Hello from the ozarks
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Hello from the ozarks
Our family farm is celebrating 50 years in 2024. Our farm is on the Missouri Arkansas line. We raise hogs, cattle, chickens and goats. We grow all our own vegetables and can extensively. I guess my claim to fame, locally that is
is I have continued to grow my Grandpas tomatoes for the past 26 years. It is a beefsteak variety, pinkish/red and produces very well in the heat and produces large fruits. I recall the seeds were brought from West Virginia to Caney, Ks where my grandpas grandparents settled in the late 1800's. I am hoping to save alot more seeds this year and hope to share next fall.

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Hello and welcome to the Junction @hillbillygardner. Your farm sounds amazing and I can't wait to hear more about the way that you do things there. I'm sure that your Grandpa's tomatoes will be very well received and it will be fun for you to see just how fast they can be shared and grown across the world by sharing a few packs of them here.
~ Patti ~
AKA ~ Hooper
AKA ~ Hooper
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Welcome to the Junction!
USDA Zone 9b, Sunset Zone 13
Average Rainfall 9.5 inches
Climate: Sonoran Desert
Average Rainfall 9.5 inches
Climate: Sonoran Desert
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Welcome from PA and looking forward to hearing more about your farm. Your tomato seeds sound wonderful!
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Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to hear more about your tomatoes, and any other veggies, for that matter!
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welcome to the junction.
i got down near your way a coupla time. family friends retired down near the boot heel.
shell knob was the mailing address, but they were about ten miles from town. they were a short stroll from table rock lake.
keith
i got down near your way a coupla time. family friends retired down near the boot heel.
shell knob was the mailing address, but they were about ten miles from town. they were a short stroll from table rock lake.
keith
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Welcome to the Junction from Down Under @hillbillygardner . Interested to hear more about your farm, tomatoes and all. We might well make that tomato an international traveller.
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Welcome to the Junction from east central Georgia, @hillbillygardner and Merry Christmas to you! You've got a nice spread there and I'm really looking forward to hearing about it. Such a great legacy. May it continue to thrive through more generations to come.
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Re: Hello from the ozarks
Congratulations on your 50 year anniversary, and welcome to the forum. 
We'd love to hear more about your farm!

We'd love to hear more about your farm!
AgCan Zone 5a/USDA zone 4
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm