Monthly Archives: July 2011


Podcast #93 – Why We Farm

There’s a great series running on Gene Logsdon’s site – The Contrary Farmer right now. It’s a series of guest essays entitled “Why I Farm.” In line with that, we devote this week’s podcast to Amanda’s and my answer to that question. And specifically, why we choose to be organic, […]


Making Dill Pickles

Never have cared much for dill pickles. Too salty for my taste. But the Farmer-in-Chief keeps bringing in big baskets of cukes from Veg Hill every day, and nobody’s figured out a way yet to freeze or can plain cucumbers to enjoy later.


Podcast #92 – All About Food 2

We are a little more than half way through our series of articles on our long-term strategy for food security here at Longleaf Breeze, so we thought this week’s podcast would be a good time to think through food issues.