Rosy Buck Farm
is a 15-acre, family-owned and operated farm run by Holly Evans and Randy Buck. Located in Leasburg, Missouri, it grows a wide variety of vegetables and some fruit, focusing on unusual items like purple pole beans, ground cherries, radish pods, French sorrel, and green garlic. It employs a number of sustainable farming practices including no-till, rebuilding soil-heath, and increasing biodiversity on the farm. It sells its produce at farmers markets in the St. Louis area and through a small CSA. It received a $855 grant to purchase eight heirloom fruit trees from a local nursery along with tree guards and organic fruit tree fertilizer.
“We successfully planted, watered, mulched, and protected the trees with guards and wire cages to safeguard against wildlife. The trees thrived through the early fall, and the farm continued monitoring them throughout the season, applying additional mulch. Noticing some nibble marks on a tree trunk, the team plans to add smaller cages around the most vulnerable trees to ensure their continued growth. This project successfully enhanced the farm’s biodiversity and long-term sustainability efforts,” said Co-owner Holly Evans.
