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Farm Happenings at Wandering Shovel Farm
Farm Happenings for July 13, 2022
We had a great evening here at our Open House on Saturday! We really enjoyed the time together with all our friends and neighbors who came out for that. The weather was beautiful!
Have you had green garlic? It’s new for us, but we grew some spring planted garlic for that. You can use it fresh1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 6, 2022
Hope you had a great Canada Day weekend! We had a full weekend with two farmer’s markets on Thursday and two on Saturday. And we’re not even going to talk about rain…
You’re invited to our 2nd Annual Open House here at the farm on July 9, 4 - 8 PM. Come tour the fields and1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 29, 2022
Hey, it’s the first week of Farm Shares! We’ve all been looking forward to this for a while. So to start with, it’s mostly greens that are ready right now, as well as radishes and some herbs. Go ahead and look through the items available. Your box will be built automatically with1 read more »
Wandering Shovel Farm Stand June 22 & 23
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm!
Caesar Salad anyone? The Romaine lettuce is beautifully crisp and fresh this week! Also new this week is our Gourmet Salad Mix. It’s a blend of lettuce, baby kale, and arugula that’s sure to spark up your meal.
Can’t make it to our regular Farmer&1 read more »
Wandering Shovel Farm Stand June 15 & 16, 2022
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm! We're very thankful for the beautiful rain we had here last Friday! We happily stood under our market tent and watched it come down. A rain like that really cuts down on our workload for the next week since we don't have to irrigate nearly as much, and it really gi1 read more »
Wandering Shovel Farm Stand June 8 & 9, 2022
Hello from Wandering Shovel Farm! It’s a beautiful time of year, everything is turning green and starting to grow! We’ve been hard at work preparing the soil, planting seeds, and transplanting started plants. Now some of the first produce is coming out of the field.
Can’t make it1 read more »
Wandering Shovel Farm Stand October 20 & 21
Last week for tomatoes and peppers! The Farm Stand is open for delivery on October 20 & 21. Order your veggies here and get them delivered to you. Although our main season is over, we still have produce, either stored or out in the field under cover. Since we're done going to Farmer's Market fo1 read more »
Farm Stand open for Oct. 13 & 14.
Farm Stand is open for delivery on October 13 & 14! Order your veggies here and get them delivered to you. Although our main season is over, we still have produce, either stored, or out in the field under cover. Since we're done going to Farmer's Market for the year, this is a convenient way to1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 6, 2021
It’s the last week of Farm Shares! Big thanks to you for your continued support this summer! We love helping to feed you and your family with some of the finest food you could find! Although this is the last week, we will still have some produce growing yet for a few more weeks, so will be of1 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.