もうすっかり春です。
It’s definitely spring.
最近暖かい日が続いています。
It’s been warm lately.
心なしか日も長くなってきました。
The days are getting longer.
いい季節です。
It’s a nice season.
2023年のプランター菜園を始めます。
I’m starting my 2023 vegetable garden in a planter.
目次
冬の終わりの状況 The situation at the end of winter
遡ること1か月前。
Going back a month ago.
こんな感じでした。
It looked like this.
小さくて収穫できなかった大根やカブの花が咲いています。
The radishes and turnips that were too small to harvest are blooming.
小松菜も花が咲きました。
Komatsuna has also bloomed.
春の訪れって感じです。
It feels like spring has arrived.
今年の家庭菜園 This year’s vegetable garden
今年は掃除から始めました。
This year I started by cleaning.
一度プランターの中身を出して、土の再生材と石灰を混ぜました。
I took out the contents of the planter once and mixed in the recycled soil and lime.
プランターは水洗いしました。
I washed the planter with water.
綺麗な状態で始めます。
I’ll start in a clean state.
ことしのラインナップはこちら。 This year’s lineup is as follows.
きゅうり
Cucumber
なす
Eggplant
トマト
Tomato
ねぎ
Green onion
大葉
Shiso
ししとう
Shishito pepper
きゅうりは去年うまくできなかったので再挑戦です。
I didn’t do well with cucumbers last year, so I’m trying again.
ナス、トマト、ねぎは去年並みを期待します。
I hope the eggplant, tomato, and green onion will turn out as well as last year.
大葉は特に何もしませんが、去年植えていた鉢から
勝手に出てくることを願っています。
I’m not doing anything special with the shiso leaves, but I’m hoping that they will grow on their own from the pot they were in last year.
ししとうは初挑戦です。どうなるか楽しみです。
This is my first attempt at growing shishito peppers, so I’m looking forward to seeing how they turn out.
なにも植わってない鉢はこれから何にするか考えます。
I’ll think about what to do with the empty pots from now on.
こんな感じでがんばっていきまっしょい。
Let’s keep doing our best like this.
Memo: What are shishito peppers?
Shishito peppers are summer vegetables.
The spiciness is perfect, and they are very delicious.
I couldn’t eat them when I was a child, but now that I’m an adult, they are one of my favorite vegetables.
I’ll look into shishito peppers.
What kind of thing are shishito peppers?
Shishito peppers are a type of chili pepper.
It seems that bell peppers and paprikas, which are less spicy than other chili peppers, are similar varieties.
Another name for shishito peppers is sweet pepper.
Origin
They are originally chili peppers, so they are from Central and South America.
I don’t know if they made spicy chili peppers less spicy by repeatedly improving them, or if they further improved non-spicy chili peppers.
However, as for shishito peppers, they are from Japan.
The spicy component of shishito peppers
The spicy component of shishito peppers is capsaicin.
It’s the same as chili peppers.
The spiciness of shishito peppers can vary quite a bit.
Usually there are very few, and most are not spicy.
Sometimes they are very spicy. Sometimes you can taste the natural spiciness of the chili peppers.
It seems that the reason why Shishito peppers become spicy is due to the environment during cultivation, such as extreme heat or low moisture.
Summary
I was surprised to learn that Shishito peppers are from Japan.
Most things that have been around for a long time are usually introduced from China, so it’s nice to see something that is new to Japan every now and then.
I’d like to look into other things that interest me.
