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The Harvest Team

12/1/2022

This photo of our harvest team was taken on a gorgeous October day shortly after the potato harvest was finished. It’s easy to tell by the smiles on all of our faces how happy we were to finish the important job of putting the potatoes in the storage for the winter. All of us worked incredibly long hours to complete this crucial task.

We all have a role to play as we work on harvesting our crops. While we are working on the potato harvest, we are also picking sweet corn, pumpkins and a variety of squash. Once the potato harvest is complete, we turn our attention to combining the soybeans and grain corn. We don’t stop until every last field is harvested, picked or combined.

I’d like to introduce you to everyone who worked here this season:

Back row from left to right:
RJ, Miguel, Eduardo, Abelardo, Roberto, Jose, Cornelio, John

Front row seated from left to right:
Curtis, Darren, BJ

You can visit “The Faces Of Our Farm Part I” to learn a little more about Don Thompson, the man who started this business back in 1943.

Team Thompson

11/20/2022

It’s the end of a season and a beginning of a new era here at Thompson Potato Farm. We are very excited to announce the launching of a brand new partnership. We have become one family and four proud owners of this farm as is indicated by our new road sign. It has always taken all four of us to operate and manage the many moving pieces of our business. Today we put together our experience, our expertise, our visions and our passion for our farm bring all of you the best that we can offer! You can visit “Our Story” to learn more about who we are and where we came from.

Spaghetti Squash Recipes

11/3/2022

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Spaghetti squash is one of the more unfamiliar and least understood squashes of the squash family. Once it’s cooked, the flesh can be scraped out in long strands that are very similar to spaghetti noodles. It is delicious cooked and eaten on its own. However, the real fun lies with what you can do with the cooked squash. You can do anything with spaghetti squash that you can do with pasta. This squash can bring out the real creative side of you in the kitchen!

I have developed 4 simple recipes to showcase this vegetable grown by our sons John and Curtis. The squash is available for purchase at the farm door. “Basic Spaghetti Squash” is the recipe that you need to cook the squash. “Lasagna Spaghetti Squash” utilizes traditional lasagna ingredients such as ground beef, tomato sauce, cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese. “Garlic Shrimp Spaghetti Squash” is a heavenly mixture of shrimp, garlic, parmesan cheese and alfredo sauce. “Vegetarian Greek Salad Spaghetti Squash” uses fresh spinach, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes and black olives to create a fun play on a Greek salad.

Click on the link above to print or download the file. You can visit “Pepper Squash Recipe” to see my recipe for cooking pepper squash (which is also grown by our sons and sold here at the farm door.) Bon Appétit!

Fall Glory

10/15/2022

Good morning! Mother Nature put on a stunning display of fall colours earlier this week. It was a beautiful moment that we all stopped to admire even as we pushed hard to finish the potato harvest. We are in the home stretch now and anxious to finish. Wish us good luck and more good weather! You can visit “Captivating Colours” to have a closer look at some of the vivid colours spotted around the farm.

Spud-tacular!

10/8/2022

This feature article appears in the October East Gwillimbury Bulletin magazine. It is published in the “EG Women In Business 2022” section of the magazine dedicated to the celebration of Women’s History Month. I have included the photo that is described in great detail in the article. You can visit “BJ’s Radio Interview” for another inside look at the farm.

Pumpkins Are Here!

10/1/2022

I am proud to showcase the beautiful pumpkins grown by my sons John & Curtis. This year one of the pumpkin patches was planted in the field next to my house. It was interesting to watch them grow over the summer. And now they are ready for your Thanksgiving décor and for your Hallowe’en jack-o-lanterns. They also have grown white pumpkins, butternut squash, pepper squash and spaghetti squash. You can visit “At The Door” to see pricing, our hours of operation and directions to the farm.

September Sweet Corn Extravaganza

9/11/2022

The month of September usually offers some of the best sweet corn of the season and this year is no exception. Our sweet corn is growing strong and it is flavourful, juicy and tender. It’s so delicious that we have created new menu items at our food truck that our customers are snapping up. Our food truck is called Fry Days and it is located in Bradford, Ontario. For the month of September we are offering grilled sweet corn added to our wildly popular loaded fries, grilled corn on the cob and a fantastic Mexican Street Corn topping that can be added to any menu item of your choice. If Bradford is a bit far for you to travel to taste the wonders of our sweet corn, you can visit my blog “Surplus Sweet Corn Salad” for something new and exciting to cook with sweet corn.

International Potato Day

8/19/2022

Today is International Potato Day! There are so many ways to cook this versatile vegetable. We love our potatoes mashed, baked, grilled, as a potato salad or turned into poutine. What’s your favourite potato dish?

You can visit “Spud Smarts – About Cooking Potatoes” to get the recipes for the dishes featured in this blog. There are many more unique potato recipes available at this link so why not get cooking? Bon Appétit!

The Flowers Of Our Farm

8/15/2022

As you could imagine, the farm is in full flower during the summer. Here are some little known facts about our crop flowers in order of appearance in the photos:

Potato flowers are different colours depending on the variety of potato. These gorgeous pink flowers are a yellow variety.

Male sweet corn flowers are commonly called tassels and their primary function is to produce pollen.

Pumpkin flowers open every morning for only 6 hours and close during the heat of the day.

Wheat flowers are called spikelets and are often dried and used in bridal bouquets.

Alfalfa flowers are in the pea family and they can be found in our hay.

You can visit “Bugs & Blossoms” to see some other beautiful flowers that can be found on our farm.

Sweet Corn Begins

7/22/2022

And just like that it’s sweet corn season! This weekend we will be opening our sweet corn stand with Norfolk County corn while we wait for our own crop to be ready. We also have baskets of new potatoes ready and waiting for you. Enjoy our fresh and local produce while it’s in season. You can visit “At The Door” for more information about our hours and location.