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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.105
Fall officially started and now it’s time to change tires! I used to work for a company with very regimented corporate culture in Ontario where we were expected to arrive at work on time even with 10cm of snow on the ground. Good winter tires were essential for both my literal survival and my work.…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.104
Did you all enjoy clear autumn days in the past week? Even after working hard removing poles and trellis for pole beans and preparing beds for lettuce transplant, I did not feel exhausted like I did during hot summer days. I see thick morning dews and found most of our green plants in the garden…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.99
When we lived in a city, “back to school” advertisement in shopping malls was the sign of getting closer to the end of summer. Here on our farm, it is the cool temperature I feel as soon as the sun hides behind tree canopies, loud crickets chirping in the evenings, my shadow gets longer when…
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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. 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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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,…
