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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.89
Remember gorgeous swiss chard we brought to the market around this time last year? This year, we have not been able to bring them because they are suffering… I asked our fellow farmer what is causing this discoloration of chard leaves. He said it could be “leaf miners”. They are tiny fly larvae that live…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.88
I planted beets early this season, hoping to harvest them late spring or early summer. Now, some of them started to bolt before the roots get large enough to harvest. This is very frustrating and happens not only to beets but also to some leafy greens in spring. So, I googled! We tend to think…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.87
Wet laundry being dried in the room, a chorus of frogs from rice paddies, small tadpoles in the nearby pond and rivers, hydrangea flowers in the neighbourhood’s front yard. These are my memories from late spring to early summer rainy season called “Tsuyu 梅雨” in Japan. While we grapple over lack of rain here on…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.86
Four years ago, when we purchased this property, our garden was a forest. I still find big branches emerging from underground. Here is a catch of last Sunday while cleaning up an old radish bed. Remember our trial of different mulch materials to cover growing beds for winter? The first picture below was covered by…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.85
“Everyday is a winding road, I get a little bit closer to feeling fine…” This 1999 song played in our kitchen from Spotify playlist when I was trying to figure out which variety and how many loaves of bread I should bake. Last week, I miscalculated the amount of starter and what I prepared was…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.84
Who could expect this heat wave in the first week of May? I transplanted our first batch of lettuce for salad mix last week, after hardening off outside with reduced water for one week. These young lettuce plants are now being hit by heat wave with strong wind. Lettuce does not particularly do well in…
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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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