Tonopah Rob's Vegetable Farm

So here it is, one of those rare summer openings where I have a few things and I’m sure that after a month absence some of you are in need of a fresh food fix. Oh how I would like to tell you I have perfect corn, lots and lots of yummy corn. Well what [...]

This Saturday out at my farm in Tonopah I will be celebrating Customer Appreciation Day. This one-day sale, held exclusively at the Farm Stand on my farm, is my way of saying thanks for the fantastic season and all of the support I receive from so many very wonderful customers. Lots of stuff will be [...]

It was a carrotty day in the carrot patch back behind the carrot barn. The Farmer, one Mr. Daucus Carota was busy preparing Queen Anne’s Lace for lunch and couldn’t be bothered to notice that a devil’s plague was overtaking the patch out back. Farmer Carota had been warned by his friend Jeff Chiplis of [...]

We are going to be open Saturday ONLY – July 3rd. There will be no Sunday market in observation of the July 4th Independence Day celebration. Today’s photo is actually a teaser from a story being worked on for my website. You are looking at $20 of fresh all-natural veggies from my farm. The idea is [...]

Abundance is here and so it must be canning and freezing season. You are looking at 15 pounds of ripe tomatoes, all different kinds and shapes of tomatoes. This is part of what I had left over from the market last weekend, and instead of a crafty customer recognizing that there are presently a lot of [...]

The weather said unto the farmer, “And now for something completely different” and soeth it did hail and rain down upon my land for 40 minutes and 40 seconds. Pea size hail pellets layed a white blanket upon my yard and in the manger. Next, six gallon rain drops splashed from the sky like a [...]

Sure, the veggies taste great and the fruit is getting sweeter. The oregano has been wildly popular and I get rave reviews about the strawberries. And I’m excited by how quickly the corn is growing and that I have tomatoes, more tomatoes, and even more tomatoes. But the flowers, oh, how beautiful this kaleidoscope of color [...]

Another season is entering the final weeks before my ‘winter’ break slows the farm to a near halt. But these last six weeks or so are some of my favorite. With summer and high temperatures the arrival of sweet sugary produce comes on like a heat wave. Everybody’s favorites, the lusty tomatoes, have crowded the [...]

Hi folks,  There has been a location change for Sunday’s Tonopah Rob’s farmers market. The new location is at the Walgreens parking lot on the corner of Van Buren Street and Estrella Parkway across from Safeway Grocery Store. We will no longer be selling at the Ace Hardware location due to the freeway construction. From [...]

Summer fruits and veggies are started to ripen with the first small picking to be available this weekend. Exclusive to the Farm Stand here in good old Tonopah, Arizona I will have a few peaches, apricots, even some strawberries from the new patch next to the Farm Stand. Speaking of berries, friends John and Caroline [...]

The early bird was late and missed the worm. Sorry about the late posting. While the bird houses are scattered across the farm and their inhabitants are busy nesting and training their new offspring in the fine art of flying and avoiding snakes, I have been equally busy building new homes. The new dwellings are bee [...]

The farm stands at my farm out here in Tonopah, Arizona and the stand we set up on Sundays over at the Ace Hardware parking lot in Goodyear will both be open this weekend. Keep in mind folks that we are operating on summer hours, meaning we are open from 7:00 am until 11:00 – [...]

The days get longer, it starts to get hotter and then it turns cold again, hot again, summer must be here. Oh wait, it’s cooling off, no it’s getting hot, now it’s getting really hot, well then this must be summer. It’s cooling off, cooling way down, expected high today is in the 60′s? It was [...]

You are not looking at the canopy of a rain forest. Nor are you looking at one of the latest in California’s “medicine” labs. This beautiful photo is of fennel ferns taken at sunset. This year has seen my best fennel crop ever . Many of you have been picking up recipes for it, I hope you [...]

You are looking at baby pepper plants that as you can see for yourself are doing great. Matter of fact, everything is fine out here. The new strawberry plants are taking hold and sending out lots of new green growth, the tomatoes are holding their own, and slowly but surely the summer veggies are making [...]