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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…
May 15 2012, 9:57am | Comments »
May 9 2012, 5:41pm | Comments »
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…
October 5 2011, 7:46am | Comments »
The Sapporo Autumn Fest is on again. Niseko Green Fram is selling organic veggies and hopefully some bbq-ed corn soon when the rains stop. Come by for some Autumn goodness or a glass of organic wine. Share on…
September 18 2011, 7:47pm | Comments »
With late summer in full swing, the count down till the first snow begins. Veggies galore now, the best time of the year, really. Everything ripens to their seasonal best and with the nights cooling down a bit as well,…
August 19 2011, 10:07pm | Comments »
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…
August 9 2011, 10:24pm | Comments »
Here is a time lapse of the process of planting tomatoes in a green house. YOu can also watch it in HD. Share on Facebook
August 5 2011, 6:35am | Comments »
July 31 2011, 11:07pm | Comments »
Our broccoli has grown to gigantic proportions this year. This specimen weighs 1085 grams! Saturday and Sunday we will be bringing lots of these monsters to the farmers market next to Hokkaido jingu in Sapporo. Better wake up…
July 29 2011, 6:08am | Comments »
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…
July 28 2011, 9:38am | Comments »
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…
July 25 2011, 8:24am | Comments »
I always plant some aromatic herbs along the sides in the green house to attract bees for the pollination of the peppers, eggplants and tomatoes. Usually they self-pollinate, but on very hot days the pollen will not release…
July 17 2011, 11:58am | Comments »