Latest Longleaf breeze Podcast Episodes
273 - Big Changes at LongleafBreeze.com
Longleaf Breeze - February 05, 2015 20:00 - 6 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsAfter six years, it's time to shift our focus from what we're experiencing to what we can share. You'll see a bold new responsive design. Expect fewer podcasts, but there will be more information you can find and use. And we'll keep changing
272 - Here Comes Spring!
Longleaf Breeze - January 29, 2015 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsFarmers have to keep one eye on next season. Even though it’s cold outside, we’re planning spring and summer vegetables. So when should we terminate our cover crops? They always hit a growth spurt when we most need to make room for other plantings
271 - A Few More Longleafs Every Year
Longleaf Breeze - January 22, 2015 08:00 - 15 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe love longleaf pines. They will live hundreds of years and are our forest's best tool for survival in an uncertain climate. Each January we plant a box of 330 longleaf seedlings. This year we're planting around the driveway, lodge, and Veg Hill
270 - The Gritty Realities of Heating with Wood
Longleaf Breeze - January 15, 2015 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe love heating with wood, but it has its disadvantages. The temperature in your home will vary more widely, it's messy, you must be present to start heating, and you have to think WAY ahead to have enough seasoned wood
269 - Getting Through a Wicked Freeze
Longleaf Breeze - January 08, 2015 19:00 - 17 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe’ve known about this for a week and had time to prepare. We were safe and comfortable. The issues were utility systems, plants, and animals. And most of that was managing water, keeping it off the animals but thawed and flowing when needed
268 - As We Enter 2015 . . .
Longleaf Breeze - January 01, 2015 18:00 - 13 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsToday we look back on 2014 and some "firsts" it brought with it, like the chickens and a cover crop test. We also talk about what we think lies ahead in 2015, like maybe meat rabbits, a greenhouse, and perhaps citrus.
267 - Limping Into Christmas
Longleaf Breeze - December 25, 2014 10:00 - 5 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsMerry Christmas! We are back from a week in California visiting with Joe and his family. The visit was delightful, but we both are struggling with illness and weak voices, so we have kept today's program short
266 - Vinegar on the Farm
Longleaf Breeze - December 11, 2014 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe use vinegar in our food the same way others do, but we also use it for weed control, for cleaning and stair removal, and for pickling. Most recently, we used it to disinfect the chicken coop and the brooder bin.
265 - Slaughtering Chickens
Longleaf Breeze - December 04, 2014 21:00 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsYesterday we ushered two aged laying hens from coop to table. We learned: Start early in the day, make sure your knife is sharp, expect them to complain loudly, don't spend money on a cone or a plucker, learn chicken anatomy, and secure the dog
264 - We are Thankful for . . .
Longleaf Breeze - November 27, 2014 16:00 - 19 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe're thankful for food put by, for food growing through the winter, for hens ready to grace our stewpot, for laying hens coming on this Spring, for firewood in winter and shade in summer, but especially for relationships with friends and family
263 - January in November
Longleaf Breeze - November 20, 2014 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsNovember for us is usually quiet, cool, and pleasant. This year it just slammed us with winter, and our poor plants were unprepared. The figs probably died back to the ground yet again. But frost blanket protected our tender broccoli
262 - Growing Fruit at Home
Longleaf Breeze - November 14, 2014 00:00 - 36 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsSoon it will be time to plant fruit trees in Alabama. Today’s podcast includes a listing of fruits in descending order of the ease of growing them in central Alabama
261 - Raising Baby Chicks
Longleaf Breeze - November 06, 2014 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsIn the shop, well protected from Oddie, our four tiny chicks are eating, drinking, peeing, and pooping. Mostly sleeping. This program is about their breeds, their temporary home, and our plans for their transition to the coop on the orchard floor
260 - Garlic Planting Time
Longleaf Breeze - October 30, 2014 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsMaster Gardener and Garlic Guru RJ Arceneaux describes what kind of soil garlic prefers, when and how to plant it, how to care for it over the winter, and how to know when it's ready to harvest. In the South, this is the time to plant it
259 - R.I.P. Summertime
Longleaf Breeze - October 23, 2014 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsIt was good for spring peas, tomatoes, beans, squash, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, okra, sweet potatoes, edamame, summer peas, apples, muscadines, persimmons, and blueberries. Lousy for melons, corn, peaches, plums, pears, figs, and blackberries
258 - Grandmere’s Neglected Garden
Longleaf Breeze - October 16, 2014 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsI failed to care for Amanda's garden while she was gone for a week. The beans and peas may be usable as seed but aren't fit to eat. The okra plants have collapsed with giant pods. We do have some gorgeous red peppers, though
257 - Tiny Houses
Longleaf Breeze - October 09, 2014 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsOur home is 1/4 the size of the suburban house we left behind, so we thought it was small, but it's palatial compared to tiny houses, which force us to contemplate how much living space one needs to be happy. Think 200 sq ft, sometimes less
256 - In Praise of Persimmons
Longleaf Breeze - October 02, 2014 17:00 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsThe persimmons we love are Asian persimmons, a far cry from the ones that turned our mouths inside out when we were kids. Mild, sweet, slightly tangy, and seedless, they have become our favorite. They are the last of our fruits to ripen each year
255 - Can We Make Our Farm Less Oily?
Longleaf Breeze - September 25, 2014 19:00 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsGas prices are low, at least in relation to recent history, but we will soon see a petroleum shortage. Most of us will be forced to live with less gasoline and diesel fuel. Yes, we grow our own food, but how can we cut our petroleum use?
254 - Chickens: the Good, the Bad, and the (Still) Unknown
Longleaf Breeze - September 18, 2014 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsToday's program is an honest, rueful reflection on the mistakes we think we made and what we are learning from them. Our first chickens were an economic waste, producing surprisingly few eggs for all the care and feeding they received
253 - Summer Sprints to the Finish Line
Longleaf Breeze - September 04, 2014 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsLate summer usually means fired up tomatoes, squash consumed by insects, and a push to plant for fall. This year, we're getting a surprising spurt of production. Plentiful rain helped, but so did Amanda's mid-summer planting
252 - When to Hire Help? DIY?
Longleaf Breeze - August 28, 2014 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe're still figuring out what tasks we should hire professionals to help us do and which ones we should do ourselves. This program lays out the factors we consider when we're thinking about hiring someone to help us with a project
251 - Chatting with Master Gardeners About the Fall
Longleaf Breeze - August 21, 2014 16:00 - 30 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe're transitioning to the fall, which we love. It's more pleasant to be outside, the weeds and bugs slow down, and we get to grow vegetables like collards and kohlrabi that just don't work in central Alabama in the summer
250 - Uh-oh. Firewood. Now!
Longleaf Breeze - August 14, 2014 14:00 - 19 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsIt's hot in August, but winter arrives soon, and we'll need warmth. We've neglected to build a supply of seasoned firewood, so we're playing catch-up. We'll use the sun for drying, and we'll use wood sparingly until we're sure we'll have enough
249 - After Years of Waiting, Abundant Fruit
Longleaf Breeze - August 07, 2014 06:00 - 16 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsGrowing fruit is an exercise in delayed gratification. After four years, the fruit trees are maturing and we are beginning to see real abundance of apples, pears, figs, muscadines, blueberries, and persimmons. Still waiting on the peaches and plums
248 - Let's Hear It For Diversity!
Longleaf Breeze - July 31, 2014 17:00 - 16 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsIn central Alabama pears usually outperform apples, So plant only pears, right? If we had followed that advice, we would have missed out on a delicious, abundant apple harvest this year. Our best crop ever, yielding 4 1/2 gallons of apple jam
247 - What We're Learning About Squash
Longleaf Breeze - July 24, 2014 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe love squash, but it sure keeps us humble. This week we offer some perspective on squash formed over our five years of planting it, nurturing it, watching it die, and every now and then, enjoying its delicious bounty.
246 - Invaders On Every Flank
Longleaf Breeze - July 17, 2014 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsIt's the middle of the summer in Central Alabama, and that means it's the peak of pest season. Stink bugs, squash bugs, vine borers, grasshoppers, not to mention poison ivy and plain old weeds, all make our farming work more interesting
245 - Can Subsistence Farmers Ever Vacation?
Longleaf Breeze - July 10, 2014 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe're back now from a one-week stay at the lake. It was beautiful, and we had fun, but we're not rested. We returned to the farm daily to check on the vegetables, the fruit, the chickens, and the dog. What should we have done differently?
244 - Independence Days
Longleaf Breeze - July 04, 2014 02:00 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 3 ratingsWe look beyond the national Independence Day to explore what we're doing to make ourselves more independent. How are we doing on planting, harvesting, preserving, limiting waste, living frugally, and building community food systems?
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