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National Potato Day

8/19/2023

Today is National Potato Day. May I suggest you visit one of our customers for a great potato experience? Our customers have you covered whether you’re looking for a hearty breakfast, family dining, fine dining, fish & chips, specialty burgers & fries, or a quick trip to a food truck. You can visit “National French Fry Day” to see more restaurants in the GTA who use our potatoes.

I have also included four recipes that were developed, cooked and taste tested in my kitchen. I have almost 50 original recipes posted on this website. The links for the recipes featured above can be found at “Potato Salads” “Bacon Wrapped Potato Bites” “Potato & Sweet Corn Chowder”" and “This Spud’s For You: Baked Potato Bar.” Bon Appétit!

National French Fry Day

7/13/2023

Today is National French Fry Day. Why not celebrate by visiting one of our customers who use our potatoes for fresh cut fries? This is a small sampling of some of our wonderful customers who use our potatoes for fresh cut fries and more. Whether you’re in the mood for burgers, fish, tacos, sit down dining, pub fare or stopping in at a food truck we’ve got you covered! You can visit “What We Offer” to learn more about the potatoes and produce we offer to restaurants and the general public.

What's Growing At The Farm Today

7/7/2023

What’s growing at the farm today? Plenty! All our potatoes plants are in flower which means tubers are forming (which means potatoes are growing.) Did you know that potato plants have different colours flowers depending on the variety of potato that has been planted? The plants with white flowers are our early crop AC Chaleur round white potatoes and the plants with pink flowers are our very popular Yukon Gem potatoes.

The sweet corn got off to a slow start due to very cool ground temperatures this spring, but I think you can see it’s really taking off now. Acres and acres and acres of sweetness coming soon! And last (but never least) the pumpkin seeds have germinated and the plants getting bigger every day. They take some time to get established, but soon they will be enormous plants sprawled all over the field.

So all in all, our crops are growing nicely. You can visit “The Flowers Of Our Farm” to see more pictures of our crops in flower during the summer months.

Proudly Serving Local Potatoes

6/29/2023

Coming soon to a restaurant near you. These posters are going to be distributed throughout the GTA to some of our favourite places to eat…our customers businesses! I am hoping to get out of the office and deliver as many of these as I can personally. I’m looking forward to meeting many customers that I’ve been talking to for years on the phone. Thank you to all of you for supporting #eatlocal and your local farmers. You can visit “About Growing Potatoes” to learn more about how the farming process works here at the farm.

Potatoes Do What?!

3/17/2023

This is a photo of a coaster that I received as a Christmas gift this year. I immediately began thinking of all the possible uses for the humble potato.

We all know potatoes are turned into North American’s most beloved foods: fries and chips! We also know potatoes can be mashed, baked and boiled; they can be steamed, fried and turned into a salad; they can be cooked on the BBQ and on the campfire. But this coaster hints towards all the other uses of this most versatile vegetable.

Potatoes can be used to make vodka, create original craft stamps and generate power. You can use potatoes to reduce fogging on your glasses, remove rust from your household and garden tools and clean silverware. Potatoes are used in first aid to soothe burns, in beauty to help get rid of dark circles under your eyes and in personal hygiene when they are turned into soap.

So what are you waiting for?! Grab a bag of spuds from your local grocery store and start investigating the wonders of the potato. If you would like to see more fun and interesting facts about potatoes you can visit “Spud Smarts – About Potatoes.”

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!

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.

Official Start of Summer

7/3/2022

School’s out, Canada Day has passed and cottages are open. This can only mean that summer has officially kicked off. And that leads to one thing here at the farm. The season for new potatoes is upon us!

RJ and myself dug these beauties last night. All they needed was a quick rinse and then they were dropped into the pot. We dotted them with butter and gobbled them up. Very soon we will dust off the harvester and you will be able to purchase them at the farm door. You can visit “Tater Tales Grilled New Potatoes” for further cooking inspirations for our new white potatoes.

Busy Busy Week!

3/28/2021

The packing shed is crammed 50lb bags of potatoes ready for delivery. This is one of three rows of potatoes that are being delivered on Monday. All week the grading line goes full tilt to keep up with orders from restaurants that are planning for one of their busiest days of the year this Friday. Where are you getting your fish & chips from?! You can visit “Chip Butty Recipe” for a fun and very different recipe involving fresh cut fries.

Potato Safehouse

2/28/2020

Winter has returned with a real vengeance here in Southern Ontario. The intense snowfall and howling winds cannot touch our potatoes that are safely housed in our potato storages. The photo above shows one of our potato storages that are usually filled to capacity after the fall harvest. Over the winter we carefully maintain and monitor temperature and humidity levels to preserve the potatoes until we are ready to pack them for our customers. To have a closer look at the inside of one of our storages you can visit “A Rare Occurrence.”