Farm Happenings at Steel Pony Farm
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Farm Happenings at Steel Pony Farm

We Have Strawberries!

Posted on June 30th, 2023
New Product: I am eagerly looking forward to this week as it will be our first week carrying strawberries. We have connected with Koornneef Farms just outside of Lacombe who have recently moved from Ontario an begun growing strawberries. Their family grew strawberries in Ontario for 40 years so the1 read more »

Steel Pony Garlic Scapes Now Available!

Posted on June 23rd, 2023
  New this week: Our garlic scapes are now ready for harvest! These are my personal favorite way to eat garlic. They have the texture of asparagus with a mild garlic flavor once cooked. I love making a tin foil pack, adding some oil and salt and cooking them on the BBQ or on an open fire. 1 read more »

Steel Pony - Green Onions, Baby Kale, Baby Collards

Posted on June 15th, 2023
We got rain! Yahoo! The garden has been growing slower than I would have liked because it is so hard to get enough water on it with irrigation. There is no substitute for mother nature and a good rain. My hope is that this means things will start to pick up and we will have more and more Steel Pony1 read more »

Steel Pony Salad Greens! (Limited quantity)

Posted on June 9th, 2023
Above you will see a photo of my son Adler and I slayin' weeds together in the kale! So cool! He came outside one afternoon this week of his own accord and asked what we were up to and if he could help. I don't want my kids to grow up resenting their dad's garden - I've heard of so many kids who gr1 read more »

Farm Update June 2 - We're harvesting lambs quarters!

Posted on June 2nd, 2023
We are having fun at the farm! Getting into transplanting, seeding and weeding has been a good change of pace from our winter rhythm which involves portioning, packing and delivering. Pictured above is Farmer Mack weeding in our garlic patch. The garlic is coming along quite well. We had a fair bit1 read more »