It's July and Great Things are Happening!

We're excited to say that despite the weather this spring, sweet corn season is around the corner!

With the first of the tassels out, crossing fingers, we're aiming for sweet corn by the end of July.  That's in just 3 weeks time!  Thanks to our fabric row cover and the humid, hot weather last week, the corn looks great.  Let's just hope the raccoons don't agree!

While we're waiting for sweet corn, we do have frozen beef ready to make it's way to your dinner table.  Watch for our beef sign at the end of our laneway or feel free to call or send us a Facebook message to set up a time ( https://www.facebook.com/DorisdaleFarm/).  With school our for summer,,we can be sure that a Doris tween/teen or 2 are around to help you out!  We have a good supply of steaks, roasts, burgers, ground beef, stewing beef...and a few briskets!

We also have fresh garlic scapes and will have more over the next week or so.  They're delicious and we love them pickled, in pesto, in salad dressings, in pasta salad, sauteed with mushrooms/onions/pepper, wrapped in foil and cooked on the barbeque and on and on.  The delicious ideas are endless.  We're glad that those of you who had a taste, enjoyed our frozen pesto last summer!  We're going to experiment with garlic scape soup this week.

Check our our blog for past recipes (search scapes) or here's a few more ideas from Bon Appetit on-line.

Do stop by to pick up some scapes which we're selling by weight.

Can it Really be the End of August??!!

We can't believe how quickly July and August has flown by.  We presume that's all about how time flies when you're having fun or being busy!

Thanks to so many of you who have returned to the Dorisdale Farm corn table this year and to all of you who have visited for the first time.  You know we love our corn, garlic and other garden goodies and so appreciate the opportunity to share them with you.

We also appreciate your patience and feedback this growing season.  The hot, dry summer with a bit of rain at just the right time has meant an early corn opening, some varieties ripening quickly, and some funny shaped cobs that look like some kind of new veggie variety! 

We just had the chance to talk with a cottager who compared eating our bi-colour sweet corn to what she had recently bought at a grocery store in the city.  She said as she took a bite, our's clearly had a "WOW factor" and wondered what she had been eating before!  We'll presume that has to do with our commitment to fresh picked corn daily, trialing and taste testing every variety and inheriting Gerald and Bernadette's high standards for only selling the best!

We're so blessed to have our kids so actively involved in day to day picking, sales, social media and management.  We couldn't be more proud of them and thank you all for the kind comments about their professionalism.  (And they say thanks for all the VERY kind tips!)

Finally, thanks to everyone who, on top of corn and veggie sales, has supported us with our Dorisdale freezer beef sales this summer!  We're pleased to be able to almost complete your meal with one stop at our farm.  Summer eating is the best!