Podcast #115 – Eating What We Own 2
The first of our three basic principles here at Longleaf Breeze is that we are approaching but will never reach subsistence. We’re seeing this come to life in the way we approach food.
The first of our three basic principles here at Longleaf Breeze is that we are approaching but will never reach subsistence. We’re seeing this come to life in the way we approach food.
Here we are a day past the Winter Solstice, with lots of food stored up from the summer and fall crops thriving on Veg Hill. At three days and counting before celebrating the birth of the man we embrace as Savior, we’re distinctly in a holiday mood.
We plead guilty. We’re as dependent as anyone else on 24/7 electronic media; more, perhaps, because we’re out in the country where getting access to quality printed information is a little like trying to make a decent soup with grocery store tomatoes.
We’ve failed. All the efforts to avert catastrophic climate change have been defeated by The Powers That Be, and we humans are in for a period of devastation and turmoil the likes of which our species has never faced.
Amanda and I made our first presentation as Master Gardeners this week, to the Emerald Mountain Garden Club near Wetumpka.
After some frustrating delays, the construction of our lodge is continuing at a decent clip. We’re finally allowing ourselves to get excited about it.
It’s an annual ritual for us. Our podcast that falls on or around Thanksgiving is a time for usĀ to reflect on the many ways in which we are blessed.
It has been a joy to watch the progress on the lodge up the hill from the barn where Amanda and I live. So far, each of the contractors has been friendly, masterful, and conscientious.
Life at Longleaf Breeze is a languorous journey toward subsistence, and nobody enjoys the trip more than Amanda and I do.
We know how important cover crops are to the general health and productivity of our soil.