Riley is ready for Halloween – are you?? We’ve got you covered if you’ve been procrastinating buying your pumpkins. The farm stand is stocked with homegrown large orange pumpkins and some tiny orange pumpkins that are just the right size for kids. We have white pumpkins as well as some funky novelty pumpkins John & Curtis grew this year. You can visit “Spooky Pumpkin Patch” for a drone fly by of one of our pumpkin patches.
 I present “Arts & Crafts at Thompson Potato Farm” for day four of Ontario Agriculture Week. Our mini pumpkins are the perfect size for your Thanksgiving table décor. These decorations were super simple to make. I just hollowed out a mini pumpkin, added some faux leaves and a tall candle. You can visit “At The Door” for our fall hours of operation and directions to our farm.
 And now for something completely different as we continue to celebrate the bounty of local food grown in Ontario during Ontario Agriculture Week. If you feel like adding an element of unusual to your Thanksgiving dinner, why not try turning some of my purple potatoes into a vibrant mashed potato dish? Or how about serving a little known but very tasty spaghetti squash? John & Curtis grew some incredibly unique pumpkins this year that will really make a splash with your fall décor. They grew warty pumpkins, striped pumpkins and even rose coloured pumpkins. All this and more is waiting for you at our farm stand! You can visit “Spaghetti Squash” to download or print my original recipes for cooking this amazing squash.
 As we continue to celebrate the bounty of local food available during Ontario Agriculture Week, I invite you to stop into our farm over the next few days. We’ll get you stocked up on all the vegetables you need to impress your Thanksgiving dinner guests. We have 10lb bags of white potatoes, yellow potatoes and cooking onions available. The farm stand is stocked with a large selection of butternut squash & pepper squash, as well as a fabulous choice of homegrown orange pumpkins for your décor. You can visit “Cooking Potatoes 101’, “Roasted Root Vegetables” and “Pepper Squash” to download or print my original recipes for cooking these vegetables.
I named these novelty potatoes “Papas Moradas” which means “purple potatoes” in Spanish. The splash of purple is a fun addition to your dinner plate. They are very flavourful, and there is no need to peel them. And what can you cook with Papas Moradas? It turns out that they are very versatile so you can cook pretty much anything you want! The video shows roasted potatoes cooked by my sister-in-law Angie and loaded fries created by Cook Rob at The Belvedere Cookhouse. I stuck with making a simple baked potato and a potato salad chock full of fresh herbs.
Papas Moradas will be available at our farm stand for a limited time this fall. You can visit “At The Door” to see all the fall produce we have available, including our homegrown pumpkins. |
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