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Category: Vegetable
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.83
This is how our farm looks like on April 26th. It has been a slow start this year and it looks empty, but a lot of things are going on. I brought radishes and arugulas to the market in the past week. Red Russian kale, collard and pilgrim cabbage were transplanted a few weeks ago…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.82
It’s Sunday afternoon and spring has really arrived!! I have finished expanding our number 2 plot, which is beside our propagation/wash-pack greenhouse. It was fenced to house four apple trees, two fig trees, garlic and spring snap peas. I had planted two more apple trees outside the fence, and now decided to expand the fence…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.81
Do you know what vegetable this is? These are tubers of Jerusalem artichoke or Sunchoke. I bought them from Sweet Rock Farm at farmer’s market on Saturday. I knew this root vegetable because we bought and cooked some when we frequently visited farmer’s market in Ontario, and I also harvested them at Nanoose Edibles Farm…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.80
It looks like spring truly arrived. We removed plastic tarp and were delighted to see it kept our growing beds weed free! (though, we wonder how long it stays that way…). Compost and initial organic fertilizer were added and smoothed out. Swiss chard, Red Russan kale and Collard Green seedlings were transplanted. They were not quite…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 79
We thought that our pea seeds failed. As soon as another pea seed order arrived, our original batch decided to come alive!! Now we wonder where we plant those extra peas… Last week we planted two more apple trees. Now we have 6 apple trees total. One day, we will bring apples to the market… …
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 78
Spring is officially here! First day of spring, March 20, is a national holiday in Japan. It is a day to celebrate nature and all lives, and appreciate our ancestors. However, at Sora Farm, we are panicked! Were we too late to start our lettuce? It has been almost four weeks since sowing the seeds,…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 77
March 13 is Yoko’s birthday and Kenji baked a Brottorte, or bread cake! What he did was: Crush leftover spelt bread and German country bread and mix with roasted hazelnut pieces, cocoa powder and baking powder. Separately beat egg white with sugar and slowly added egg yolk. Gently mix bread mixture and egg mixture together…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 76
We bought 3 wasabi plants three years ago. We left them in pots outside and deer ate them. Wasabi is spicy. We thought deer would not like them… The following year, we saw one of them had a little shoot so we transplanted it in our garden. Last summer it was crushed by a huge…
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YouTube link
We are sorry the original link to the YouTube film on our Newsletter Vol.75 was not working. It has been fixed. We are putting the link here, too. Enjoy!
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 75
March 3rd is “Hinamatsuri” or “doll festival” in Japan. It is a day to celebrate girls’ health and happiness, and typically households with girl(s) display a set of dolls. One of the food for Hinamatsuri is Hishimochi. It consists of three layers of mochi and each color has a meaning: white represents snow, green represents…
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