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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 34
When Kenji started to bake sourdough bread, he took a sample loaf to an experienced baker and asked for advice. The baker said, “Use good quality ingredients. Flavor of bread comes from ingredients”. Kenji took the advice seriously. Currently, we buy all our flour for bread from True Grain in Cowichan Bay. (Luckily, Nature Spirit
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 30
Bees and ladybugs are back! The rice that we planted on Mar. 23 have sprouted and are growing. A little guy pushing a chunk of soil made us smile. Last week’s to do list #1 was: reset irrigation system. It took Kenji 2 days and it is up and running now. Unfortunately, it does not
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 28
Last Tuesday, we harvested, cooked and ate Fuki. Fuki (aka: Giant butterbur) is a “delicacy” of spring in Japan. When I was a child, there was a patch of Fuki right beside my path to school. They were taller than me (well, I was a small child even for my age) and leaves were huge.
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 27
Finally, it feels like spring. Our outside Christmas tree became a favorite spot for a little bird. As new farmers, we have small excitements all the time. Of the photos below, can you tell which one is tomato and which one is chard? Photo 1 is tomato and photo 2 is chard. I didn’t know
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 26
It has been cold and rainy and even christmas cactus thinks it is time to bloom… However, it is not time for holidays for us. In our propagation house, lettuces are growing. Bok choi and kales started to germinate. We planted seeds of eggplant, broccoli, more lettuce, and some rice for experiment. We used to
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 25
This week we have a good news and a bad news… Let us start with a bad news. In our greenhouse, we noticed that some of the komatsuna and mizuna were eaten. Didn’t look like slugs. It shouldn’t be crows as the greenhouse doors were closed. We set several mouse traps, and caught 7 in
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 24
New season has begun! Even though eagles are often visiting us, we can’t keep our eyes on sora (the sky). So far, mustard, spinach, komatsuna and snap peas were seeded outside, first batch of lettuce seedlings were planted, and next batch of lettuce is in our propagation house. In this week we plan to seed
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 13
Christmas is just around the corner and we are having almost 10 °C this week. In Toronto, where our daughter and her dog (her baby?) is, it has been -18 °C for these few days. There is no market on Wednesday, Dec. 25. We wish all of you very merry Christmas. This fall and winter
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Schedule for Dec. Jan. Feb.
Only one more market before Christmas! We will be around during holidays and keep baking except for Wednesdays, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Dates and time that we are at the market will be: We are always trying to invent a new product, so please keep coming to the market! Then, we will be off
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Sora Farm Newsletter – Vol. 12
Last Saturday started with power outage… raining and crazy windy… the sky was pretty gloomy… but luckily, we had Christmas market! We like to see our customers brighten their faces when they see our products and that is why we always try to invent something new! Potato explosion is an evolved version of our “farmer’s
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