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Weekly update from two subsistence organic farmers in the deep South
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153 - What a Difference a Driveway Makes
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#Our first driveway just followed an old logging ro
#Took a hard left
#Then down a gentle slope to the lodge. We now have
#Nearly flat entrance that should be far easier to
152 - What We've Learned About Building Soil
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14y ago
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151 - Veg Hill 2.0
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14y ago
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150 - The Fruits of 2012
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14y ago
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149 - Transitioning to the Fall
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14y ago
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148 - Becoming Farmers Again
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14y ago
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147 - Making a Clothesline Work for You
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146 - The Lodge Is Open
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145 - Slowing Down the Electric Meter
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14y ago
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144 - First Fruits
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143 - Presentation To Master Gardeners on Resilience
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14y ago
38:21
142 - Gearing Up for One-Armed Farming
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14y ago
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141 - Producing Through the Heat of the Summer
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14y ago
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140 - If You Want To Help Organic Subsistence Farmers
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14y ago
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139 - What If We Were Doing This in the City?
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14y ago
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138 - Toward a Subsistence Diet
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14y ago
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137 - General Update
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14y ago
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136 - Shifting Toward Perennials
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14y ago
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135 - Back, Community. Back!
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14y ago
18:33
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134 - Annual Review Part 3 - No Allness Statements
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14y ago
19:43
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#In the South we normally have a really low percent
#Because the soil is active all year. We’ve learned
#We’re converting Veg Hill to almost all raised bed
#Land should look spiffier too. The main disadvanta
#Especially in the first year
#When the muscadines are done in a few days
#Our fruit season will be over. We’re pleased with
#Muscadines
#And figs. Our blackberries aren’t sweet enough. St
#Our big agenda this fall will be the "Veg Hill Reb
#" a sort of "do-over” for the vegetable garden. Th
#Who' hoping it will bring the weeds back to a leve
#We hope all the distractions that have pulled us f
#It’s about weeds and keeping up with the okra. In
#We have big
#Succulent muscadines. And Lee’s been busy bush hog
#Installing a stout
#Generous clothesline was the right decision for us
#It saves energy
#And it never breaks down. Whether it’s the right c
#After two years of planning and a year of construc
#We’re ready to call the lodge more or less complet
#What we’re already learning about it
#And what work still remains
#We use simple strategies at Longleaf Breeze to kee
#But the big savings come from using as little air
#Three years after we planted our first fruit trees
#We’re finally seeing fruit we can enjoy eating. Th
#Apples
#And pears are isolated. Still no persimmon
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#We spoke about resilience Tuesday to the Central A
#To use as little energy as possible
#And to increase redundancy
#Our lives changed instantly when Lee’s accident le
#But meanwhile we keep the farm producing by loweri
#Handing tasks to Amanda
#And calling on friends for help
#This is our "second summer" when nearly everything
#What's still producing well
#And what's still on deck for later. We end with st
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#We talk about why you should want to help organic
#And then on how you can do so. You could become on
#Support your agricultural extension system
#Could we adapt to the crushing changes coming if w
#Keep laying hens for eggs and maybe meat rabbits t
#Most Americans preparing food start with a recipe
#And then we go buy the ingredients we need. At Lon
#We talk blueberries
#Blackberries
#Persimmons
#Figs
#As new farmers
#We focused almost exclusively on annuals. As we do
#We’re paying more attention to perennials that req
#Like fruits
#We love the roles and relationships we’ve formed w
#But lately we’ve neglected work on the farm to att
#But we also must be judicious about volunteering o
#Our annual review ends with allness statements and
#Always teaching
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