Our farm family absolutely loves watching corn grow! Some say to ‘stop and smell the roses’ but here at Snyders Sweet Corn our favourite thing to do is ‘stop and smell the corn’!! But that’s not all we do…there is a lot

What’s this I see…a tiny cob of corn with even tinier silks! Each little silk is connected to a tiny kernel and will keep growing just like your hair but oh so much faster! They are how the pollen will make

What a beautiful sight to behold when you have table top corn that looks like this…so even and the deepest green! A powerhouse of food production just soaking in the glorious sunshine! As we get in for a closeup we see

Our first crop is currently at a critical growth stage! This is when the corn is deciding the cob size that it feels it can support and we want to make sure that it has everything it needs to make

Today was a beautiful day following a crazy cold spring! Our first planting of corn has finally regained its colour and is doing really well This picture shows the difference between growing under the biodegradable ‘plastic’ mulch versus without…I think it

With a colder than normal week in our rear view mirror and more rain in the forecast, our beautiful crop of corn is still looking great…although a touch paler than we like to see! Considering what it has just had

No more guessing if Snyders is growing corn on our Bridge Flats this year! We are indeed and the proof is in the picture! As we mentioned earlier in the spring, we have switched things up on the farm this year

Down the row we grow! What a great day when you can row corn! Each seed is planted 8” apart under our biodegradable ‘plastic’ mulch using our poly planter and each row is spaced every 30” across the field. We are looking to

So much has been happening beneath the soil since our last photo op and that tiny, shriveled seed has already germinated , sprouted AND sent out its radicle root and mesocotyl. The mesocotyl is the tubular, white, stemlike tissue connecting the

What an awesome day here on our farm after a very productive Saturday! We are so thankful that Thomas was able to get our first planting of sweet corn in the ground so it can enjoy this beautiful growing weather! Tom decided