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Frost Bite

Frost Bite

The universe might be telling us not to grow tomatoes, but we are not listening. Frost bitten tomatoes making a come back. I was so convinced that the frost on the morning of April 20th would be our last that I wasn’t paying any attention last…

Only January? Spring Will be Here Soon

Only January? Spring Will be Here Soon

Happy New Year!  We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.  Here at Tubby Creek Farm, we are celebrating the arrival of a litter of puppies.  Georgia, the tiny little wirehaired terrier mutt that showed up in early December had four healthy puppies two days…

Greenhouse Blowout!!!

Greenhouse Blowout!!!

Let’s just cut to the chase, shall we?  The greenhouse blew down.  Wednesday night we had a wicked storm.  The front blew through and we thought we were in the clear.  Then, around 9:30 or 10pm, a severe thunderstorm popped up and walloped us.  The…

Getting Ready for Fall

Getting Ready for Fall

Randy was in Nashville most of the week so I was left to my own devices on the farm.  What did I do?  Binge-watched the entire first season of Downton Abbey on Netflix, that’s what.  And I did some farming, too:  transplanted out kale, collards,…

Fall Planting under way

Fall Planting under way

Okra and eggplant again?  We understand if you are getting a little tired of summer and its vegetables.  I am pretty tired of summer, too.  When the weather is hot it’s hard to imagine that fall will ever come, but we are still getting ready…

Building the Greenhouse

Building the Greenhouse

What an exciting weekend, we got the greenhouse nearly built!  And it’s a good thing, too, because we’ll be needing it to start seedlings very soon.  Saturday morning we were at the farm before 9 am to be there for our delivery of lumber and…