Longleaf Breeze

Eating and giving away food from Veg Hill, waiting for the ryegrass to die, Petals from the Past, update on the irrigation system, flooding then drought then flooding, fun with the...

Focusing on water with our drip irrigation system, trenching, installing PVC pipes, planting sunflowers on Veg Hill, coping with a plague of horse flies...

Mulch interferes with weeding, pruning muscadines, pruning fruit trees, finishing the clothesline, planting centipede grass, compost plan F, compost volunteers, gearing up for irri...

The grass that wouldn't die, muscadine trellis, two sisters instead of three, we want sun!, firewood is beckoning, new ornamentals, bush hog mishap, our romantic anniversary...

Race to the plant sales, then let them sit, what's in the ground, the database, from flood to drought, planning irrigation system, critters in the compost, firewood shuffle...

What appliances we have given up, tankless water heater, the future for Longleaf Breeze, plans for solar panels, household cleaning and personal hygiene products, when to compost a...

Why we changed our lifestyle so dramatically, what chemicals and fertilizers we use, the efficiency of humanure, wood heating and the carbon cycle, how we use compost, growing herb...

Lee focuses on legal practice, Amanda on the farm, how long?, transplanting tenacious strawberries, our first rainfall measurement, and the wind!, we need rain, humanure compost pi...

Welcoming Joe, Michelle, Smith, and Grandma, changes in the deer fence and orchard, slow progress on the greenhouse, starting seed without a greenhouse, Good Friday planting, Lee’s...

Growth in three days, fruit trees, forest trees including the persimmon, birds, and bugs, deer fence is finished!, laying out rows and aisles on Veg Hill, Good Friday planting, pla...

Succession of people we love seeing what we're doing, what surprises them, deer fence progress, sun oven update, Adrian's perceptions of the changes...

Making real progress, heavy fence fabric, enclosure feeling, our seed purchases, starting seed, working with the composting toilet, planning the greenhouse, budding fruit trees...