Tonopah Rob's Vegetable Farm

Last September an experiment was undertaken here on my farm by my website guru and photographer John Wise. John was given a 12 foot by 14 foot plot to plant whatever he chose. Over the next 10 months he had to prepare the land, plant seeds, weed, water (we helped on that front more than [...]

The veggie list for this weekend’s market is just below – scroll down if that is what you are looking for. And if you are considering visiting me this weekend, here’s some temptation to persuade you to visit the farm stand out on my farm in Tonopah on Saturday or maybe swing by the farmers [...]

Today was a great day out here on the farm. For those of you who missed playing in the dirt or dropping pebbles in your hair, you can always come out to the farm another day and just try to have as much fun as TJ here, who went so far as to taste the [...]

—- The Veggie list for December 5, 2009 is just below this entry Visitors who read the veggie list on my website regularly probably don’t notice that at the bottom of that bulleted list it says that I might have a surprise or two on offer for the Saturday market. Not that I expect anyone to get [...]

These flowers from May are but a reminder of what’s coming back. As you may remember from my last blog post, I have been busy planting for the upcoming season. The great news is that much of my seed stock is getting in to the ground early this year. If I’m lucky the seedlings will grow strong earlier and be [...]

Last week I planted okra and green beans, both are breaking ground. The bird netting is draped over the chicken wire fence, hopefully this line of critter defence will keep pests at bay and allow the seedlings to grow large enough that they might have a better chance of survival. On Monday the tiniest of [...]

You like melons? Well this summer I’ll have your melons! I’ve got a whole plot of watermelon that are coming on strong. They’re just itsy bitsy tiny little watermelons right now but another month from now, if the weather and pests cooperate, I’ll be picking some summer sweet all-natural melons for sale out here at the farm stand. Available [...]

This coming Saturday is opening day for the Farmers Market out here at Tonopah Rob’s All-Natural Fruit & Vegetable Farm and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have all these great new vendors out my way. If you are wondering what I’m talking about, read the post below. Today’s photo is of baby okra and [...]

This past Saturday okra flew off the farm stand and was the first item to sell out. I’m still harvesting okra and will be for the next weeks but it is obvious to me it won’t be enough to satisfy demand. Next year will see more okra seed planted. Winter squash proved popular in the middle of [...]

Over near the cherry tomatoes are some dill plants that have gone to seed, these are those seeds. Sometimes the greatest beauty can be found in the smallest of things.

It is now 100 degrees in the shade, or 38 Celsius for those of you in the rest of the world. This past weekend’s farm stand was hot, too. I put out over 1000 pounds of fresh all-natural fruit and vegetables and nearly three-quarters of it was sold in the first two hours the farm [...]

There is a new feature on my website, a few of you may have seen it already. Over the past few days it has been a work in progress, matter of fact, it still is. So, you might find a few bugs here and there, but don’t worry, I’m frantically applying massive amounts of pesticides trying [...]