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Weekly update from two subsistence organic farmers in the deep South
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173 - Growing Plans
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
19:08
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#Amanda's pulling fall veg and planting new
#The orchard is full of firewood pallets and four n
#And we're in the middle of major work on driveways
172 - Getting Started Growing Food
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
36:37
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171 - Putting Firewood By
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
18:49
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170 - Food Storage Part 2
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
23:48
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169 - Food Storage Part 1
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
14:28
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168 - Seasonal Affective "Disorder"
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
16:41
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167 - First Report on the Lodge
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
19:51
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166 - What Are Our Must Haves?
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
21:43
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165 - Looking Back, Looking Forward
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
19:36
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164 - Holiday Greetings from Longleaf Breeze
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
14:36
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163 - Producing, Not Just Consuming
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
24:33
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162 - December Update
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
21:03
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161 - The Raised Beds Are Ready; Now What?
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
20:12
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160 - Giving Thanks
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
18:56
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159 - So You Want To Go Solar - Part 2
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
23:16
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158 - So You Want To Go Solar - Part 1
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
19:15
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157 - Why Don't More of Us Heat with Wood?
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14y ago
24:32
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156 - Our Faith and Subsistence Farming
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
19:53
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155 - Guilty Pleasures
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
21:00
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154 - Sustainable Landscaping
Longleaf Breeze
14y ago
21:27
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#Lots of information on the essentials for growing
#Good choices for the new gardener (hint: tomatoes
#Organic weed control and organic pest control. We
#We are dangerously late preparing firewood for nex
#How we’ve addressed it
#What we’ve learned about different kinds of wood
#And what we’re doing to deal with the too-short se
#Last week we explained how and why we’re storing l
#Freezing
#Drying
#And using the root cellar.
#Food storage is a constant issue for subsistence f
#The best way to “store” vegetables during the wint
#It’s winter here
#And both Amanda and I are feeling less energetic
#Sleeping more
#Working less. Is this Seasonal Affective Disorder
#We've been using the lodge at Longleaf Breeze for
#For overnight guests
#And for energy conversation. Most all the news is
#PV power is expensive
#So we must use it in tiny amounts if we can. We do
#OF COURSE!
#And we do need a ceiling fan and basic lighting. B
#It's that time when we turn our attention each yea
#We turn an unflinching eye toward the goals we set
#It's our first Christmas in the lodge
#And the Farmer-in-Chief is eager to show it off. T
#Because most of the hardwoods have dropped their l
#And the woods are more open for viewing
#Amanda and I ponder this week the steps we’re taki
#Water
#Food
#Shelter
#It’s December in Elmore County
#And the weather is way too delightful. Some fruit
#And one of our poor LSU Blacks has produced a futi
#Our primary goal this fall has been to convert Veg
#What we plan to do next
#And how the raised beds fit in with our philosophy
#It's that time again
#When we pause to express our thanks for all our ma
#So there's not much more we need to say
#This week we shift our focus to indirect solar. We
#The cost of a PV installation
#Where to put the panels
#And what to expect from them. We also share some g
#Everybody asks us if we have solar panels. No
#But we hope to install them soon. This podcast and
#We love using our Regency F1100 wood stove
#But our friends don’t get it. Today we describe ea
#Our faith fits in with and drives our farming. Our
#More mother than king. Yet conservative Christians
#Sometimes more
#Air trips to CA
#Seedless red grapes flown in from overseas
#Picking up Chinese for supper
#Driving 45 minutes each way to play the dulcimer
#During these 5 years at Longleaf Breeze we have al
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