Another Sweet Corn Season at Dorisdale Farm

We are so excited to be open for another sweet corn season!  It's been a great year despite the ups and downs of weather...and COVID-19.  Based on Peter's recollection/faded memories, this is the 51st sweet corn season for Dorisdale Farm!

The first of our bi-colour (also known as peaches 'n cream) sweet corn made it to the stand in record time.  July.  We opened on July 19, mainly due to the row cover we use to "heat things up" in the corn field. That means tomorrow will be  start of our fourth week with sweet corn this season. Supply is great and it's delicious!  In the next few days we'll be highlighting the first pick of our white corn.  It's a customer favourite.  But not to worry, we will be having both kinds most days.

Vegetables are making their return to the sweet corn stand.  We now have a great supply of green zucchini. yellow summer squash, green and yellow beans.  More veggies to come!  

We've harvested a bumper crop of our hard necked garlic.  Be sure to stock up for the season.  It is delicious!  

Our freezers are full of our Dorisdale raised beef.  We have a range of roasts, steaks, briskets and braising ribs available.  We also have a great supply of ground beef, stewing beef and 100% beef burgers.  

New this year - we're featuring farm-raised Ontario lamb from our neighbours at Farlane Livestock. Give it a try!

It's only August but we have been checking on our pumpkin and squash vines.  Fall colours will be making their appearance in a few weeks.

Visit us at www.dorisdale.ca for more information about our season! 

We're so pleased to have you visit.  Thanks for supporting our farm family.

The Doris Family

Peter, Carolyn, Claire, Maggie, Liam & Ella

Time for a change…

Peter's thoughts....

First of all, we want to say “thank you” to everyone stopping in at the farm for corn, beef and produce during the last two weeks.  It has been great to see everyone again and we appreciate everyone adjusting so well to the “COVID” requirements of physical distancing, hand washing, masking and limiting the number of people in the shed; well done!

Tonight, we had two varieties of “peaches and cream” corn on the Doris table for dinner.  “Temptress”, the variety that we have been selling for the last two or three days and “Allure” the next maturing variety in the Doris corn patch.  I can say that the Temptress has performed very well this year but alas it is getting a bit too mature for my liking (in other words, it is starting to get starchy).  This is keeping true to the “Bernadette Doris*” method.  Simply stated, the “Bernadette Doris” method is making sure you eat the same produce regularly as your customers and once you notice a variety that has peaked, you need to move on to the next.   In this light, the Allure variety tastes great and we will be offering it starting tomorrow (Wednesday).  Change is good!

Allure on left, Temptress on right. It's time for a change!

There is still a bit of Temptress in the field but don’t worry, the Doris cows don’t seem to mind if it is a little starchy especially when it is chopped up into bits with the other parts of the corn plant. Watch our video on Facebook to see the excitement in the barnyard when corn is delivered.

*Bernadette Doris is Peter Doris’ mother and she was the Quality Control Manager (and main corn picker) at the Dorisdale Farm sweet corn table until her passing in 1997.  We think of her often – especially at sweet corn season.

Bernadette and Gerald leaving for their honeymoon in 1953.