Spring brings beautiful things, flowers and bees and a bird that sings. Gardeners are busier than bees, blooming in their exuberance and humming right along with mother nature’s display. We’ve added necessary minerals, gently tilled the soil, and livened things up with plenty of compost and biodynamic preparations. Let’s go!
Recent discoveries in quantum physics, microbiology, and ecology verify something gardeners have long known. Everything in nature is related. There are no solid lines between the plants’ roots, the soil, and the bacteria and fungi tying it all together. To help understand why garden crops do or do not thrive, we are led into the…
Best of the Barefoot Farmer Vol.I and II is now available at Amazon. Click here to buy!
The Barefoot Farmer is signing books today! 5 pm @ Armours Red Boiling Springs Hotel Come out for the fun of it!
Published in the Macon County Chronicle – January 31, 2012 We have a new book, Barefoot Farmer II. I say “we” because of all the work done by the designer and typesetter, Victoria, and the illustrator, Linda. “We” also includes Kathryne, Gabby, and the rest of the Macon County Chronicle staff, who turn my weekly…
This year begins with an update to our website. A new look that we hope you’ll like. We’ll be making the transition in the coming days. Hopefully, the changeover to a new theme will go smoothly, so bear with us as we tweak and fiddle. Any suggestions to help us improve will always be welcomed. Alan and…
Dec. 6, 2011 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111206/NEWS21/312060047/Haslam-Speed-up-chicken-farm-permits?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s FRANKLIN — Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday that his administration is trying to speed up the time it takes for poultry farms to get environmental permits. The Republican governor said after a speech to the Farm Bureau that his goal is for the state to strike the “right balance between…
1:06 PM, Dec. 6, 2011 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111207/LIFE02/312070082/Nashville-blogger-stirs-up-massive-cookie-bake-off Purchase Image Lindsay Landis laughs as her mixer splashes her blouse while she makes cookies. More than 620 bloggers are sharing cookies, and their recipes, later this month. / GEORGE WALKER IV/THE TENNESSEAN On Oct. 24, local food blogger Lindsay Landis dropped an idea into cyberspace like a…
TN LOCAL FOOD SUMMIT PSA Watch this video on YouTube.