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Potato harvest.

dennis — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:17:28 +0000

September and time for digging up our potatoes. Always a bit of a surprise to see what’s underneath all that dirt. We started out with our organic potatoes to get them ready for the Organic Festival in Sapporo this weekend.

The Toya and Kita Akari looked good, above expectation. The excessive rains this summer didn’t do much to please our spuds. Their life got terminated a bit early, but the yield was pretty good.

New potatoes are delicious, so come and get some this weekend in Sapporo or come and get them on the farm.

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Okra

dennis — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:06:21 +0000

A member of the hibiscus family. Okra has beautiful flowers and attracts many insects. Easily used as an ornamental plant in the garden and tasty also.

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A hungry goat is an angry goat.

dennis — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:39:30 +0000

A hungry goat is an angry goat. So to prevent that they got us working hard to make sure they got enough to eat during our long white winters.

I was not easy to dry grasses this summer with the enormous amout of rain we have had. But this week has been really nice and some true Hokkaido weather returned. The weather we all love so much.

Busy with a million things, but with more new rain coming we had to get the straw bales in, otherwise they would go bad. At least the goats will have plenty to eat and there may be enough left to make a start at the straw bale house i want to build.

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Fresher than fresh.

dennis — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:04:47 +0000

Together with EN-Dining, Niseko Green Farm organized a great experience for our Hong Kong and Taiwanese guests. Our organic vegetables were hand picked and even the potatoes dug up and instantly and professionally cooked up by chefs Naoki and Jerrod.

A cooking class in Japanese cuisine and food right of the land. Fresher than fresh.

Our Mirai corn and Hokkaido scallops were by far the favourites of the bbq.

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Purple bean.

dennis — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:00:50 +0000

The lack of sunlight and dry days didn’t do much good to our purple friends here. Their season got terminated a bit prematurely, but we got some others coming on the way for autumn.

With the warm and wet weather from the past 6 weeks lots of leafy green are struggling and sending prices up. Even the fish are struggling and fishermen are not really catching any fish. Sanma, usually a cheapy, is rated at ¥800 and scallops and other shell fish are looking to get pretty pricey over the next months.

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Organic power.

dennis — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:33:25 +0000

August is here and production is starting to come in full swing. Veggie boxes with fresh produce and vine ripened tomatoes are a culinairy treat. Orders can be place through our online shop or bought directly at the farm.

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Summertime.

dennis — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:11:17 +0000

August in Hokkaido and Niseko Green Farm is looking rather green. Doing the transition from conventional farming to fully organic is quite interesting, to see how all you produce is responding to grow the natural way. Not relying on the chemical boosts means sometimes slower growth, lower yields, later harvests and some more disappointments here and there. But when things do work out it is hard to beat the taste of organic vegetables right of the land.

Thank you for Supporting Niseko Green farm and buying or produce. We are working hard to get better and better.

Enjoy your summer!

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Asa ichi.

dennis — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:21:52 +0000

This Sunday in Sapporo The Life Stock organizes the Farm Fresh market. We will pick our veg at dawn to guarantee the ultimate freshness. A great chance to experience that incredible taste. Start is at 09.00.

We are bringing lots of zucchini, lettuce, potatoes, jalapenos, coriander and other organic delights.

The Life Stock. Odori West 23. Tel: 011-631-1233

http://www.hokkaidolife-d.com/thelifestock/

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Butternut.

dennis — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:21:58 +0000

Prized as one of the most delicious pumpkins about, these butternut pumpkins are soaking up all the recent rains. The first ones should be ready in September and will be available all winter round.

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Eggplant.

dennis — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:46:14 +0000

When aubergines moved to the English worlds it was still a small whitish fruit that resembled an egg, hence the name. Nowadays eggplants come in many different shapes and colours. Personally i love this Idian style brinjal with the pretty white streaks on deep purple and the big green calixes. Just a striking appearance and vey tasty also.

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