Did you know that sitting on your back porch and watching your sweet corn grow while listening to the birds chirp and the insects buzz can create a wonderful state of Zen after a long and crazy busy day at the farm? Okay I actually made this one up, but it’s true! Everyone needs a little serenity and this is somewhere I can find mine. I hope you have enjoyed my miniseries all about our sweet corn and have learned a thing or two along the way. You can visit “At The Door” for our hours of operation, pricing and directions to the farm.
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Did you know that I have original & exciting sweet corn recipes for on our website? Traditional boiled sweet corn is simply heavenly, but there are many other interesting dishes you can make with sweet corn. You won’t be disappointed if you try any of these recipes that range from sweet corn soups to salads to side dishes. Every recipe on our website is cooked at least twice, taste tested by everyone, flavour guaranteed and 100% original. Stay tuned for my brand new sweet corn side dish recipe that will be released in September. You can visit “Recipes” to download or print these free recipes.
 Did you know that 8 years ago Curtis started to learn how to plant our sweet corn as RJ began to slowly step back? Now Curtis is in complete control of the sweet corn crop from choosing which seeds we purchase, planting, fertilizing, and general summer maintenance. And of the course the all-important job of making sure we always have the freshest and tastiest sweet corn available for our customers. You may just catch him munching on a raw cob of sweet corn if you pop into the farm. After all, what better way could there be to know if the corn is perfect than to taste test it daily?! You can visit “Planting Sweet Corn” to see Curtis in action with his sweet corn planter.
 Did you know that every single cob of sweet corn has an even number of rows of corn kernels? This is because the young cells that will be the corn kernels divide in half fairly early in the corn ear development. Finding a cob of corn with an odd number of rows is rarer than actually finding a pearl in an oyster. If you don’t believe me, drop by the farm and grab a few cobs so you can count them yourself! You can visit “Planting Sweet Corn” to see a video of our sweet corn planter in action.
 Did you know that all our sweet corn is hand harvested? Of course there are machines that harvest sweet corn, but it has to be vigorously graded once it’s harvested to pull out all the immature and small cobs. Our seasoned workers have been picking sweet corn for many years and they know how to select the very best cobs. We certainly appreciate all the hard work they do in the cornfield! You can visit “Sweet Corn Fields” to see an aerial video of our crew working in one of our cornfields.
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