ #ecochoices