Longleaf Breeze

We devote this week’s podcast to Amanda’s and Lee's slightly different motivations for being organic subsistence farmers and about how they converge on a shared philosophy of both ...

We're in the middle of a series of articles on long-term food strategy, Amanda's bringing in baskets of food each day, and we're giving food away to somebody every day. Great time ...

After four days away from the farm, the peas are everywhere! Also rattlesnake beans. Also: our 2nd June Gold peach is looking like a July gold. The muscadine race to the trellis li...

What a fun conversation with our daughter and announcer Adrian Lee Borden and her fiance Elion Olson! We talked about the use of the root cellar for wine storage, the shape of the ...

It's the beginning of Summer; time to talk about endings. We talk about the end of blueberries and strawberries, we dream about the end of weeds, we talk about the end of 3/4" PVC ...

Our normal rhythm of cool, wet Spring and dry, hot Summer is breaking down. Is this global weirding - climate change - or just an unusual year? If this is the new normal, how will ...

The deadly April storms made it seem more urgent that we prepare to be safe in a tornado. Our storm shelter and root cellar will be below the lodge and will be comparatively large,...

It's still Spring but feels like the middle of summer. Thanks to drip irrigation, our crops aren't dying, but they're not growing much either. And this is the time when we really n...

This edition is nothing but good news. We start with our daughter/announcer's engagement and move to drip irrigation, blackberry production, blueberry production, peaches, figs, fi...

In Alabama, cover crops are crucial, because we always need more organic matter in our soil. We haven’t been paying attention to cover crops, but we’re resolved to do better. Also:...

Amanda has planted squash, zucchini, cucumbers, and melons. Along with the tomatoes she’s also planted eggplant and peppers. We have about 200 feet of okra in the ground. We need t...

How are we doing on our twin goals of resiliency and a lighter footprint? We've used 30% of our allotted time; are we 30% finished? We look at shelter, food, water, and community...