Field experience picking, learning, and bringing back rare vegetables not found in supermarkets [special price commemorating the start of publication 🎉]

It is a field located in Shin-Matsuda and Kaisei in Kanagawa Prefecture, about 1 hour from the city center. It takes about 75 minutes by romance car from Shinjuku, and you can also pick them up from the nearest Shin-Matsuda station. For over 20 years, we have grown over 160 kinds of vegetables a year without using pesticides during the cultivation period. Even in summer, it is about minus 3 degrees cooler than Yokohama and the city center, and the meltwater from Mt. Fuji pours in, making it a place with clean water and air. When you stand in the field, the changing seasons are conveyed as they are.

What is grown here is mainly rare vegetables that cannot be found in supermarkets. They also have varieties that can only be found at high-end restaurants, such as the star-shaped okra “Star of David,” micro tomatoes smaller than cherry tomatoes, “destroyer” potatoes with purple skin, yacon, and Italian vegetables. We grow more than 160 kinds of vegetables a year.

■Flow of the day (approx. 1 hour) 1. Meeting (those by train can meet and drop off at Shin-Matsuda Station/those by car can come directly to the field) *Detailed meeting locations will be announced in a message after making a reservation. Please also let us know the means of arrival (train/car). 2. Heading to the field 3. Seasonal vegetables are harvested. Let's talk about vegetables while walking through the fields. 4. You can nibble and enjoy freshly picked food on the spot 5. We are breaking up with the harvested vegetables as souvenirs

I am qualified as an exercise trainer, so I can leisurely advance at my own pace while doing light stretches along the way.

■Seasonal vegetables (what you can pick changes with the season) ・May: onions, radishes, etc. ・June: potatoes, onions, shishitou, etc. ・July: This is the time of the year when vegetables are at their best. tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, etc. ・August: Okra, eggplant, shishitake, etc. ・September: okra, eggplant, etc. ・October: sweet potatoes, etc.

I'm looking forward to seeing what I can harvest that day once I come. Some may not be harvested depending on the weather. You can take home all the vegetables you have harvested.

■What we do in this field To be honest, it takes quite a bit of time and effort to grow more than 160 varieties a year. The seeds are collected and dried by hand, and weeding is done by hand with almost no machines. They decide where to plant by considering the path of the wind, adjust the spacing between stocks because they harden when crowded, and devise planting combinations by calculating how insects gather. While reading the environment of this land, they are grown by taking advantage of the characteristics of each vegetable. There are years when things don't go well, and there are many difficulties that come from not using pesticides. Please listen to anything about the field on the spot.

■Recommended for people like this ・Those who like rare vegetables not found in supermarkets ・Those who want to try farming someday or start a kitchen garden ・Families who want to touch soil and vegetables with their children ・Those who want to spend time relaxing and preparing themselves in nature

It's not just about picking vegetables. I would be happy if you could touch the soil and cherish the time you spend while feeling the comfort of the wind, the coolness of the water, and the warmth of the sunshine. It's also a time for children's dietary education to learn how vegetables grow. On the way back, we also recommend stopping by the surrounding hot springs and delicious restaurants.