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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 74
It has been cold and rainy in Gabriola. In Tokyo, plum flowers started to bloom! They bloom before cherry blossoms and they are as beautiful, if not more. To avoid the crowds of cherry blossom season, visiting Japan in the end of February or beginning of March, which is plum blossom season, may be a…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 73
Half of the February has already gone and it is time to get started! Inside of greenhouse, we started mustard seed trays. Next morning, we went back to the greenhouse and found that some of the seeds were dug up by a mouse… but just a few pods in each tray. Probably mustard seeds were…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 72
We have been busy baking but have not forgotten our garden. Inside of greenhouse, we brought in compost and we are planning to sow some mustard seeds in a few weeks. Outside, we had tried different methods to let the soil rest for winter, cover with plastic, cover with dead leaves, or no cover. We…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 71
How many garlic shoots can you find? We were away for a month but our cute little baby garlics have been growing strong among so many weeds! Microorganisms in our sourdough starter were also alive and well in our fridge for a month. Our bread turned out really well last Saturday. From this week, we…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 70
We are back in Canada with beautiful memories of Japan. We visited some nice bakeries and attended a rice bread baking class. And we bought a bread scoring lame. We are ready for another year of baking! We are at Vancouver airport now, waiting for a connecting flight to Nanaimo. We will be back to…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 69
Trains in Japan are known to be clean, safe and sometimes with decorative artwork, but this one was extraordinary! What is so special about deer? There is a legend that Takemikazuchi no Mikoto, the god of thunder, came to Kasugataisha Shrine in Nara, riding a white deer. Based on this legend, deer came to be…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 68
Cherry blossoms are famous in Japan but camellias are beautiful at this time of the year. These are Sasanqua Camellias, and the name writes as 山(mountain) 茶(tea) 花(flower). They are popular roadside trees or park trees as both flowers and leaves are alive and beautiful in winter. Leaves can be used as tea. Last week…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 67
A happy new year! To me, new year comes with sunrise rather than countdown at midnight, especially when I am getting older and it’s getting hard to stay up late… For a few days before new year, people clean their home and cook special dishes, and on New Year’s day, they keep eating and spend…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 66
Our farm is guarded by an owl (and our kind neighbours) while we are away. It is almost New Year’s Day, which is the biggest celebration in Japan, and the preparation has already begun. Family routine of New Year’s Eve in my childhood was visiting a nearby shrine around midnight, praying for happiness for the…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 65
All markets are done for 2025! It has been quite a journey for us. Our garden has less rocks and more nutrients than last year after so much digging, or so we hope… We have ordered 2 truck loads of compost and many bottles of vegetable seeds for next year, but for now, let us…
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