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Welcome to Tubby Creek Farm.

Tubby Creek Farm is the working farm and homestead of Josephine and Randy Alexander, located in Ashland, Mississippi. We are committed to providing superior quality fresh fruits and vegetables to our local community through Community Supported Agriculture, farmers markets, chef sales, and our farm stand. We grow your food with love, sunshine, water and a lot of compost but no synthetic chemicals because we are devoted to the safety of our food and the health of the land.

Are Thirteen Varieties of Lettuce Enough?

. . . Apr 05, 2013 | posted by Josephine

A sample of the types of lettuce we grow

We are growing 13 varieties of lettuce this year. That may sound like a lot – a lot more than you might find in a typical grocery store – until you realize that the Fedco Seed catalogue lists 79 entrees for lettuce. That again may sound like a lot, except that the Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook includes 276 varieties of lettuce. Just think of all those lettuces we decided not to grow. What if we picked the wrong ones? How do we choose our varieties?

The Great Chicken Exodus

. . . Mar 23, 2013 | posted by Josephine

egg-mobile and chickens with their shiny new solar electric fence

A few weeks ago our new baby chickens arrived. I thought back to last year when our first babies came and chaos ensued for the next five weeks as those tiny fluffy creatures exerted total control over our lives. Was that only 12 month ago? A harrowing experience, it made for some funny stories. Ah, what a relief to have that

Shameless Self Promotion: Help Us Win an Accessible Van!

. . . Mar 11, 2013 | posted by Josephine

You know what would be great? An accessible van. That way Randy would be able to take vegetables to market and deliver CSA shares. It would make us more independent, efficient and profitable, which is why we entered a contest to win one!

Here's the catch - we need you to vote. You can vote every day, but only one vote per IP address counts, so vote from home if you can.

On rainbows and racing the rain

. . . Feb 22, 2013 | posted by Josephine

Report from SSAWG: Mind blown.

. . . Feb 05, 2013 | posted by Josephine

A week ago Randy and I returned from the Southern Sustainable Agriculture small farm conference known as SSAWG (pronounced "sog").

To be honest, I almost didn't want to go. After the Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Growers conference I was feeling pretty information saturated. We already had a plan for this year. I didn't want any new ideas. Conferences ALWAYS give you great ideas about NEW enterprises and strategies. I just wanted the chance to get a little more experience with our farm. I wanted to stick to the plan.