One of the best ways to enjoy their unique flavour is to simply boil the new potatoes, squash them lightly with a fork and add butter. You can also visit “BBQ Smash Potatoes” for one of my original new potato recipes. PS Yes, our corn is almost ready!
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Our new potatoes are ready & waiting for you at our farm stand. These small, white potatoes are only available for a short time during the summer. We sell them unwashed at this time of year to protect their tender skins. Store them in a cool dark place and only wash them when you’re ready to cook them.
One of the best ways to enjoy their unique flavour is to simply boil the new potatoes, squash them lightly with a fork and add butter. You can also visit “BBQ Smash Potatoes” for one of my original new potato recipes. PS Yes, our corn is almost ready!
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Here’s a quick look at one of our fields of round white potatoes in full flower. The flowers indicate the tubers are growing and will be ready to be harvested very soon. Keep an eye on my social media so you’ll know when we have them for sale at the farm door! You can visit “The Flowers Of Our Farm” to see some beautiful pictures of our farm crops in flower.
Happy Canada Day from all of us at the farm! You can visit “Canada Day 150” to see a fun slideshow about Canada Day.
As we spring into summer, I have one last planting video to share. This is an overview of how we prepare our seed bed for our soybean crop. We start with the disc harrow to break up large clumps of soil and break up weed roots. Fertilizer is spread and worked into the ground with the cultivator (which also creates an even seed bed.) Next the soybeans are planted. The final step is rolling the soybean seeds to press them into the soil. The roller also pushes small rocks deep out of the way of the harvester.
Soybeans are an essential rotation crop here at the farm. We’re working on a three year rotation cycle to give our land a break from the potato crop. The rotation crops we plant include grain corn, sweet corn, soft red winter wheat, pumpkins and soybeans. These crops boost our soil nutrients and help us manage weeds so the field can produce a bumper crop of potatoes every three years. You can visit “Planting Sweet Corn” to see a video showing how we plant another rotation crop. Meanwhile, at the back of the farm…While Johnny has been stealing all the social media glory planting our potatoes, Curtis has been quietly planting our highly anticipated sweet corn crop for many weeks now. The planting of sweet corn is spaced out over 2 months to ensure that we always have a ripe section to pick for our customers. This video was shot as Curtis just started planting our second field. You can visit “Sweet Corn Fields” to see an aerial video of our sweet corn fields in full flower.
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