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Farm Happenings at Wandering Shovel Farm
Farm Happenings for December 21, 2022
Merry Christmas from Wandering Shovel Farm!
Order local produce and beef in time for the holidays! The shoots and microgreens are fresh, grown indoors under lights, and the rest is stored in our walk-in cooler.
Here’s some of what’s available:- Pea shoots- Sunflower shoots- Rainbow Radi1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 9, 2022
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm!
The Farm Stand is open again for delivery this week. It's winter now! Last week, before the snow, we harvested all the greens that were still in the field, so this is the last week for lettuce, kale, and salad mix. After this week, Farm Stand will be open every oth1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 2, 2022
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm!
The Farm Stand is open again for delivery this week. Since the beautiful fall weather is still hanging on, we still have fresh salad mix and lettuce!
Here’s some of what’s available:- Spinach- Salad Mix- Cabbage- Winter Radishes- Carrots- Onions- Green1 read more »
Farm Stand for October 26 & 27
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm!
The Farm Stand is open again for delivery this week. New for this week is a selection of winter radishes, generally spicier and more crunchy than other radishes. Lettuce and salad mix are still happily growing under cover in our field, and check out the deal on the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 19, 2022
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm!
It's looking like another beautiful fall week! The Farm Stand is open again for delivery this week. The carrots have had enough frost to sweeten them, and the lettuce, salad mix, and spinach still look great out in the field.
Here’s some of what’s avail1 read more »
Farm Stand for October 12 & 13, 2022
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm!
Welcome to our online Farm Stand! We are experimenting with extending the season as much as possible, so will be offering one-time deliveries as long as we have produce available.
Here’s some of what’s available:- Spinach- Salad Mix- Carrots- Onions- Gr1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 5, 2022
What a beautiful fall this has been! Working outside every day, we get to experience the changing colours of fall first hand. These must be some of the finest days of the whole year!
So, this is the last week of our Summer Farm Shares, but it’s not the last of the fresh produce. There’s1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 28, 2022
Something told the wild geese
It was time to go,
Though the fields lay golden
Something whispered, "snow."
- Rachel Field
I learned this poem in grade one and think of it every year when the geese start flying south. Although we hope it's a long time til snow, there's a fe1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 21, 2022
Three weeks of Farm Shares left! We’ve been having beautiful weather so far in September. Friday morning had a few patches of frost on the ground, but not enough to harm anything. Lots of people assume that a frost totally finishes our garden, but that’s not the case. The corn is the fi1 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.