Ahhh….there’s nothing like the smell of fresh manure…said no one ever! Have a look at all the piles of it we have here at the farm and image the smell wafting through your device. Curtis is responsible for spreading our manure, and he assures me that you get used to the smell pretty quickly. We use mainly chicken manure that we gather from local farmers. We are actually a part of their nutrition management program, so it’s a win/win situation. We haul away mounds of unwanted manure from their farms and use it to replenish our soil to create optimal soil conditions for growing our potatoes next season. You can visit “The Scoop On Poop” and “Mucking About In The Manure” to see videos of this fall chore.
 
My new recipe for curry sweet corn soup should help you fight through some of the absolutely icky weather we’re experiencing this November in Southern Ontario. This soup pleases the palette with a balanced flavour of sweet and savory. A simple soup base is prepared using every day pantry items. Add some vegetable or chicken broth and potatoes to thicken the soup. Pop in some sweet corn and simmer until heated. The finishing garnish can be your choice of slivered red bell peppers or finely sliced red chili peppers. The final result is colourful, flavourful and simply delicious. I guarantee you will make this more than once!
Click on the PDF document above to print or download the recipe file. You can visit “Potato & Sweet Corn Chowder” for another hearty sweet corn soup recipe. Bon Appétit!  Do we have late fall foliage or early snow here at the farm today? A little bit of both I think! Our pear tree came into full colour last week just in time to be hit by an early blast of snow. Like most people who live in Southern Ontario we are not ready or prepared for the arrival of winter. There is still lots of field work to do, so let’s hope it warms up next week. You can visit “The Scoop On Poop” to watch a video about spreading manure which is one of the essential fall chores we do at the farm.
So why on earth is a potato farm growing soybeans? We use soybeans as part of our essential crop rotation program. Soybean plants breathe in nitrogen found in the atmosphere and release it in a usable form into the soil. This boost of nitrogen keeps our soil healthy for the next time we grow potatoes on the land. Our beans are trucked to a local grain elevator where they are exported to be turned into tofu, soy sauce, animal feed, printing ink and even biodiesel fuel. You can visit “Preparing A Seed Bed” to see how we prepare the land and plant our annual soybean crops.
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