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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 51
September 15th is “Respect-for-the-aged” day in Japan. It became a national holiday in Japan in 1966, but why September 15th? It is based on this legend: There was a dedicated son who lived with his ailing father. Every day, he went to the mountains to gather firewood to sell and make a living. One day,
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 50
Is there a competition for the smallest pumpkin? These are “dwarf kuri pumpkins”. A few years ago, I ate some at my friend’s home and I fell in love with the sweetness and creaminess of it. I asked for the seeds and kept them, and planted this year. They are supposed to be smaller than
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 49
We had our first apples! We planted four apple trees three year ago. This spring, two of them had flowers, then one of them started to have fruits, lots of them. We were so excited and waited and waited for them to become bigger. They didn’t get much bigger and started to change color. We
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 48
Do you peel skin of figs? As a child, figs were the most favourite fruit of mine. In Japan, everybody (as far as I know) peels the skin of them. I was surprised when I saw people eating figs with skin on in Canada. Now I am getting used to eating them with skin on,
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 47
Have you watched or participated in “Bon-odori”? It is a dance event hosted by communities all over Japan during “Obon”, which is from August 13th to 16th. At this time, it is believed that spirits of the deceased come back to visit their families to spend some time together. “Bon-odori” is an event to have
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 46
We have been growing Shishito peppers for 4 years. We have been happy to see them with lots of green leaves and looking healthy. Only now, we came to know that we were supposed to remove side buds… We knew that for tomatoes and cucumbers, but somehow, it never occurred to us for peppers. Now
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 45
We had a long lasting snap pea season but finally, it is over… Thank you so much to those of you who gave us old newspaper. To show our appreciation, we are sharing how to make the box! Please click here to see it. We had the first harvest of eggplant. We grow an Asian
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 44
Plants grow when and where they want to grow. Self-seeded dills grew so well and we harvested a lot in spring and early summer. They are flowering beautifully now. Dills we sowed and transplanted 2 months ago, with hope of harvest now, didn’t grow much and are almost dead. A lettuce volunteered in between two
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 43
This is how our greenhouse looks like right now. Bees are working hard and so is Kenji. Tomatoes are still green, eggplants have long way to go, but cucumbers are ready. We grow “Suyo long”, which is Asian heirloom variety. They are sweet and crisp. Seeds are soft and small. Their skin has little spikes,
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