The Rural Voice, 1985-07, Page 14You get a New Boar
Free if this
MAITLAND MANOR
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12 THE RURAL VOICE
residents seem more inclined to op-
pose the hydro corridor than farmers,
according to Hill. "People want to
view the Beaver Valley, not hydro
wires."
The Hills' proximity to the city of
Owen Sound allows them to sell some
farm produce to the urban communi-
ty. Ruth Hill started gardening as a
summer hobby eight years ago when
looking for something to do during
summers off from her preschool
childcare job. The idea grew into its
present size of eight acres of sweet
corn, two acres of potatoes, and a
variety of garden vegetables including
tomatoes, carrots, beets, beans, and
cauliflower.
The peaceful seclusion of the Hills'
home was great for them, but did not
suit the pick -your -own vegetable
enterprise. Customers just weren't
willing to drive the extra three miles
off the highway for their produce. "It
took a lot of advertising dollars to get
people away back in here," Hill says.
Acting on the advice of a fellow
market gardener who suggested that,
the three keys to success are location,
location, and location, the Hills
established a roadside stand on their
highway property and discontinued
the pick -your -own operation at their
home. Hill had found it difficult to
employ the pick -your -own idea with
his sweet -corn crop. "You can't real-
ly run a pick -your -own with sweet
corn because the people that do the
picking like to do their grading right
on the spot, and it takes two dozen
for them to get a dozen that they
want." Hill can easily tell corn that is
ripe and ready, but to the untrained
customer's eye, one cob looks like
another, and they will open them,
spoiling the cobs, to determine their
maturity.
The Hills are amazed by the
number of people who will drive the
six miles from Owen Sound to their
gate every night. Most will buy a half
dozen cobs each night. "Sweet corn
has to be fresh," Hill says. "They'd
rather drive five or six miles to know
it's fresh than buy it in a super-
market." One favorite customer last
summer was a businessman in a suit
and tie on a motorcycle.
There is keen competition for
sweet -corn sales in Hill's area as the
idea catches on. "Last year we had
four places selling corn within a half
mile. If you can get it in early enough
it's good, but the really early varieties
that we have to grow to get into the
market are not the best crop on the
market." By the time the better
varieties mature, it's too late, and the