We celebrate our first anniversary reflecting on what has changed and what has not. We kept our three principles and commitment to organic subsistence farming. But the barn became home, the orchard got bigger, and Amanda became the Farmer-in-Chief

Our soil is highly acidic, so what can we do? Also: winter squash, sunn hemp, planning the orchard expansion, and planning for resilient energy/water flow without a reliable electrical grid.

Who eats persimmons? On purpose? But after tasting a well-grown Oriental persimmon, we have a whole new outlook. Also, compost update, learning why our southern soils are less fertile, growing something year-round, and soil testing

Woo-hoo! Our 50th podcast! We're grateful for advice from a young farmer and an old one. Also: dumpster diving for cardboard, finishing the compost, whacking at kudzu, first taste of fall, good food going to the landfill, and updating the database.

The row cover is saving our fall veg from the grasshoppers. None of the fall veg need pollination, so we can set up a barrier keeping out all insects. Also: our sunn hemp scare, where to expand the orchard and what to plant

It's simpler than most people think, EVERYBODY should be composting, how we do it, keeping the pile moist, row covers on Row 6, workshops and workdays, "South Orchard" expansion?

Up late last night, but it's done! 50 pears, roughly 2 1/2 gallons. Also, what makes our preserves different, is a water bath needed for canning?, fall veg review, cutting down sunn hemp, refreshing the orchard, settling an argument about Lee's tea

We can already begin to sense how near fall is on brisk mornings, the effect of fall on Veg Hill, firewood prep and passive solar changes, additions to Row 6, our first Master Gardener class, picking pears, compost tea

For our ignorance about growing things, the Master Gardener program is just the thing. Classes, service requirement, the Master Gardener hotline, role of organic. Harvesting sweet potatoes, muscadine trellis redo, easy way to freeze tomatoes

Trellising the easy (and cheap) way, when to do it, trellising tomatoes that won't grow, retrofitting the muscadine trellis. Also, using air conditioning, reorganizing our storage, enjoying books again, drip extension, using plastic to kill weeds