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Farm Happenings at Steel Pony Farm
Farm Update Aug 19
Hey there! Excited to share with you that we have begun our main garlic harvest of the season. On average, the garlic is looking much better than I expected after that hail storm. We had about 15,000 plants in the ground. We've harvested about half of that and have begun the long process of hanging1 read more »
Farm Update August 12
Meet Your Farm Team
We got fancy and took a group photo in the carrots this week and it's high time we introduce you to the farm team. These are the hard working people who spend hours on their hands and knees transplanting, weeding, hoeing, harvesting, washing and packing your orders. Without them1 read more »
Farm Update - August 5
Hail and Harvest Update
We are very fortunate to have missed the terrible hail storm that damaged so many crops and property earlier this week.
I'm also happy to report that I'm noticing a big increase in the garden's productivity. Many of our greens have bounced back really well - we are sti1 read more »
Farm Update July 29
Hoping that you are all staying cool! We are doing our best to do outside work in the morning before the heat of the day and then pack orders or wash in the afternoons. Even though our farm building is not air conditioned, being out of direct sunlight helps.
I was out on the tractor foliar fe1 read more »
Farm Update July 22
Thank you so much everyone for the love and support you have been showing to the Steel Pony Farm team!
This week when packing your orders, someone decided to reach over to the person beside them and give a hug each time they saw the "A Hug for the Farm Team" on the packing slip. It was super ridicu1 read more »
Farm Update July 15
Well we have sure had some ups and downs this week. We were happy to get you *most* of your veggies this week and apologize for the shortages. We look forward to a chance to improve all of your orders next week.
Customization cut off time - your box is open for customization until this S1 read more »
July 8 Farm Update
Well our first week of summer delivery went off without too many hitches. It has been awesome to get that Steel Pony veg into our boxes again and there will be more and more of that each week.
Many long time Steel Pony Farm subscribers have fallen in love with garlic scapes. Scapes are the beginnin1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 7, 2022
We are so happy to have many new and returning members this week and can't wait to get these awesome veggies and other products into your kitchen. We feel fortunate to have partnered with many other producers to diversify the vegetables we have for you and to expand the line of products that we car1 read more »
Farm Update June 24
About three weeks ago I was hoping for rain...careful what you wish for :)
We have a had over 6 inches of precipitation at the farm in the past 12 days. I am still grateful for the precipitation - except when it comes as hail which it did early yesterday morning about about 7:45. We had quite heavy1 read more »
About the farm
Steel Pony Farm provides fresh, local, and chemical-free produce in Red Deer. We put our complete love and care into every seed that we plant each spring until it becomes beautiful, colorful produce that you get to enjoy.
My farm's mission is to provide my community with nutritious produce, while respecting the people, land, and ecosystem that provides for us. We provide you with sustainably grown produce grown just outside of Red Deer.