Farm Happenings for September 15, 2021

Saskatchewan, Land of Living Skies! I often think of that when I’m working out in the field. It’s amazing watching the ever changing sky, seeing the weather coming from the west, and all the different colours and textures there can be in the clouds. This weekend we took a quick camping trip to Waskesiu Lake. Saturday was a beautiful day, we went boating and fishing on a glassy smooth lake, caught some fish, and hiked a few trails. It was an awesome break from the never ending work on the farm!

There IS corn on the list this week. I don’t know what happened last week, some technical glitch must have removed it from the list. We also have poblano peppers for the first time. If you’re not familiar with them, they are a large, dark green, mild chili pepper. Stuffed with cheese and deep fried, as chiles rellenos, is where they really shine!

Have a great week!

We enjoy eating, and we enjoy growing stuff. So, what could be more natural than to grow food?

Introducing us and our family: We are Trent and Lois Loewen. We have 7 active, growing children. We have 3 farm dogs, a happy population of cats, and a few laying hens. Our house looks 'lived in', and our yard looks 'used'. It is, too!

I, Lois, have grown a home garden most of the years since 2004, and have enjoyed cooking and preserving many vegetables and fruits. Our family has always been an important part of what we're doing, so they'd spend lots of time in the garden, too. Trent has always been interested in plants and growing, so we've dreamed, and wondered how it could work to grow for market.

In January of 2015, a seed catalog inspired me, and I started dreaming of garden, and dirt! It didn't take long until Trent was also enthused, and planning started! Vegetables, fruit, chickens, and turkeys... It all looked wonderful. We started growing with the large garden we already had, but changed to a more intensive bed system, allowing us to grow much more in our space. We were glad to have happy customers, and have enjoyed serving them.

We have since added more garden space, and it's fun to let our children choose a crop or plants that they will try growing. Some of they're choices have been pumpkins, edible squash, gourds, and tomatoes. We chose to quit doing chickens, for now, so we could put more into vegetables.

We also built a greenhouse in 2017, and we really enjoy growing with it! We are interested in working with extending our growing season in spring, and also in fall. For some crops the greenhouse will be helpful with that.

It is important to us to have delicious, wholesome food for our family, and we want to share that with our community, too.

Although not certified organic, we strive to grow our produce without the use of synthetic chemicals, and in a way that is sustainable and beneficial to the land.

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