The rice plants in our garden finally look happy. We started them indoor on March 23rd and transplanted outside on May 4th. They were very slow to grow and tip of some of the leaves had started to become yellow. We were not sure if they survive or not… Now, thanks to the recent heat wave, they have grown and so alive!
Of course, weeds also grow, faster than our produce. This is our 3rd year of farming at the current location and we noticed the weeds we have in our garden changes every year. This year, we found horsetails for the first time. Our soil is very dry and hard and moist loving horsetails never grew… until now! So nice to see the sign of the soil improvement.
Our farm gate sale is at 10am-1pm every Wednesday. This week, we have salad mix, komatsuna, mizuna, chard, 4 kinds of lettuce (see photos), kale, collard, mustard, radish, turnip, dill and cilantro. Price is $4 per bunch except turnips and salad mix. Turnips are $5 per bunch and salad mix is $6. Please place an order by the end of Tuesday through sorafarmveggie@gmail.com, or just drop by and let us pick what you would like. Address is 1820 Seymour road, Gabriola Island.
You can also place an order and pick it up at the Wednesday market, which starts this week. It is 3:30pm – 5:30pm at AGI hall.
Peas are coming. They might be available this week. Thanks to those of you who gave us old newspaper to make origami boxes. We still need more.
From this week, our market schedule is as follows:
- Wednesdays 3:30pm – 5:30pm
- Saturdays 10am – 2pm.
For pre-order of our sourdough bread and koji bread for Saturday, please click below and fill in the form, or send us an email to sorafarmveggie@gmail.com.
For this Wednesday, we will bake some plain spelt sourdough bread. If you would like to order, please email to sorafarmveggie@gmail.com by the end of Monday.
Enjoy a sunny warm week!
Sora Farm 