Niseko Green Farm » Niseko Green Farm http://nisekogreenfarm.com ニセコ グリーン ファームで育った新鮮な野菜を全国に直送いたします Fri, 18 May 2012 03:23:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 D.I.Y. http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/d-i-y/ http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/d-i-y/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 05:43:04 +0000 dennis http://nisekogreenfarm.com/?p=1987 Stinging nettle is a for most people an annoying weed. A noxious weed that can easily take over your garden.  They sting and leave a long lasting itch and burning sensation.
Maybe change your view of these plants and play with them a bit as they are actually very useful. Edible as they are, they make a delicious and cheap spring vegetable. When cooked they loose their sting and are delicious in a stir fry. Blended up into a pesto and mixed with the wonderful Kyoja niniku and almighty bacon makes a great spring pasta.
Also healthy as tea afterwards.

When you want to get rid of them, put them with you compost as they are a great source of nitrogen or,  like i do, stuff them in large  buckets and fill them up with water. Like all goodness comes from fermentation, you end up with a potent liquid fertilizer or even more handy :a pesticide.
It works great on caterpillars, aphids and the likes. Mix some of the concentrate with water and a bit of green soap and attack the grubs.
Leave them in the buckets with a lid on and stir occasionally and wait for a week or 3-4, depending on the heat outside. Strain, but use the left over pulp as fertiliser.
Just don’t  forget to bring some proper gloves!

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building

We get so much snow every year that we have to rebuild the greenhouses every year. The snow is light and fluffy at first, but always ends up as ice.
To prevent the green house from collapsing we have to take the plastic off and just leave the frame in winter. Even then the weight of the snow bends the pipes and does a lot of damage.
Also by having to remove the plastic every year it reduces its transparency and life span. We can only use it about 3 years. Living in one of the snowiest places on the planet doesn’t make life easier and certainly can get costly.

Anyway, here is a timelapse of how we put the roof back on. ( click ‘ building ‘ on top)
or on youtube 

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The first spears are piercing through the soil. They still look purple from the cold and lack of sun,but they will soon turn green. We also have got a purple variety, but it is still one year away from harvest.
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One crop that does well in a short season climate is garlic. It's not popular just because it's delicious and healthy but also because it's relatively easy to grow. Planted in autumn and just about a week free from snow these garlic shoots are already bright green and loving life. They will be ready for harvest late July, early August. But before that we can harvest the garlic shoots sometime in June when they start to flower.

]]> http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/1966/feed/ 0 風が強い！ http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/%e9%a2%a8%e3%81%8c%e5%bc%b7%e3%81%84%ef%bc%81/ http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/%e9%a2%a8%e3%81%8c%e5%bc%b7%e3%81%84%ef%bc%81/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 01:13:11 +0000 ben http://nisekogreenfarm.com/?p=1959 Helping to hold down the roof!

Helping to hold down the roof!

 

]]> http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/%e9%a2%a8%e3%81%8c%e5%bc%b7%e3%81%84%ef%bc%81/feed/ 0 Dennis, Sho and Hiromi preparing seedlings http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/dennis-sho-and-hiromi-preparing-seedlings/ http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/dennis-sho-and-hiromi-preparing-seedlings/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 02:41:08 +0000 ben http://nisekogreenfarm.com/?p=1954 Sho_seedlings greenhouse ]]> http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/05/dennis-sho-and-hiromi-preparing-seedlings/feed/ 0 Seed potatoes http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/04/seed-potatoes/ http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2012/04/seed-potatoes/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:03:11 +0000 dennis http://nisekogreenfarm.com/?p=1947

For anyone who is planning to grow some potatoes this year, can come and buy some Danshaku seed potatoes from us. Available from now on. Just come to the farm to pick them up, or we can send them to you with takkyubin.

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When the first spring flowers emerge they make quite a contrast to the still white backdrop.
Still a wait for the last 60-70 cm of snow to melt, but with flowers around, we know it will be soon.
spring flower3 spring flower2 spring flower1 spring flower

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On October 3rd we got treated to the 2nd coldest and earliest frost on record. It didn’t mean much good to our butternut squash that was still ripening in the field,  ready for harvest.
While harvesting the next day these amazing rainbows came out, so hopefully it brings some good luck, or at least some better weather for next season.

 

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