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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 76
We bought 3 wasabi plants three years ago. We left them in pots outside and deer ate them. Wasabi is spicy. We thought deer would not like them… The following year, we saw one of them had a little shoot so we transplanted it in our garden. Last summer it was crushed by a huge…
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We are sorry the original link to the YouTube film on our Newsletter Vol.75 was not working. It has been fixed. We are putting the link here, too. Enjoy!
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 75
March 3rd is “Hinamatsuri” or “doll festival” in Japan. It is a day to celebrate girls’ health and happiness, and typically households with girl(s) display a set of dolls. One of the food for Hinamatsuri is Hishimochi. It consists of three layers of mochi and each color has a meaning: white represents snow, green represents…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 74
It has been cold and rainy in Gabriola. In Tokyo, plum flowers started to bloom! They bloom before cherry blossoms and they are as beautiful, if not more. To avoid the crowds of cherry blossom season, visiting Japan in the end of February or beginning of March, which is plum blossom season, may be a…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 73
Half of the February has already gone and it is time to get started! Inside of greenhouse, we started mustard seed trays. Next morning, we went back to the greenhouse and found that some of the seeds were dug up by a mouse… but just a few pods in each tray. Probably mustard seeds were…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 72
We have been busy baking but have not forgotten our garden. Inside of greenhouse, we brought in compost and we are planning to sow some mustard seeds in a few weeks. Outside, we had tried different methods to let the soil rest for winter, cover with plastic, cover with dead leaves, or no cover. We…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 71
How many garlic shoots can you find? We were away for a month but our cute little baby garlics have been growing strong among so many weeds! Microorganisms in our sourdough starter were also alive and well in our fridge for a month. Our bread turned out really well last Saturday. From this week, we…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 70
We are back in Canada with beautiful memories of Japan. We visited some nice bakeries and attended a rice bread baking class. And we bought a bread scoring lame. We are ready for another year of baking! We are at Vancouver airport now, waiting for a connecting flight to Nanaimo. We will be back to…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 65
All markets are done for 2025! It has been quite a journey for us. Our garden has less rocks and more nutrients than last year after so much digging, or so we hope… We have ordered 2 truck loads of compost and many bottles of vegetable seeds for next year, but for now, let us…
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Sora Farm Newsletter-Vol. 64
My childhood memory of Christmas is decorating a tree, and eating a strawberry shortcake with my family. Christmas is not a national holiday in Japan. They say that only 1% or less of the population are Christians. Most of the people celebrate Christmas with no religious meaning attached. So, how all the celebration started? At…
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