We are grateful for food, for health, for our family and friends, for our church, and for our life on the farm. We also take time to be thankful for the suburban life we left behind, because it prepared us for our lives as farmers

We talk a lot about what we can do to become more resilient, and the most resilient form of radio communication by far is Morse Code – the hams call it CW. After putting it off for two years, I am now learning the code, painfully slowly

The summer growing season is over. Time for freezing nights. Amanda pulled her copious pepper harvest. We're wrapping up the warm season and battening down for the cold ahead. We also discuss closing down the orchard for the winter

Here in the South we can grow food year round with no greenhouse, no hoop house or high tunnel, and no artificial heat. For us, keeping the garden growing year round is not only key to food resilience, it’s the way we keep our soil fertile

On this holiday that's all about scary things, we talk about what frightens two subsistence farmers. Climate change, for one, and the widespread willful ignorance that might allow a demagogue to take power, and a breakdown of law and order

We've learned you'll save a LOT of money. Build it as close as possible, you can dry fewer loads in the winter, be flexible and watch for "good drying days," and store your pins indoors. Splurge on a washer that wrings clothes really dry

The fall harvest of sweet potatoes, muscadines, and persimmons, apples, and pears; Second Chance tomatoes, beans, peas, edamame, and squash. Brassica plantings and using our fire pit for the foyer group. Adrian helps with pecan clearing

We’re proud to raise food and give it away, and the more the better. But Russ Hopfenberg says we can't raise enough food to solve the world hunger problem. His argument is perhaps one of the most difficult we’ve confronted on Longleaf Breeze

The summer of 2013 was wet here in Alabama, but so far it's plenty dry this fall, and climate change probably means hotter and drier weather generally. Hayes Jackson of ACES knows how to choose plants that grow just fine with little or no extra water

We talk about what it’s like to leave the city behind and the sense of isolation we sometimes feel in the country. Erik shares the frustration he sometimes feels that he’s stuck in the city and missing all the fun farmers are having