Wine dinner.

By dennis

On Thursday the 11th of August, Niseko Green Farm’s vegetables and Mick Nippard’s A-wines will merge into a wine dinner at The Life Stock in Sapporo.
Mick will bring some Australian and New Zealand organic wines that match well with our organic produce.
How about a blended Moonvine, Hedonist rosé, or Terravin sauvignon blanc to name some.

Terasawa san, chef of the Life  Stock  has put a menu to these wines that will definitely bring out the best of each other.  

●野菜のキッシュ                                                         vegetable quiche

●バーニャ・フレッダ                                                 bagna fredda

●様々な野菜のエトフェ                                             sama zama vegetable etouffee

●ハーブでマリネした鮮魚のカルパッチョ             herb marinated fresh fish carpaccio

●フジッリ　スーゴ・フィント                                 fussili sugo finto

●チキンのロースト　野菜のソースをディップで roast chicken with a vegetable dip sauce

●フロマージュブラン　トマトのマルメラータ     fromage blanc with tomato marmalade

Mick, Goto san and I will tell all about these gastronomic delights, but not too much to spoil your appetites.  Come and join us for a fun night with good food and good wine. That’s all we really need in life!

There are still a few seats available. first come first serve.
The Life Stock. Sapporo. Odori west 23.
TEL: 011-631-1233　Fax: 011-631-1232
¥5000 p.p.

en vino veritas

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Nothing but tomatoes.

By dennis

Here is a time lapse of the process of planting tomatoes in a green house.
YOu can also watch it in HD.

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Hokkaido jingu market.

By dennis

We had some beautiful summer days at the marche at Hokkaido jingu.  Amazing how many people show up at 6 am in the morning for a stroll and a stretch. Driving back and forth  is definitely not good for my rest, but it is a nice place to be and to sell organic veggies.
With some great light coming in through the trees in the early morning it is perfect for taking some veggie shots. Here are some of them.
Thanks to anyone who came and supports!

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Sekka lunch.

By dennis

Kaoru Ohsumi from herb & natural room Kina came over to Niseko Green Farm with some herb loving friends for a farm tour and some vegetable picking.
Kim and Kat from J-Sekka in Hirafu made us a special lunch with a lot of NGF and local produce.
As you can see we more than enjoyed it. Thanks guys!

life is good in 6 courses.

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Yotei morning.

By dennis

Here is a video of a morning at Niseko Green Farm. This was just before we hit by heavy rains and susuki grass took over and grew about 40 cm in 2 weeks. After that we lost quite a bit of produce that got swallowed up by the raging grass.
Having a fertile soil is great for your veggies, but also for the weeds.

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Perfect from now on.

By dennis

This little pumpkin here is already perfect. Its got a little fruit and some flowers. All it needs now is to grow to supply this halloween pumpkin to grow to about 50kg. That is alot of growing, but there is still a lot of time until the end of September when pumpkin life comes to an end.

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Root down.

By dennis

This is a photo of a seed potato about  two weeks after planting. You can see the root system has already developed well and the white bean sprout like shoots are about to come out of the ground. This one is dug up so the shoots are blanched and white like white asparagus, but they will turn green as soon as they see sun light and leafs will form. A good root system is essential for a plant to establish well, so it is the first thing they develop when they grow to absorb water and nutrients for the growth of the plant and new potatoes.
Planting vegetables from root cuttings  is a safe way to get the exact same offspring as the mother plant, it’s like a clone. Planting from seed may result in cross pollination, but may create new varieties that could be staple food in the future.
Potatoes are almost always grown from a cutting or a piece of potato, but if you want to experiment and play with nature, save the seed of the berries that produce ofter flowering and seed them the year after. they will produce potatoes, but all with a new character. They may become your new favourite.

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Sort it out.

By dennis

We keep our potatoes stored at 4°C until the Hokkaido potato supply starts to run low. To put them on the market they have to be sorted by size and shape. Medium is 80-100 grams, medium-large 101-120 grams, large 121-190 grams, extra large 191-250 grams.  A bit hard to to this by hand, so we have this old potato sorting machine that does it all a lot quicker. Here is a you tube video of how it works.

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Allium sativum.

By dennis

A member of the onion family, garlic does well in cold climates and Hokkaido is ideal for growing it.
We have gathered some Hokkaido varieties and are working on a large enough supply. Sometimes this takes a few years. This year somewhere early August will harvest our first garlic for sale as well.
If you like it, just plant some separate cloves in september and dig them up again the next year in summer.

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Back to green.

By dennis

Nursery time at NGF. Looking after many little baby plants. It is a bit of a delicate job.

These little fellows don’t need much but some light, water and fertilizer, but to get the balance right for good growth is a bit harder.

Once the plants are established and the first true leaves are appearing life goes pretty quick for these jalapenos. they will be producing their first fruit in two months time.

We had a bit of a late start, but late May early June we will have seedlings for sale as well.  But for outdoor planting that is right on time for Hokkaido.

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