Penner Farm - A Specialty Farm in Northwestern Ontario

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

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Chickens And Eggs

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To get a real feel of farming, you need to have farm animals of some type.  Possibly the easiest animal to start with is a chicken.  And wou...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

More Thoughts On Land Clearing

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The last time I spoke on land clearing was just over two years ago.  We have done some actual clearing and subsequent soil preparation for p...
Monday, October 30, 2017

Switching over to winter activity

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It seems to me that I must have had alot to do with the addition of haying this year.  Noting my last blog post date and the topic that it w...
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...
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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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