Hideki Yoda describes himself as a part-time farmer and part-time manga artist. He draws wonderful manga and illustrations for newspapers and magazines, and also conducts lectures on gardening and small-scale farming for diverse groups from farming organisations to PTA meetings. He is the author of several manga gardening books like this one.
""The highly visual medium of manga is a great way to relate and digest new information. In Yoda's manga gardening guide, a family, illustrated in manga style, instructs readers on the basics of starting a garden and growing specific produce. […] Beginning gardeners as well as experienced ones will benefit from Yoda's wide range of uniquelypresented information and will learn to grow plants both common (tomatoes, carrots) and unusual (bitter melons)."" —Booklist