From left to right, meet Dionisio, Abelardo, Curtis, Cornelio, Josue, Isaias, Darren and Eduardo. These are the men who pack our potatoes, pick our sweet corn & pumpkins, and stock our produce stand. They come to work with a smile on their face and help wherever they’re needed. We couldn’t do what we do without them. So from the bottom of our hearts, we thank these dedicated agriculture workers! You can visit “Sweet Corn Fields” to see a drone video of these men picking our sweet corn.
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Join me as I celebrate “Ontario Agriculture Week” with a social media blitz. There are so many ways to celebrate Ontario farmers, and I only have so much time to write blogs. I promise I’ll do my best to give you some new insights into the operations of our farm! I can’t think of a better way to kick start this week than by recognizing the incredible, hard working men who quietly do their jobs behind the scenes here at the farm.
From left to right, meet Dionisio, Abelardo, Curtis, Cornelio, Josue, Isaias, Darren and Eduardo. These are the men who pack our potatoes, pick our sweet corn & pumpkins, and stock our produce stand. They come to work with a smile on their face and help wherever they’re needed. We couldn’t do what we do without them. So from the bottom of our hearts, we thank these dedicated agriculture workers! You can visit “Sweet Corn Fields” to see a drone video of these men picking our sweet corn.
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Here at the farm, we all focus on the potato harvest during September and October. After tending to the crop during the spring and the summer, the last step is to get the potatoes into the storage buildings before the weather turns. These are our Yukon Gem potatoes rolling along the belts of the harvester into the bulk truck. Yukon Gems are a favourite potato of our customers. They are an extremely versatile potato, and make excellent fries, home fries, mashed and baked potatoes. We will be growing more of those as we continue to look for a substitute for Yukon Gold potatoes which are becoming obsolete. You can visit “The Hypnotic Harvester” to see another video of our potato harvester in action.
If you had to work all weekend, wouldn’t you like to be here? It was a beautiful weekend for the potato harvest. We pushed hard to get as many loads as we could into the storage while the weather cooperated. If you look carefully, you can see the potato harvester at the very end of the field. You can visit “The Hypnotic Harvester” to see a video of the potato harvester in action.
Fall is in the air! Our beautiful, homegrown orange and white pumpkins are ready and waiting for you. Stop in at our farm stand and choose from a wide selection of pumpkins for your fall décor. Good things grow in Ontario! You can visit “At The Door” for directions to our farm.
I have to admit that I usually wait for perfect weather to take videos and pictures to create blog posts. After all, who doesn’t love blue skies and sunshine? However, one of my good friends from university recently mentioned that it’s interesting how the sun always shines at our farm. So, here’s a video montage of some absolutely miserable, horrible weather that we experienced here at the farm. We are not immune from late April snowstorms, wicked winds and torrential rain downpours. This one’s for you Duane! You can visit “A River Runs Through It" and “Stormy Father’s Day” to see how weather has impacted our crops in previous years.
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