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Last Week of the Spring CSA

Last Week of the Spring CSA

Welcome to the last week of the Spring CSA!  Spring is such a tumultuous season on the farm.  Full of promise, full of surprises, never short on frustrations.  Thank you for joining us on our journey this spring.  I hope you enjoyed eating what our…

Welcome to your good news newsletter

Welcome to your good news newsletter

Those big leaves that look like collards?  That’s senposai.  Senposai is a new green are trying out this year.  Originating in Japan, it is a cross between Komatsuna and regular cabbage.  I’d be interested to know what you think!  You can use it like you…

What is Kohlrabi?

What is Kohlrabi?

Eat your Greens The beet greens and the hakurei turnips both have lovely greens this week.  The kohlrabi, too, only we had to cut the greens off some of them to get the boxes to close!  The roots and greens will both store best if…

Follow the season, not the plan

Follow the season, not the plan

Strawberry harvest is just beginning.  We only had enough today to put berries in the full shares.  Rest assured, CSA members are first in line for berries!  Hopefully we will have enough to give all the small shares strawberries next week. Things don’t always go…

Final Week of the 2020 CSA

Final Week of the 2020 CSA

It is the final week of our 2020 CSA season.  Many, many thanks to our CSA members for supporting us this year.  As we have said a million times or more, we love being CSA farmers.  Even though the CSA is over for the year,…

Thanksgiving 2020

Thanksgiving 2020

This week we are debuting our new farm store!  You can go to tubbycreekfarm.com and order produce, goat meat and honey for delivery to your home, pick up here at the farm, or pick up at the Cooper Young Community farmers market.  The store is…

Farming, a Million Acts of Faith

Farming, a Million Acts of Faith

What a week it has been.  I am sure many of you have also been watching and waiting and hoping and fearing as election results continue to come in.  At times like this I am grateful to have meaningful work.  Nothing clears the mind like…

The Early Bird Gets the Seeds?

The Early Bird Gets the Seeds?

The Early Bird Gets the Seeds? I have finished putting together our seed order for 2021.  This is the earliest I have ever completed a seed order.  It is typically a task for the dark days of December.  Why so proactive this year?  Because I…