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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 54
Last week was a rainy and cold week. Two of the best things to do for those weeks are: baking bread and eating them. We brought to the market 3 new products last week, German country bread (1st photo, combination of rye and spelt flour), farmer’s baguette (no photo, leavened with raisin starter) and rice
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Apple juice adventure
One of our friends told us that she has a fruit press but no space to store it. So we volunteered to keep it for her, under the condition of we can use it. We have never used this kind of press, and were very curious. We bought tote-full of apples from a local orchard,
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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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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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