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The Tomato Patch Update
Since the 1970s · Smithville, TN
Good produce.
Good people.
A few surprises.
A Smithville, Tennessee country produce market with more than 50 years of stories, plants, seasonal finds, gifts, gardening advice, and whatever Philip is talking about on video this week.
Yes, Squirrel Mummy is a real thing.
Across from Larry’s
Right now
What's Fresh
The newest arrivals, plant updates, and store news. Produce changes quickly — call before making a special trip for a specific item.
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Why These Watermelons Cost More Than a Big-Box Watermelon
Store News
Why These Watermelons Cost More Than a Big-Box Watermelon
A fair question, and we are happy to answer it.
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The Watermelons Are Here
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The Watermelons Are Here
Picked up before daylight and stacked out front. Come get one while they last.
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New Arrivals at The Boutique
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Hanging Baskets and Garden Plants
Plants
Hanging Baskets and Garden Plants
Ferns, flowers, and hanging baskets are looking their best right now.
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It Is Not Too Late to Plant
Visit
Come See Us
Here is where we are and when we are open. The plain-text address and buttons work even if a map does not.
Visit Griffin’s Produce
316 W. Broad StreetSmithville, TN 37166
Across from Larry's Discount Grocery
Hours
- Monday
- 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday
- 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday (today)
- 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday
- 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
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Stay in the loop
Hear it before the tomatoes do.
We'll send useful things, not ten emails a week. Pick what you want to hear about.
From the garden
Garden With Us
Real, practical advice from a place that grows a serious tomato patch.
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What to Plant This Month
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What to Plant This Month
Mid-summer is still fine for many warm-season crops and a second round of fast growers. Ask us what is ready in the plant yard.
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Odd & Wonderful
Heirloom Tomatoes
Lumpy, striped, and sometimes downright strange looking — and often the best-tasting tomato on the table.
Tastes like: Rich, sometimes sweet, sometimes tangy — more tomato flavor than the perfectly round grocery kind.
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Odd & Wonderful feature
Something to make
Recipes
Simple, seasonal, and built around produce that may be on the table right now.
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Simple Summer Tomato Sandwich
Simple Summer Tomato Sandwich
The kind of recipe that depends almost entirely on having a good tomato.
10 minServes 2vegetarian
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Watermelon Salad
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Fresh Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Fresh Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Cool, simple, and good on a hot evening.
15 minServes 4vegetarianvegan
On video
Philip Explains Something
Whatever Philip is talking about this week — from the tomato patch, an early produce run, or something odd that just showed up.
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Latest video
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More than produce
Around Griffin's
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The Boutique at Griffin's Produce
The Boutique
Clothes, gifts, accessories, and the kind of personal service where customers become friends.
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Squirrel Mummy gatherings
Squirrel Mummy
Food, ideas, neighbors, stories, classes, music, and whatever else sounded interesting at the time.
Our story
More Than 50 Years in Smithville
From Trapp’s Produce to Griffin’s, and from longtime customers to owners — Philip and Cathy Seagraves are the latest to keep this country market going, with Michael Saylors still running the day-to-day.
Fifty years is a lot of tomatoes.
Around the store
A Few Pictures
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Store exterior
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Produce crates
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The tomato patch
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Hanging baskets
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Handmade signs
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Watermelon morning
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The Boutique
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A Squirrel Mummy gathering