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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 37
The rice plants in our garden finally look happy. We started them indoor on March 23rd and transplanted outside on May 4th. They were very slow to grow and tip of some of the leaves had started to become yellow. We were not sure if they survive or not… Now, thanks to the recent heat…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 36
Last couple of weeks, our plants (veggies and weeds alike) have been growing fast with nice mix of sunshine and rain. Summer market, farm gate sale, and delivery to Ground up and Nature spirit started. In order to keep our energy up, we made “Ohagi”, Japanese traditional sweets. “Ohagi” is sticky rice (mochi) balls coated…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 35
Announcement: We are going to have farm gate sale between 10am and 1 pm every Wednesday starting this week (May 28th). Thank you to those of you who came for pre-order pickup last Wednesday. Building a farm stand is still on our wish list but, for now, we will do what we can. We encourage…
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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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