Tony's Family Farms Tony Tomato

06/09/2026

The garden soil is warming up and a few more summer vegetables are ready to eat. We picked our first box of shish*to peppers.

06/08/2026

On rainy days that stop farm work, I remind myself that those extra efforts on exhausting days have benefits of keeping you on track with planting, so don’t stress out. The field will be muddy for several hours today but I am so delighted that I planted all my watermelons 🍉🍉🍉 over the weekend. Next up custom cantaloupe seeds from Italy for a late season harvest.
I still have 600 beefsteak tomatoes to plant and I’m just about out of space at the farm. 🍅🍅🍅

06/08/2026

If the field is too wet to work here’s a cool growers event worth attending…

A free workshop on food safety and conservation on diversified vegetable farms is set for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, June 8, at Happy Hollow Farm in Jamestown, Mo.

Liz Graznak of Happy Hollow Farm will share practices for growing healthy and safe produce. Other speakers will offer guidance on ways to identify resource concerns and conservation practices that improve soil, water, animal and plant health, air quality and energy use.

There is no fee to attend, but registration is requested to ensure an accurate count for a locally sourced lunch.

Register here:
👉 https://extension.missouri.edu/news/free-workshop-on-growing-safe-produce-set-for-june-8-at-happy-hollow-farm-jamestown

This event is made possible through Missouri Farmers Union, Happy Hollow Organic Farm, Missouri Rural Crisis Center and MU Extension.

06/05/2026

Well, well, well when your garden starts to grow vegetables in interesting shapes and sizes.

Feel free to post your humor and have a wonderful weekend…

06/04/2026

Still leaving some of the Crimson Clover covercrop up as shelter for our pollinators. We have laid down sections of the Clover, suffocated it, and then laid over a protective mulch and set plants into the mulch through the cover crop.

06/04/2026

The health of the soil directly affects the food we consume, which seems logical; nevertheless, as a farmer, I can attest that maintaining optimal soil conditions requires considerable effort and diligence to ensure the quality of the produce.

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06/03/2026

Yep, we got them collards…

Did someone say Collard Greens..
Tony Tomatoes Collard Greens in the house.

06/02/2026

If you thought we had red tomatoes back in January, we’re just getting going look at this beautiful piece of red deliciousness on that tasty sandwich…

06/01/2026

Wow 15 years ago is when my two youngest worked hard and earned some farm money tending to tomatoes that summer. Time flys, today these two are still working hard, both college educated, chasing a law degree, the other getting paid as a computer engineer. The gentleman, Mr Fortune in the red shirt is the farmer that got me interested in this industry and passed away years ago, I bet he would love to see and smile at our operation today.
Plant the work seed in them early and watch them grow.

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05/31/2026

Here goes into the ground a few more specialty Peppers for our customers. I’m very excited that seeds from Chef Ozzy’s mother she shared with me two years ago have finally germinated, and are thriving. Big shout out to Dausters Greenhouse for his tireless efforts to make these seeds grow.

This perennial, rare Mexican pepper will be tested in the high tunnel to provide extra summer ground heat and I’ve also planted 300 cells outside in a designated area and will try to see if we can get multiple years of production out of this South American jewel

Let’s start the countdown to harvest in 100 days 🌶️🌶️🌶️