Longleaf Breeze

It's that time when we turn our attention each year to the goals we set for the past year. As promised, we turn an unflinching eye toward the goals we set for 2012 (hint: we get 50...

It's our first Christmas in the lodge, and the Farmer-in-Chief is eager to show it off. This time of year the forest is beautiful for walking, because most of the hardwoods have dr...

Amanda and I ponder this week the steps we’re taking to make ourselves more resilient and less subject to the money economy. We look at the basic human needs of air, water, food, s...

It’s December in Elmore County, and the weather is way too delightful. Some fruit trees are budding, and one of our poor LSU Blacks has produced a futile December fig. We may need...

Our primary goal this fall has been to convert Veg Hill to raised beds. This week we cover what we've already planted and where, what we plan to do next, and how the raised beds fi...

It's that time again, when we pause to express our thanks for all our many blessings. By now you know the drill, so there's not much more we need to say...

This week we shift our focus to indirect solar. We talk about the best way to lay the groundwork for PV, the cost of a PV installation, where to put the panels, and what to expect ...

Everybody asks us if we have solar panels. No, but we hope to install them soon. This podcast and its sequel next week talk about the challenges and opportunities of using PV. Firs...

We love using our Regency F1100 wood stove, but our friends don’t get it. Today we describe each objection or reservation we’ve heard about using a wood stove and respond to each o...

Our faith fits in with and drives our farming. Our God is defined more by love than judgement, more mother than king. Yet conservative Christians often resonate with what we’re doi...

Air trips to CA, seedless red grapes flown in from overseas, picking up Chinese for supper, driving 45 minutes each way to play the dulcimer, running that fuel-hungry bush hog, the...

During these 5 years at Longleaf Breeze we have almost ignored how the farm looks. Now it is time to think about it. But we know it must be low cost and low maintenance to make any...