Longleaf Breeze

We are grateful for food, for health, for our family and friends, for our church, and for our life on the farm. We also take time to be thankful for the suburban life we left behin...

We talk a lot about what we can do to become more resilient, and the most resilient form of radio communication by far is Morse Code – the hams call it CW. After putting it off for...

The summer growing season is over. Time for freezing nights. Amanda pulled her copious pepper harvest. We're wrapping up the warm season and battening down for the cold ahead. We a...

Here in the South we can grow food year round with no greenhouse, no hoop house or high tunnel, and no artificial heat. For us, keeping the garden growing year round is not only ke...

On this holiday that's all about scary things, we talk about what frightens two subsistence farmers. Climate change, for one, and the widespread willful ignorance that might allow ...

We've learned you'll save a LOT of money. Build it as close as possible, you can dry fewer loads in the winter, be flexible and watch for "good drying days," and store your pins in...

The fall harvest of sweet potatoes, muscadines, and persimmons, apples, and pears; Second Chance tomatoes, beans, peas, edamame, and squash. Brassica plantings and using our fire p...

We’re proud to raise food and give it away, and the more the better. But Russ Hopfenberg says we can't raise enough food to solve the world hunger problem. His argument is perhaps ...

The summer of 2013 was wet here in Alabama, but so far it's plenty dry this fall, and climate change probably means hotter and drier weather generally. Hayes Jackson of ACES knows ...

We talk about what it’s like to leave the city behind and the sense of isolation we sometimes feel in the country. Erik shares the frustration he sometimes feels that he’s stuck in...

Gabe, a rancher and farmer in North Dakota, has managed with careful use of some basic techniques to more than triple the organic content and fertility of his soil. How he did it s...

We've been away from the farm for a week. We got basically no rain, so Amanda's potted plants went down hard. The grass kept growing, and the okra - which needs to be well-picked a...