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Farm Happenings at Steel Pony Farm
Farm Happening Oct 13 - Winter Shares Now on Sale and 1 lb Garlic on the extras list
Hello Folks,
Thank you so much for being a part of our vegetable box program this summer. This is the last week of the summer program. It means so much to me, my family and my staff to have a direct relationship with the families that we grow food for. This is extremely fulfilling work. I ho1 read more »
Celeriac, Winter Squash, 1lb bags of garlic, Curly+Dino Kale, and Bath Bombs
Lots of Announcements!
Celeriac
This week I am introducing celeriac. It is a fantastic vegetable related closely to celery. Celery and celeriac are related to one another in the same way that chard and beets are related. Think of chard as celery, and celeriac as beets because you can eat both the g1 read more »
Celeriac, Winter Squash, 1lb bags of garlic, Tomatoes, Curly+Dino Kale, and Bath Bombs
Lots of Announcements!
Celeriac
This week I am introducing celeriac. It is a fantastic vegetable related closely to celery. Celery and celeriac are related to one another in the same way that chard and beets are related. Think of chard as celery, and celeriac as beets because you can eat both the g1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 29, 2020
This is the first year in a decade of growing garlic that my garlic didn't overwinter well. We planted about 13,000 cloves last October and this August we harvest about 6600 plants. As with any living system, it is hard to know exactly why it acts the way that it does but I have a number of theroie1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 22, 2020 - DOSE Coffee Back on Extras Page
In a decade of farming I have never experienced a fall as conducive to growing vegetables as this. We still haven't had a killing frost and I don't see one in the long term forecast. For the sake of comparison, we typically get a hard frost sometime around September 9th, or the full moon - whicheve1 read more »
Sweet Corn for Sale - Farm Happenings for September 15, 2020
Hey Folks!
This week a friend of mine, Kristen Graves from Figth Generation Gardens (https://www.fifthgengardens.ca/) wrote to me to ask if any of my customers would want some sweet corn. I'm adding this to the extras list so if you are interested please click through to buy a few cobs. They are up1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 8, 2020
Hello! It's been a fun few weeks on the farm. Garlic to me feels like a long, slow moving seasonal clock - planting it is the last thing we do in the fall before we put the farm to bed. Garlic shoots geminating in the spring are the first green things in our field (besides weeds) and harvesti1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 1, 2020
As I write, our 2020 garlic harvest is underway and the crop is looking fantastic. If you like garlic and have it rated as such in your preferences you should be receiving some this week.
An Important Note about Fresh Garlic
Fresh garlic is ready to eat, however, in order for garlic to be shelf sta1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 25, 2020
Hello!
Farming using natural principles is a fascinating journey and I love witnessing the checks and balances that exist in nature. I have recently been noticing a lot of aphids on some of our crops. Left unchecked these aphids can do a lot of damage. One management option is to spray a pesticide1 read more »
About the farm
Steel Pony Farm provides fresh, local, and chemical-free produce in Red Deer. We put our complete love and care into every seed that we plant each spring until it becomes beautiful, colorful produce that you get to enjoy.
My farm's mission is to provide my community with nutritious produce, while respecting the people, land, and ecosystem that provides for us. We provide you with sustainably grown produce grown just outside of Red Deer.