Reusing the same greenhouse bed year after year can seem like a gamble, especially with a crop as prized as melons. But one gardener's latest harvest suggests
Why did a pair of Japanese Yubari King melons just fetch a record 5.8m yen (£27,000)? It’s not a meal; it’s corporate PR theater.
Wholesale buyers pay crazy prices at the season's first auction for instant national news coverage. In Japan, flawless fruit is a luxury status symbol given as a high-respect gift. These melons are grown with obsessive care: one fruit per vine, daily manual massages with cotton gloves, and tiny sun-hats to prevent blemishes.
The last two days of garden harvest. I looked at the small melon bed today and found a ripe melon, then another, and another, and more... Picked all the fully red Marconi sweet peppers and all the paste tomatoes I could find that were ripe.
