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Broken Shovel Farm

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Broken Shovel Farm

Broken Shovel Farm is made up of Dave, Elaine and our trusty farm dog in training Maisy. We will never use any chemicals or fertilizers on our soils or plants.

About Us
We have a strong passion for growing healthy food and a deep appreciation for farming life. Over the years we have become very successful at growing our own food that sustains us through much of the year. After an unexpected career change, we’ve decided to take our passion to another level and help provide our community with healthy food that is grown locally. About our Farm
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kers for a conserved farm in the town of West Haven, Vermont, and also lease the farm to grow vegetables and herbs to sell at nearby markets. Our farm, the Broken Shovel Farm as we’ve named it, has a very long and interesting history of people working the land. We hope to continue that tradition and honor those that have worked the land before us. Our soils are clay, which made us decide to use raised beds and build up our own soil utilizing composted cow manure from a farm located just a few miles down the road. While the land here on our farm is not currently Certified Organic, we are determined to only use organic methods in growing our products. During the 2024 season, you can find our products at the Rutland County Farmers Market in Depot Park on Saturdays from 9AM-2PM, We hope to see you at the market and look forward to sharing our yummy vegetables with you.

09/21/2024

Due to some crop issues your dedicated farmer is playing hookie today and oggling hot air balloons. We plan to be at the market next week.

08/31/2024

What a lovely cool Labor Day weekend market! Swing by between 9 am and 2 pm!

08/29/2024

We just harvested a bumper crop of over 20lbs of edamame soybeans! This is more than we can eat in a year so if you would like some, let us know asap. I can deliver locally this morning.

08/24/2024

What a beautiful day!!! Come see us from 9 until 2pm!!

08/17/2024

It is currently overcast and cool...come on out and say Hey!!!

08/10/2024

We are at the market, Debby has left the area and it is beautiful! 9am until 2pm.

07/27/2024

What a beautiful day for a market! We will be here from 9 until 1pm, leaving a bit early since we have a visitor coming to the farm! As you may know, our little Broken Shovel Farm is on leased land. A woman who grew up on the property is coming to visit and we are just thrilled!

07/20/2024

What a BEAUTIFUL day for a market!! We are here until 2 pm!!

07/13/2024

1st market of 2024 and we brought the sunshine.....and heat!! Here from 9 am until 2 pm!

07/12/2024

They're ready! Looking forward to our first market of the season, and our 11th year farming. See you tomorrow at the Rutland County Farmers’ Market in downtown Rutland!

07/03/2024

Our July started off with a real bang. At 4AM on Monday morning I walked into a partially open door in the dark, kicking the edge of the door with my little toe. Apologies to my wife for being woken up with the sounds of that lovely experience. Harvesting 13 beds of garlic and replanting with fall crops while nursing a broken toe these next couple of days is going to be interesting. Lucky to have Elaine to help with the heavy lifting around the farm. Hope to be at Rutland County Farmers Market in two more weeks!

05/06/2024

We are privileged to live and grow food in a very special part of Vermont. Living at the end of a 2 mile dead end road allows us to see the trash that sadly gets dumped where there is an ubundance of wildlife. Being in VT but having to go through NY to get here means it can be fairly lawless. Having miles of lake frontage on the property where we lease the farm give us the opportunity to easily access shoreline that collects trash during flood season.

When not farming we can be found cleaning the road side and the lake shore. Last year's Green Up Day trash wasn't picked up so this is a 2 year collection!

02/26/2024

As the snow and ice retreat, it gives us the chance to do a little Spring cleaning.

11/17/2023

Our market season is over, the wood has been stacked, and the garlic crop has been planted. Maisy says it’s time to play! We still have lots of garlic for sale including some decent sized seed garlic available. There’s also nice sweet beets and carrots too. We’ll be delivering in Rutland tomorrow (Sat) morning so send us a message if you are interested. Enjoy this day!

11/07/2023

Finished planting the garlic with enough time to enjoy this fall evening. Cheers.

10/21/2023

Due to the heavy rain today we will not be at the Rutland County Farmers Market. This is unfortunate because we still have a lot of garlic available. If you're looking for garlic (or carrots or beets) send us a message and we might be able to deliver in the West Haven to Rutland areas. Have a nice weekend all!

10/14/2023

We are here!!! Come say hi and get some garlic!!!

10/07/2023

The bad news is due to the weather we will not be attending todays Rutland County Farmers Market. The good news is we harvested our soybeans yesterday before the rain moved in. Have a great weekend and see you next Saturday!

09/09/2023

The sky's look gloomy but it is all smiles at the Rutland County Farmers’ Market 9 until 2.

09/05/2023

We picked 34lbs of string beans yesterday afternoon. Give a shout if you are looking for beans...yellow, purple and green!

09/02/2023

We have beans! Purple ones, green ones, yellow ones!!! Carrots and beets!! Don't forget the garlic!!! Here in Rutland from 9 🧄🧄🥕🥕🥕

08/26/2023

Due to a hiccup this morning we don't have carrots or beets. However, we have garlic and beans!

08/05/2023

We don't have a glut of veggies but we have made it through all the storms! Come on down early if you need anything!!

07/29/2023

West Haven-ites have gone to the big city!! Lol!!

07/29/2023

Come on down before the weather visits Rutland!! We are here 9 until 2!!

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Fair Haven, VT
05743

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