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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.95
Here on Gabriola Island, we are enjoying gorgeous summer weather after a day of long awaited rain of last Thursday. We are so blessed! Many people in BC and Ontario are dealing with either direct threat of wildfire or bad air quality due to smoke. Our son bought an air purifier for his apartment and…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.94
It’s summer and plants are growing fast. When I first moved to Gabriola, I heard people say that someone’s zucchini grew so much overnight and he would not know what to do with it, so he would throw the giant zucchini into your car if it is parked with windows open. I wanted to see…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.93
It is already July! I can’t believe half of 2026 has passed! But it doesn’t mean half of our vegetable season has passed. There are still lots to come to the market. Summer vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants are still growing. We have abundance of lettuce. Kales and collards suffered from aphids…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.92
Our farm is brimming in summer warmth and sunlight. Yes, it is sometimes too hot, like a few days in last week, and you feel sick of it (in fact, I became literally sick since I did not drink enough water while working outside in the morning and then baking bread in the afternoon), but…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.91
We sowed pole beans on June 8th. It was a bit late, but they sprouted quickly and are now growing fast! Before long, we will bring delicious beans to the market. When I started farming, I was expecting that plants will grow as per the instructions on seed packets or books, at least to some…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.90
Hot summer arrived ahead of summer solstice and everything is growing fast. We finally started planting shishito peppers outside. Their seedlings took a long time to grow to the right size. We are experimenting different mulch materials for summer crops this year. No mulch, straw and raw wool. We are fortunate to have a friend…
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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…
