Summer is over, summer veggies are gone. So now is the time to plant our late autumn and winter Tokyo urban garden.
Whether you`re an accomplished gardener or a novice, gardening is a great opportunity to partner with Mother Nature and bond with family and friends. Gardening teaches patience, care and offers a pathway to better health and nutrition.
Our advice for novice gardeners is to start small and simple. Begin with easy to grow foods like herbs, lettuce and spinach; review our tips on Balcony Gardening, and get started.
If starting this Autumn we recommend you protect your plants from the cold with these vinyl greenhouses that you can purchase at D2 Home Center in Mita,on Amazon Japan
D2 or Super Viva (a home center) also carries a nice selection of seedlings, seasonal seed showcase and a variety of planters and soil. Stop in and start your urban garden today.
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***** Tokyo Urban Garden Planting Calendar *****
| Japanese | Hiragana | Romanji | English | Plant | Harvest |
| 白菜 | はくさい | hakusai | Chinese cabbage | Aug – Sept | Oct – Dec |
| キャベジ | きゃべじ | cabbage | cabbage | June – Aug | Oct – Dec |
| ” “ | ” “ | ” “ | ” “ | Sept – Oct | April – June |
| 大根 | だいこん | daikon | radish | end Aug – Sept | Oct – Jan (next year) |
| ブロッコリ | ぶろっこり | burakkori | broccoli | July – Aug | end Oct – Jan (next year) |
| 小松菜 | こまつな | komatsuna | Japanese mustard spinach | Mar – Nov | end April – April |
| ちんげん菜 | ちんげんさい | chingensai | bok choy | Mar – Nov | end April – April |
| タマネギ | たまねぎ | tamanegi | onion | Sept | June – July (next year) |
| ほうれん草 | ほれんそう | horensou | spinach | Aug – Nov | Aug – April (next year) |
| エンドウ | えんどう | endou | snap peas | Oct – early Dec | April – June (next year) |
| いちご | いちご | ichigo | strawberry | Sept – Nov | Oct – Nov (the following year) |
| ” “ | ” “ | ” “ | ” “ | Feb – April | April – July (the following year) |
| ブルーベリー | ぶるーべりー | buru-beri- | blueberry | Sept-Nov or Feb-May | June – Aug |
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