Surely you have noticed the red orbs adorning the tables of some of the others farmers at the farmers market when you come to pick up your share.  Our tomatoes are not late – theirs are just early.  Some of the tomatoes at the market…

The calendar may say it is still spring, but it sure feels like summer at Tubby Creek Farm.  Summer crops are replacing spring ones, with summer squash starting this week and cucumbers likely next week.  The lettuce is done until fall, as are the snow…

This week we are feeling thankful.  Why?  Because eleven households supported our farm this spring, placing their trust in us and hoping to get some vegetables in return.  Thank you for being a founding member of our CSA.  We’ve been on a pretty steep learning…

Planting Party – We’ve got 550 tomatoes, 400 eggplants, 400 peppers, 200 basils and 50 tomatillos to plant!  Come join us next Sunday, April 8th for a planting BONANZA!  We’ll be planting from first light through early afternoon.  Feel free to come down and camp…

As of Tuesday night I am now back to sleeping in my bed, with my husband.  It is great.  Since last Thursday, I had been sleeping with the chickens.  On the floor, in the shed, where the smell of chicken poo had been steadily increasing…

Today was not a good day to be a chicken at Tubby Creek Farm. To get the full story, we need to back up a day.  Yesterday, we moved the Cornish Rocks into their new digs – the chicken tractor.  We had just finished it…

So here’s the deal.  We’ve got this old barn that fell down at some unknown point in the past.  Mrs. Wilson got all the good stuff out of it (t-posts and the like) and had someone come for all the scrap metal.  We are left…

THE CHICKS ARE HERE!  This morning the post office called at 7:00 am to let us know our chicks had arrived.  Randy said he could here them peeping in the background. Our chicks are here?!?!?! After being anxious all day yesterday I was surprised to…