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Farm Happenings at Wandering Shovel Farm
Farm Happenings for October 11, 2023
Well folks, this is the last week! It’s been a great summer and we are thankful for your part in it. We very much appreciate you choosing to support our small family farm!
Thursday night we had our first hard frost, -4, so now it’s officially fall. There’s a few plantings that wer1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 4, 2023
Well, September is past and still no significant frost! There’s been a few nights with patches of frost out in the field, but no killing frost yet. Two more weeks till the end of the season, it’s been great! For those of you for whom this is the last delivery, thanks a lot! Keep an eye1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 27, 2023
This has gotta be the most beautiful time of year! I love the brilliant fall colours against the bright blue sky, and the invigorating feel of the crisp mornings!
The end of the season is rapidly approaching. The last deliveries are October 11 & 12, so that’s 3 more weeks. We’ve had1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 20, 2023
We’re starting to see some color in the trees. It won’t be long til they’re all gold!
This week we have broccoli, radishes, beets, tomatoes, red and green leaf lettuce, spinach, pea shoots, and more! This might be the last week for celery, we’ll see how long it keeps going y1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 13, 2023
September is moving by fast! Most of our crew (the children) are back in school, but things are slowing down here on the farm. This weekend we're finally able to take the whole family on a road trip to Kenora, Ontario, to visit my brother and his family.
On the list this week is carrots, red leaf l1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 6, 2023
I hope you’re having a great Labour Day weekend!
All this smoke is being a little challenging, with our eyes stinging as we work, and even the plants don’t grow much with the smoke blocking the sunlight. But we carry on, doing the best we can in the circumstances.
This week we’re1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 30, 2023
This is the week for corn! Lois's dad is bringing up a load of Taber corn from southern Alberta on Tuesday, from a farm he's got from for years. Although it's not local and organic, it is very good corn. Since we don't have any growing ourselves this year, this is likely the only week we'll have it1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 23, 2023
Is it just us, or is the summer going by too fast?!
With another inch of rain Friday night and some upgrades to the filters on the irrigation system, it feels like we’re in good shape as far as water goes.
We’re getting the garlic cured and cleaned, so lots of garlic this week, red onio1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 16, 2023
We’re very thankful for the inch of rain we got this last week! We really needed it and it’ll keep us going for a while.
This week we have green leaf lettuce again, more peppers including poblanos, and fresh garlic. Lots of cucumbers this week too!
Some of you have asked about corn. Th1 read more »
About the farm
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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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.