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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.100
We have been writing newsletter every single week (yes, even on our vacation) and this is our 100th newsletter! 4 more weeks and we will complete 2 full years! Thank you for those of you who sent us comments or gave us encouragement at the markets. We will continue to write about down-to-earth topics from…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.97
Have you touched the surface of cucumber leaves and felt fuzzy stuff on them? As we wrote before, we have Suyo Long cucumber plants both in greenhouse and outside. Those in greenhouse are growing faster and producing more fruits but outside ones also started to produce some in the past week, so I decided to…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.96
A few weeks ago, I was sowing lettuce seeds in trays and realized it will be the end of summer when I harvest these lettuces. Growing season goes so fast and it is still very difficult for me to make a crop plan properly so that we have sufficient supply throughout the season. In spring,…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 53
Our heirloom tomatoes and cherry tomatoes have been doing well this year. Our small greenhouse is full of colors. We got the seeds from our friend in Toronto and we don’t know the names of the varieties, but they are all beautiful to see and so delightful to taste! We also had some cute twin…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 52
We have been writing a newsletter every single week and this is Volume 52, which means we have achieved one-year mark! Thank you very much for reading and giving us encouraging feedback. If we can make you smile a little on Monday mornings, it will make our day, too. One more thing to celebrate. Today,…
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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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