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We’ve been watching through the row cover, but now the bugs are down, so we pulled the row cover Sunday. Also: spreading pelletized lime is simple, breaking in a new smoker, and ce...

All it took was one night of freezing temperatures to lay waste to most of our summer veg. Some of the survivors surprised us: the okra is still hangin’ in there, as is the sunn he...

Our original strategy for surviving without air conditioning, and why it failed. What we did instead. What we would do differently. More Planting even now. Reprieve from the frost ...

No, Amanda wasn't stuck in London needing money wired to her, but it was a long day. How we're recovering, and what we've learned. Also: baby shower on the farm, 10,000 hours, thir...

We celebrate our first anniversary reflecting on what has changed and what has not. We kept our three principles and commitment to organic subsistence farming. But the barn became ...

Our soil is highly acidic, so what can we do? Also: winter squash, sunn hemp, planning the orchard expansion, and planning for resilient energy/water flow without a reliable electr...

Who eats persimmons? On purpose? But after tasting a well-grown Oriental persimmon, we have a whole new outlook. Also, compost update, learning why our southern soils are less fert...

Woo-hoo! Our 50th podcast! We're grateful for advice from a young farmer and an old one. Also: dumpster diving for cardboard, finishing the compost, whacking at kudzu, first taste ...

The row cover is saving our fall veg from the grasshoppers. None of the fall veg need pollination, so we can set up a barrier keeping out all insects. Also: our sunn hemp scare, wh...

It's simpler than most people think, EVERYBODY should be composting, how we do it, keeping the pile moist, row covers on Row 6, workshops and workdays, "South Orchard" expansion?...

Up late last night, but it's done! 50 pears, roughly 2 1/2 gallons. Also, what makes our preserves different, is a water bath needed for canning?, fall veg review, cutting down sun...

We can already begin to sense how near fall is on brisk mornings, the effect of fall on Veg Hill, firewood prep and passive solar changes, additions to Row 6, our first Master Gard...