Simply click the picture of Cooper walking in the snow to see all of 2025.
Seeding veggie crops in the greenhouse has begun. He Jaylon (L) and Meg (R) are seeding lettuces and other greens
A spotted salamander found near the pond under piece of plywood. The plywood is left in place as a friendly hideout for salamanders
Cooper and Willie running around in the snow
Randy in his EcoRover track chair towing the deer he harvested out of the lower field
Herbs and tomatoes ready for pant sales
The Mom’s packing CSA shares. Connie (L) Randy’s mom and Guin (R) Josephine’s mom.
First twelve beds all ready for our first planting of squash, zucchini, tomatoes and eggplants
Kayla, rinsing and prepping arugula for shares
Harvesting greens in the early morning sun
The steak is out, steak out. Josephine sitting in her truck keeping an eye out for our neighbors cows
Georgia and Josephine out at night watching for cows
Three of the four cows have been caught.
Kim (L) and Meg (R) trellising tomatoes in the high tunnel. These tomatoes are pruned to a single leader and clipped to the string
Monica harvesting chard for the CSA
Cooper even helped plant some herbs into our tub. The tub marks the entrance to our farm. Up next a new mailbox and a sign
Josephine planting assorted flowers and produce in our tub
Tubby Creek Farm finally has a tub planter to mark our entrance
Lots of millet growing in our broccoli
Maximilian sunflower, part of our native plants sale
ten more beds for our second planting of tomatoes, okra and squash
Happy potato plants! We hilled the potatoes just in time. Now they are flowering and looking pretty.
Native plant sale at the Cooper Young Community Farmers Market was a big success
Josephine trying to save some salamanders and other amphibians as our pond dries up earlier than it typically does.
Monica harvesting in the early morning rain
Many of you have met Guin, Josephine’s mom. She’s always helpful around the farm and at the market. She’s headed back to Maine for the summer and we look forward to her return in August.
A beautiful speckled king snake
A little toad getting a hand up. Found in the greenhouse by Meg and set out to freedom.
Folks out working hard harvesting cabbage.
Family day working in the pack house. Cooper (R) putting onions in the CSA with Grammy C (Connie, on the left) and Randy in the background.
Spring bush beans are looking good
The first tomatoes of the year have been found and tested by Cooper
Robin spraying the mud off of the first carrots of the year.
The buckwheat in the cover crop has done its job now its time for the cow peas, sorghum and pearl millet to grow.
Finally found a use for the giant whisk we bought from the Trolley Stop restaurant
Katherine found a walrus fingerling potato
Some of our special tomatoes starting top going clockwise Hot Streak, Mai Tai and Cuba Libre
Just a bit of afternoon rain. It rained real hard for about 15 minutes. You can see it filling up the pathways in the field.
Cooper washing the collards as we get ready for market.
Josephine starting the tomato harvest in the high tunnel
Josephine increasing her skill set. She did all the field prep work shaped beds and here is wrapping them in the Bio360
Kayla (L) and Cooper (R) with the first round of cherry tomatoes.
Green beans, so many green beans
Kayla (L), Raquel (C) and Kim (R) busy picking green beans. We find it easier to bring the whole plant in and harvest the beans
That is almost two-thirds of the bean plants we brought is from the field
A handful of fresh green beans
So much rain lately, even our raised beds are almost under water
Baby birds in the pepper plants
Buckets of Sungold tomatoes, it’s tomato season!
Cooper picking blueberries.
Josephine with another “heart” potato
Tomato taste test results, all of our slicers taste good
These are our first of four rounds of field tomatoes. They are looking pretty good
Josephine out in the field tomatoes for an afternoon selfie.
A couple white egg plants, one immature (top) not ready to be picked and the lower one is ready
Butternut squash in the foreground. It is all mulched and the vines are looking good. First round of tomatoes in the background.
The tomato room is rapidly filling up.
Katherine in full okra picking gear
Robin bubbling and cleaning potatoes
The crew out picking the last of the potatoes
Kenzie removes the sweat collection patch from Kim’s arm as part of study we participated in today.
Randy built a fertilizer injection system that can be hooked up to our drip irrigation. This allows us to feed our plants after they have been growing for a while, and have used up the nutrients we applied before planting. We have been trying out feeding the tomatoes, and we just gave the okra a shot of nitrogen, too.
Mowing down the squash beds in between the beds of okra
The researchers brought a portable weather station, here reporting some steamy field conditions just before lunch.
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Raquel picking sungold tomatoes.
Katherine and Shelby planting our last round of tomatoes
Cooper helping out in wash pack assembling CSA boxes,
Eggplant bigger than Cooper'[s head
Nothing says summer like okra, okra, okra
Assorted seedlings in the green house almost ready to plant
August 2025 work crew left to right is Raquel, Katherine Robin (back row), Randy (front), Josephine, Shelby Kayla (down low)
Having a good time while seeding trays of fall veggies with Raquel (L) and Shelby (R).
Okra chopped up, in the bag and ready for the freezer
Robin and Randy had an emergency bearing fix first thing Monday morning.
Fifty more beds made, for spring. Yes, spring 2026
Raquel (L) and Shelby (R) seeding carrots, beets and more.
Crows got to the watermelons. We will need more/new crow scaring techniques next year
Dried up pond shallow end 2025
Dried up pond, started digging 2025
Dried up pond 2025
Dry, dry, dry! We are still waiting for rain on these spring beds
Robin putting arugula in the spinner
Josephine (L) and Cooper on the Battleship North Carolina
Cooper enjoying the beach in Wilmington
Willy is exhausted after watching our friends, John and Jolieke cut up this big tree.
Shelby (L) and Raquel (R) weeding the carrots. So much weeding
Guin (Josephine’s mom) helping pack CSAs
Pear Millet cover crop reseeded itself. It has caused a bit of extra weeding in the fall brassicas.
A beautiful Monarch butterfly on the field thistle in the pasture..
Its early morning harvests of fall greens like lettuce mix and arugula. Photo by Shelby
Early mornings are delightful this time of the year. Here are a few of our fall beds with some of our goats in the background and the sun breaking through the clouds. Photo by Katherine
First rain in eight weeks. It was around 0.70 an inch
Harvesting baking pumpkins with Raquel (fore), Shelby (L) and Katherine (R).
Kayla found a five leaf clover
Apple and sausage stuffed pumpkin. Absolutely delicious, Check out our recipe page
Connie (L) and Guin (R), our moms, having a go at spinning some pottery
Shelby (L), Raquel (C) and Kayla(R) stop for a picture while working in the greenhouse.
May not feel like it but seasons are changing. Here is Shelby with an armload of bunched kale.
Strawberry planting team Shelby (L), Kayla, Raquel and Josephine (R)
Katherine planting strawberries
The second planting of eggplants are really cranking. Lots of white and purple eggplants in the CSA.
Cooper helping weigh out eggplant for the CSA and keeping the grammies busy during his fall break..
Josephine trying out our new DR walk behind tiller. These beds will have garlic planted in them by the end of the week.
Beautiful little copper head, It is one of two Josephine stepped on in the greenhouse.
Mowing down the okra is a big moment, marking the end of our summer season.
Randy in the EcoRover track chair going over downed trees
Our buck, Brownie, turned out with the does. One happy buck
Red sky mornings, crisp clear and Fall is here. Photo by Shelby
This is one of two copperheads that were curled up together under seed trays in the greenhouse.
Planting three beds of garlic Raquel (L)and Kayla (R).
Kayla potting up hanging baskets with strawberry plants. We will have these for sale in early spring.
Building a lean too for a potting shed next to the green house.
Our newest farm addition, Herski. A rescue pup from Memphis. Photo by Shelby
Fall mornings harvest days are a bit chilly but wonderful
Harvesting greens in the double bay high tunnel
More harvesting in the double bay high tunnel
Late season eggplants really produced a lot of fruit
Winter cover crop has filled in well
Cooper (L), Josephine (C) and Connie (R) Halloween night 2025
Harvesting bok choi in the high tunnel on a chilly November morning
Collard are looking and tasting great!
Organic sweet potatoes from Englert Farms
Frosty start to our last week of the CSA. This is some broccoli we hope heads up soon
Frosty mornings create beautiful heads of lettuce
Frosty carrot tops. These greens can handle it and the carrots are down warm in the soil.
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