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Now Hiring Full-Time Production Manager

Now Hiring Full-Time Production Manager

Tubby Creek Farm is hiring a full-time, year round Production Manager.  This person will work with farmers Jo and Randy and 3-5 seasonal part-time employees to produce high quality, Certified Naturally Grown produce for our CSA program, farmers markets, and wholesale orders. We started Tubby…

2020 CSA Registration Kick Off!

2020 CSA Registration Kick Off!

Our 2020 Community Supported Agriculture program is now open for new members!  Enjoy a box of fresh, seasonal, high quality Certified Naturally Grown produce every week in two different share sizes.  The CSA will begin in mid-April and run through mid-November.  You can sign up…

Happy (almost) Winter Solstice

Happy (almost) Winter Solstice

The big news is that the new wash/pack facility is going up!  The concrete floor has been poured and framing is underway.  If the weather cooperates, it could be done as early as mid-January.   We have nearly reached our financial goals and we still have…

We Made It!

We Made It!

We made it!  We have arrived at the last week of the 2019 CSA!  After that first hard freeze took out all our lettuce I wasn’t sure we were going to get here.  Then we got a week of record breaking cold with early morning…

Building Organic Matter, a Win-Win

Building Organic Matter, a Win-Win

Proof that our soil is getting better Earlier this year we had our soil tested.  I walked around the garden with a trowel and some quart freezer bags, and scooped up soil from various spots, and sent off five separate samples from our crop field. …

Scrambling into Fall

Scrambling into Fall

We were scrambling today to get a bunch of harvesting done ahead of a rainy day tomorrow and then plummeting temperatures.  I promis e a newsier newsletter next week. Your shares today feature giant kohlrabi! I am particularly excited about this kohlrabi because last fall…

Family, Farm Party & Fall

Family, Farm Party & Fall

We’ve been enjoying some company lately.  My mother, Guin, has been here for her semi annual visit.  Randy’s mother, Connie, was able to visit for a week.  And my dad, Sterling, made it out for a few days for our Fall Party.  Cooper has been…

Unusual, Challenging Yes Farming is Complex

Unusual, Challenging Yes Farming is Complex

If you’ve been keeping up with this newsletter, then you already know this has been a challenging year.  I saw a couple pictures of our farmers market display from a year ago, when it was beautiful and piled high with all kinds of vegetables.  It…