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Farm Happenings at Wandering Shovel Farm
Farm Happenings for September 29, 2021
It’s a beautiful time of year! The fall colours are amazing! We don’t have a large squash crop, but we do have lots of spaghetti squash. We harvested them all a couple weeks ago and they are curing in the greenhouse. There’s some decorative gourds and mini pumpkins, small pie pump1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 22, 2021
Welcome to our new online Farm Stand! Can't make it to Farmer's Market? Order your veggies here and get them delivered to your house or a convenient pick up location. We deliver to Shellbrook and Saskatoon on Wednesday afternoon, to Leoville Farmer's Market on Thursday morning and to Spiritwood on1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 22, 2021
Well, we got our first frost last week! The thermometer at the house only showed a low of 1° on Friday morning, but the one in the field said -4°. I’m not sure which one is more accurate, but in any case it did freeze. We had covered a lot of stuff with row cover so it is only the cor1 read more »
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 camping1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 8, 2021
I hope you’re having a great Labour Day weekend! I guess that means we’re moving onto another beautiful time of year - Fall! This week our children start back to school so that means all kinds of adjustments as we get back into that schedule. It’s all good though!
This week we hav1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 1, 2021
Good morning! We’re very happy for the 2” of rain we got last week! Not everyone appreciates the timing of it, but it’s great for us.
We have some new locally produced products this week. On the weekend we met up with Corrinne of The Prairie Momma who makes mustards, jams, and jel1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 25, 2021
Finally, some rain! We had a really nice ¾” of rain on Sunday, which will really help with the fall crops. There were flocks of geese flying over this morning, and with the cooler temperatures it definitely feels like the season is changing. Summers are very intense here, and we’1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 18, 2021
Lots of planes flying over here on the weekend! Our neighbors hosted a Fly In Breakfast Sunday morning, with quite a number of small planes flying in for that. We went over there for breakfast (thanks Harold and Marjie!), and to see the planes, including the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum's 1942 Tige1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 11, 2021
The first of the cauliflower and beans are ready this week, and more coming next week. The cabbages are filling out too. We have several different varieties. There's lots of the small, sweet summer cabbage this week. They are great for fresh eating or making sauerkraut. Then there's the larger Cope1 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.