Tonopah Rob's Vegetable Farm

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 [...]

If it’s June in Tonopah, Arizona it must be close to the end of another growing season. Your shopping days for farm fresh all-natural veggies at Tonopah Rob’s Vegetable Farm and Farmers Market are quickly disappearing. So don’t waste time, don’t sacrifice your taste buds, don’t abuse your waistline, go west – on the 10 freeway [...]

If it feels like Summer it must be time for squash. When I planted the squash I wasn’t having great hopes for an abundant harvest as I was coming off a near total crop failure for cabbage, dismal results for broccoli, and mediocre amounts of cauliflower in comparison to what was planted. Aphids are not [...]

Last weekend saw record sales of cut flowers, short of them pulling up roots and walking off the farm - flowers could not have passed through my gate any faster than they did. This Sunday being Mothers Day you can bet my flower bouquets will be a popular item – keep the following in mind; I [...]

Today was a busy day in the south 40. John, our mega-fantastic photographer and occasional farm apprentice volunteer guy was busy helping collect more than 135 pounds of tomatoes for this Saturday’s Farm Stand. From cherry to roma, yellow, green, and red tomatoes, small, medium, and large, tomatoes will be plentiful this Saturday. Except for the [...]