Longleaf Breeze

Twisters last week killed 236 people and caused untold property damage. Today we remember those who died. Also: delayed planting, orchard update, Lee’s fix on the Tractor, a dog jo...

We love living in our tiny apartment in the barn, but Amanda has a spiritual gift of hospitality and needs to entertain. We talk about the floor plan, the view, and the energy effi...

And we have 20 more in pots! How did we lose control? We're reacting to last year's terrible harvest, and we still see this as a learning experience. This year we're preparing soil...

We’re delighted to sell our house, but we've neglected the farm to do it. Weeds, late planting, unmulched fruit trees, incomplete soil prep. Gotta get that deer fence in now! We al...

This is unnatural for us, but we devote this podcast to regret. What did we do wrong? Did we buy the right property? The right tractor? Hire the right contractors? Buy building mat...

We’ve just moved the last of our belongings from our suburban home. AFTER donating tons to the Salvation Army, we managed to fill up a 10 x 20 foot storage unit. So we’re thinking ...

We're preparing our suburban home to sell it next week. We grieve about the city life we've left behind (friends, convenience, robust Internet service) and the things we'll miss th...

We’ve enjoyed the fun things we're doing with our dear family and friends, but how do we manage all those farm tasks we know need doing when we’re spending so much time away from t...

The trees are budding, the broccoli is having another go of it, and the sleepy brussels sprouts are now pouring it on. The cabbage is looking great too, but what's that critter tha...

We know oil will cost more. Will it be available at all? Will the electric grid be reliable? Will economic activity collapse? Law and order? How will we attend to basic human needs...

We’ve planted 84 trees. Next up: erosion control and orchard floor, trellis lines, deer fence, drip irrigation, mulch, and pruning. Also: start of spring planting on Veg Hill, anot...

We're in full scale planting mode, 19 trees yesterday, hoping for even more today. High-density organic orcharding, using a flared auger, hitting a water line, designing drip irrig...