Penner Farm - A Specialty Farm in Northwestern Ontario

~ Vegetables, forage and crop farming and other associated topics that stem from our project specialty farm ~

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

The First "Field Test" of the No. 45 Hay Baler

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Dodging rainstorms. This seems to be the only way to make hay this summer, dodging rainstorms.  When the best possible forecast is given f...
Friday, June 30, 2017

Aside from vegetables...

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The last 2 weeks have been quite wet and not alot of activity out in the field, except for the occasional inspection to see if the vegetable...
Friday, June 2, 2017

June on the Farm

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We've had a socially busy month with planning and prepping for a wedding in our back yard on the May long weekend, so now it is back to ...
Sunday, May 7, 2017

May in the Hot House

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So here we are in May, already a week in.  The produce start is slow, or at least, it seems slow to me, party due to the last two weeks of l...
Monday, February 13, 2017

Start of a New Planting Year

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Penner Farm from the air Since my last post in late August, the farm took a different track from what you may expect.  Amazingly, there ...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

My Summer Project

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Apart from a more commercial take to gardening, I had a space in the yard near the house that we had tried to grow grape vines in.  It seeme...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Always a Job to Do

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The last few days we've been repairing the old horse trailer. Lots of rusted out pieces in the front of the trailer so we cut them out...
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Penner Farm started as a hobby garden development on beautiful Rice Lake in 2009 with the purchase of an old Massey Harris farm tractor, a two-bottom plow and a disc harrow. Some land had already been cleared to complete landscaping for the residence which gave an opportunity to try growing vegetables on a larger scale than in a small garden. The addition of laying hens, some horses and the construction of a Gambrel-style barn in 2013 made for a real farm feel! In the first few years, it did not seem like a move toward local marketing of heritage vegetables, but a few trips to another local producer's farm stimulated interest in growing market-ready vegetables for local consumption. This influence brought Penner Farm to where it is today! With a commercial grade cold frame greenhouse, a second heated greenhouse on line and 3 acres of land cleared, crop rotation and planting versatility became a reality. Additional farming equipment has been added as required over the years, ensuring an efficient, quality operation.
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