Amanda and I love thunderstorms. Always have. We love them even more now that we live in a pole barn.

We’ve been thinking a lot about water at Longleaf Breeze what with the drought, the irrigation system we’re installing, and all the plants needing watering on a regular basis. Water is precious today and will be even more precious in the years ahead.

We didn’t notice them as much last year. Maybe it’s because we were here mainly on weekends, or because of global warming, or maybe, as we do all other problems we don’t know how to solve, we can blame it on Nancy Pelosi. But for whatever reason, we are tormented […]

We’ve known since we first began planning our little farm at Longleaf Breeze that it would contain a drip irrigation and faucet system. The real work begins this weekend, as we use a rented trencher to open up the earth for pipes running all over our “core campus.”

We’ve heard over and over that you don’t want bare soil when you’re planting. But all that mulch that looked so good when we planted is a big pain when it’s time to weed.

The continuing theme of most “outdoorsy” stories Amanda and I grew up hearing was about the cute, resourceful wild animals who frolicked innocently doing what came naturally to sweet rural creatures (think Peter Rabbit and Bugs Bunny) and the cruel, callous, and rather dull humans (think Elmer Fudd and Mr […]

Several members of our Serendipity Sunday School class from Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church in Birmingham came to see us at the farm Saturday. We had a great visit, but that’s not what this post is about.

This is a companion post to the conversation Amanda and I had yesterday on the weekly podcast about ryegrass.

It seemed like a good idea when the erosion was threatening to wash away our farm, but ryegrass is playing havoc with our veg.

It was easy making it through an Alabama winter in our new little home. Now the real work begins, as we see how it performs in the hot, sticky, humidity of an Alabama summer.