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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol.101
It is still August, but really feels like fall now. Look how leaves are turning yellow. Too bad for cucumber lovers. Hovering dragon flies were replaced by chirping crickets. Above all, I feel fall when I feel cool temperature in early evenings. Last week’s average temperature at 6pm on Gabriola was 18 degrees Celsius, and,…
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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.98
Which type of hat do you wear when you work outside on a hot day? For me it has been a baseball cap on most days because it is light and was just my habit. And then a couple of weeks ago when it was super hot, I literally became sick…. After I worked hours…
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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. 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,…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 51
September 15th is “Respect-for-the-aged” day in Japan. It became a national holiday in Japan in 1966, but why September 15th? It is based on this legend: There was a dedicated son who lived with his ailing father. Every day, he went to the mountains to gather firewood to sell and make a living. One day,…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 50
Is there a competition for the smallest pumpkin? These are “dwarf kuri pumpkins”. A few years ago, I ate some at my friend’s home and I fell in love with the sweetness and creaminess of it. I asked for the seeds and kept them, and planted this year. They are supposed to be smaller than…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 49
We had our first apples! We planted four apple trees three year ago. This spring, two of them had flowers, then one of them started to have fruits, lots of them. We were so excited and waited and waited for them to become bigger. They didn’t get much bigger and started to change color. We…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 48
Do you peel skin of figs? As a child, figs were the most favourite fruit of mine. In Japan, everybody (as far as I know) peels the skin of them. I was surprised when I saw people eating figs with skin on in Canada. Now I am getting used to eating them with skin on,…
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