It's always a great day when our seed is finally in house! Spring is just around the corner and we can't wait!
Well it’s that time of year where our fields are once again green and lush! Many have asked what we are growing? Once the sweet corn crop is harvested, we plant Tillage Radish on those same rows to help keep
So the last few days have been tumultuous on our late season Sweet Corn crop!! We received almost 6" of rain and winds of over 70km/hr as well as hail! This field of dreams-the 9 acres we invested into sub
Pollination is in progress!! Each silk is attached to a single kernel of corn on each cob!! It is very important that pollen falls on each silk to produce a perfect cob of corn. At this stage of the growing process
Searching for silks...found some!!! An exciting time in corn production! Notice the different rows...some tasseled out and some not as advanced?!?! This is a result of our experiment with the black mulch vs the clear mulch! Although the black gave us
Happy Canada Day...from our family to yours!!! 'Countdown to Corn' begins today...25 SLEEPS til CORN!
The river has gone way down and most of the water has gone away. We will have some compaction issues to deal with later but other than that, the crop will bounce back with a little SLC (Snyder Loving Care)!
Looky here, looky here...just over a month away!!
We can hardly believe how well this new subsurface drip irrigation is working on our heavier clay soils. Can't wait till harvest! This portion of our crop will be ready for all of you at the end of our season...just
