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Weekly update from two subsistence organic farmers in the deep South
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193 - When It Rains . . .
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
20:24
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#We’ve had rain at Longleaf Breeze for 13 of the la
#Showers for sweating
#Mowing for weeds
#And insect repellent for mosquitoes. Is the new no
192 - Celebrating Dependence Day
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
20:29
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191 - Our Eight-Month Fruit Season
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
20:15
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190 - Managing Humidity in the Deep South
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
19:26
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189 - General Update
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
20:53
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188 - Big Plans for Pecans
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
20:15
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187 - A Strawberry Summary
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13y ago
18:43
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186 - Whew! Safe From Vampires
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
20:26
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185 - Gearing Up for the Heat
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
21:00
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184 - The Winter of 2012-13
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
19:18
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183 - About Our Pond
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13y ago
19:13
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182 - Finishing the Raised Beds
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
23:11
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181 - Spring Update
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13y ago
20:42
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180 - Raised Beds and the Home Vegetable Garden
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
31:29
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179 - Of Moles, Voles, and Impolite Language
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
19:09
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178 - Ouch! A Late Spring Freeze
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
19:22
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177 - Filling In the Orchard
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
17:57
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176 - Our First Big Event
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
21:40
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175 - Record Keeping Matters
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
18:58
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174 - Starting Seed
Longleaf Breeze
13y ago
23:37
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#On this July 4th
#We celebrate what is wonderful about the nation we
#Weather forecasting
#The extension system
#We’re still learning what we can expect from our d
#And every year is different
#But we have enough experience to at least begin to
#Month-by-month
#We love living and growing in Dixie. The four dist
#Maybe three - spring's pretty much a mirage)
#We're hooked on growing fall veg through the winte
#And you just can't beat October. But the price we
#Every now and then we need to do a show where we j
#Cabbage
#CHARD
#Strawberries
#It’s high time we planted some pecans
#Because it’ll take about ten years to get any nuts
#And we’re not getting any younger! We're nearly ce
#But pecans are key to our subsistence plan
#We've had a good run with strawberries this year
#Our best crop ever. The season is waning now. We s
#How we planted and tended it
#And what we'll change next year
#We’ve been busy this week harvesting onion
#And especially garlic. This week’s program is all
#Where
#And how we planted it
#The lows in the low 40s on Monday and Tuesday made
#But the cool mornings are already a distant memory
#We’ll be able to dry more clothes
#And we’ll need to stay hydrated!
#Starting out mild and delivering anemic chilling h
#The winter nevertheless demanded lots of heating
#Particularly in its waning months. March was colde
#Longleaf Breeze came with a one-acre pond. We've
#How it came to be
#And how we're implementing it one step at a time
#We finished the raised beds this week. Think we're
#How we built the beds
#What it took to place them
#What we’re learning about growing in them
#Transition talk about garlic
#Cover crops
#Strawberries
#New raised beds
#This week’s podcast covers the advantages and disa
#How to build them
#Where to put them
#What to put in them
#We've done okay with pests in the garden like deer
#Rabbits
#And even aphids. Moles and voles are driving us cr
#It's good we didn't plant heat-loving veg early th
#More than expected on the figs
#And less than expected on the peaches and pears
#Every year about this time we find ourselves racin
#Kiwifruit
#Loquat
#Blueberry
#This week we got our first chance to use the lodge
#How our guests seemed to react to the facilities
#And what we've learned after hosting such a large
#We apologize for our failure to keep good records
#Plantings on Veg Hill
#Fruit trees in the orchard
#And soon now
#We depend on a heat mat and a grow light to give o
#Mostly from doing it the wrong way first!
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