Growers Daily
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Growers Daily
Growers Daily (formerly known as The No-Till Market Garden Podcast) is a nuts and bolts (and earthworms and microbes) look at how to run a productive, profitable no-till market garden for small and mid-sized farmers.
Recent Episodes
568 episodes
How to Find Good (Safe) Mulch + Chemicals Can Grow Lots of Food
Welcome to episode 267 of Growers Daily!
We cover: finding good mulches, the (somewhat false) productivity of conventional agriculture, and the...
Using Compost with Soil Tests as an Amending + The Good Disturbance
Welcome to episode 266 of Growers Daily!
We cover: good disturbance, we are discussing how to fit compost into the amendment regime, and it’s fe...
Rabbit Poop as a Garden Amendment? + Is the Master Gardener Course Worth it?
Welcome to episode 265 of Growers Daily!
We cover: master gardener courses, Rabbit poop in the garden, and straw with tack? Good idea, bad idea?...
Farmers Need Diverse Income Streams + Farming with Kids || Five Tales Farm
Welcome to episode 264 of Growers Daily!
We cover: Mikey and Kez from Five Tales Farm in Australia chat with us about diversifying markets, the...
The Animal We Could Learn Something From + Getting Better Germination with the Seeder
Welcome to episode 263 of Growers Daily!
We cover: the mighty beaver (finally!), how we could make ourselves beaver like, and improving on sweet...
The Farming Things I’m Terrible At + The Brilliance of The Flail Mower
Welcome to episode 262 of Growers Daily!
We cover: our November garden plans, offering some thoughts on flail mowing, and some critical farmer t...
Why Chefs Make Good Growers (and why they don’t) + Packaging for Restaurants
Welcome to episode 261 of Growers Daily!
We cover: pricing and packaging for restaurants, working in restaurants and then working as a farmer, a...
Are Radishes Overrated + Onions You Plant in the Fall
Welcome to episode 260 of Growers Daily!
We cover: overwintering a new garden spot in a way that improves its health, onions you plant in the fa...
Bye Bye Birdies + Hello Cold Storage
Welcome to episode 259 of Growers Daily!
We cover: why the decline in bird populations (but the uptick in sea turtles), mid-size cold-storage op...
Small Farms are Expensive + Why Composters Should Just Start Farms
Welcome to episode 258 of Growers Daily!
We cover: what to do if your farm was previously a car lot, should compost operations just start a farm...
So You Want to Start a Composting Business + Where are the Prestigious Prizes for Farmers
Welcome to episode 257 of Growers Daily!
We cover: why there are no Nobels (or any other big prize) for farmers, what to do about persistent mol...
When Hay is Your Only Mulch Option + The Dogma Free Garden is a Happy Garden
Welcome to episode 256 of Growers Daily!
We cover: what to do when hay is the only mulch you got, the dogma free garden, and it’s feedback frida...
Bindweed vs Cover Crops + Interplanting With Figs
Welcome to episode 255 of Growers Daily!
We cover: bind weed vs cover crops, interplanting with figs in a tunnel, a perennial living pathways ch...
Shaking Up the Farmland Ownership Model (With Ian McSweeney and Julian Lauzzana)
Welcome to episode 254 of Growers Daily!
We cover: Ian McSweeney with The Farmers Land Trust and Farmland Commons and Julian Lauzzana join us to...
Plants Feed the Soil (Disturbing it Doesn’t) + Are Woodchips the Right Pathway Option?
Welcome to episode 253 of Growers Daily!
We cover: plants feeding the soil, why we avoid disturbance (within reason) and woodchips in the tunnel...
Mulches and Soil Health + Keeping Lemongrass Alive
Welcome to episode 252 of Growers Daily!
We cover: lemongrass and the basic principles of soil health.
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Should a Flower Grower Use Synthetic Fertilizers + What Meta Stole from Farmers
Welcome to episode 251 of Growers Daily!
We cover: we are taking a question from a flower grower wondering about synthetic fertilizers to addres...
Decompacting Clay without Making it Worse + Going from Good Soil to YIKES Soil
Welcome to episode 250 of Growers Daily!
We cover: balancing the good and the bad, Decompacting clay without making it worse, and we hear about...
Farmer Jesse Goes Live for October Farm Updates
Welcome to episode 249 of Growers Daily!
We cover: October LIVE!!!
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When to Protect My Crops (and With What) + This Show is a One-Year Old
Welcome to episode 248 of Growers Daily!
We cover: we’re celebrating one year of this show, so we’ll talk a bit about that and what I’ve learned...
Should I Heat My Tunnel? + Cover Cropping for Mulch Next Year
Welcome to episode 247 of Growers Daily!
We cover: if we should heat our tunnels (like financially and environmentally does it make sense), cove...
Fungal to Bacterial Ratios for Soil Health + The Death of Curiosity
Welcome to episode 246 of Growers Daily!
We cover: fungal to bacterial ratios for soil health and whether it means anything for you, we discuss...
Breaking Those Brassica Woes + Unconventional Garden Tools
Welcome to episode 245 of Growers Daily!
We cover: tools I’ve discovered (that aren’t necessarily meant for how I use them), how to achieve that...
Resellers at the Farmers Markets + Corn Stalks With Too Many Ears
Welcome to episode 244 of Growers Daily!
We cover: corn stalks with five ears and what the heck that means, what resellers do and don’t bring to...
How to Pick Garlic Seed + What’s the Deal With Silage Tarps?
Welcome to episode 243 of Growers Daily!
We cover: silage tarps–the good, bad and ugly (because they are definitely a little ugly), what to do f...
Planting Cover Crops into Garlic? + Curing Sweet Potatoes
Welcome to episode 242 of Growers Daily!
We cover: curing sweet potatoes to sweeten them up, Farmer jargon, and should you plant cover crops and...
Should You Keep Your Potatoes as Seed Potatoes + The Lifespan of Small Businesses (Including Farms)
Welcome to episode 241 of Growers Daily!
We cover: if we should keep this year’s potatoes to grow next year's potatoes, the lifespan of a busine...
Crop Rotations in a Small Garden + Lettuce Diseases
Welcome to episode 240 of Growers Daily!
We cover: crop rotations in a small garden, whether you can compost the plant that makes ricine (yeah,...
What Makes Farms Succeed + Farming in Australia with Mikey Densham of Five Tales Farm
Welcome to episode 239 of Growers Daily!
We cover: Mikey Densham is going to join me for a show to talk a bit about the challenges of farming th...
Too Much Organic Matter HELP! + Managing This Year’s Weeds for Next Year
Welcome to episode 238 of Growers Daily!
We cover: potentially having too high of organic matter levels, lessons from my milpa patch, and what t...
It’s Grow Time (for Winter Kill Cover Crops) + Does A Trap Crop Work for Berries
Welcome to episode 237 of Growers Daily!
We cover: the nerdy details of actually getting those winter killed cover crops in the soil + we answer...
Use Those Weeds + Can You “Compost” Right on a Garden Bed?
Welcome to episode 236 of Growers Daily!
We cover: how to use the weeds around the property, and can you “compost” materials right where you pla...
Can I Get Rid of Bindweed and Johnson Grass by Spring + Bean Beetles and Squash Bugs
Welcome to episode 235 of Growers Daily!
We cover: if you can get rid of perennial weeds like bindweed and johnsongrass by the spring, plus we’l...
Living Mulches + Can I Use Pet Manure in Compost and Other Compost Questions Answered
Welcome to episode 234 of Growers Daily!
We cover: today we are answering your composting questions and we’re talking about living mulches.
Farming People’s Yards + When To Pull Those Tomatoes
Welcome to episode 233 of Growers Daily!
We cover: different CSA models, Farming people’s yards and when the heck to pull out those tunnel tomat...
Why the Fall is the Best Time to Start a Garden + Farming in a Resort Town
Welcome to episode 232 of Growers Daily!
We cover: making the case for breaking ground in the fall on next year’s garden or garden expansion, we...
Venomous Spiders in the Garden and Greenhouse + Being a Good Farm Boss
Welcome to episode 231 of Growers Daily!
We cover: Black Widows (and other spiders you don’t want biting you) in the garden, we’re talking about...
Is Paper Mulch a Viable Option + Grassfed vs Feedlot Beef
Welcome to episode 230 of Growers Daily!
We cover: grassfed vs feedlot meat, how much cold storage do you REALLY need for a market garden, and w...
What it Takes to Winter Garden + How to Turn New Potatoes to Seed Potatoes
Welcome to episode 229 of Growers Daily!
We cover: winter gardening both on the infrastructural side and the deliciousness side, and we get an i...
How the Garden Challenges Your Cooking + All About Growing Ginger
Welcome to episode 228 of Growers Daily!
We cover: ginger and some easy and fun ways to use basically anything that comes out of the garden.