Welcome to episode 390 of Growers Daily! We cover: recession proofing the farm (just in case), and The Exciting World of Farm Taxes. Got quite the lineup today! And it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: Crooked Lines by Staffan Carlan via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://...
May 01, 2026•22 min
Welcome to episode 389 of Growers Daily! We cover: all the uses of garlic that aren't just a bulb, the pros and cons of farm cards, and overwintered dahlias, like in the ground. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: Midnight Sun by First Timer via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.c...
Apr 30, 2026•19 min
Welcome to episode 388 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna talk about weeds. Specifically: can weeds tell us anything useful about our soil, we'll cover weeds that just won't take the hint, and managing this years weeds for next year. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: Memory Lane by Sully Bright via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊...
Apr 29, 2026•18 min
Welcome to episode 387 of Growers Daily! We cover: what our actions today will look like to future generations, we'll discuss horse manure and pouring it over cover crops for a bed, and pitchfork-poloza. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: A Simple Mind by The Eastern Plain Another Lover by Kylie Dailey via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at...
Apr 28, 2026•20 min
Welcome to episode 386 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're squashing, protecting gardens from erosion while establishing beds, and is electrical conductivity relevant to gardeners. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: Not Holding Space by Kylie Dailey 2AM by Ben Elson via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/su...
Apr 27, 2026•20 min
Welcome to episode 385 of Growers Daily! We cover: where the pros go to learn about farming, we're talking about what to do when you find a deserted island, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Good vermicompost overview: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423824006009 MUSIC from this episode: Nylon String Theory by Candelion I F...
Apr 24, 2026•25 min
Welcome to episode 384 of Growers Daily! We cover: jasmine vines, vermicompost, a clover and pumpkin patch, what five books I would save in a fire, and your soil rocks, but literally We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Good vermicompost overview: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423824006009 MUSIC from this episode: Different Life by Sully Bright Home ...
Apr 23, 2026•21 min
Welcome to episode 383 of Growers Daily! We cover: Happy Earth Day! Today we will celebrate that a bit talking about what astronauts see when they return home, soil work you can see from space, and what cities and suburbs can offer the environment. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: Fields of Clover by Candelion Phoenix by Ludlow via www.epidemicsound....
Apr 22, 2026•25 min
Welcome to episode 382 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're taking on a TRUE whale of a tale (and learning reciprocity), and we're gonna cover contamination in municipal compost, and do you need a soil probe? We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Whale Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/climate/sperm-whale-birth-assistance.html PFAS and you: https://med.stanford.edu/n...
Apr 21, 2026•21 min
Welcome to episode 381 of Growers Daily! We cover: crops you can grow for market but not for eating, plus passive irrigating with gravity, and lowering pH for blueberries. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Bundlesticks farm broom corn: https://www.instagram.com/bundlesticksfarm/ MUSIC from this episode: Afternoon Mood by Megan Wofford Tennessee Way by Kylie Dailey via www.epi...
Apr 20, 2026•19 min
Welcome to episode 380 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking Living Fences, going back to the time when recycling was just simple livin', and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Hedging video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoprVhpOKIk MUSIC from this episode: Home by The Eastern Plain via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://w...
Apr 17, 2026•22 min
Welcome to episode 379 of Growers Daily! We cover: keeping the greenhouse warm in the spring (low-fi-ly), feeding everyone you want to, a biostimulant made of seaweed, and what's so bad about synthetic fertilizer. LOADED show. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: French seaweed documentary: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bz7eSpTD2/ Study on Ascophyllum https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.ni...
Apr 16, 2026•21 min
Welcome to episode 378 of Growers Daily! We cover: Last week I caught up with Lucio Usobiaga of Arca Tierra in Mexico, and it's hard to describe everything that this organization does. Their focus is to promote and encourage local agriculture in and around the chinampas – the famed floating gardens – in Mexico and so they aggregate a lot of food from that area. So Lucio and I talk about that. We talk about the chinampas as well—what they are, how they work (like ever think about how to get compo...
Apr 15, 2026•32 min
Welcome to episode 377 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are asking if people are actually mostly good at heart, we'll take questions about contamination, plus we shall take a closer look at that dang Jang. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The Humankind Book: https://amzn.to/4tIQlyW The Water Article Cliff Mentions: https://wtop.com/maryland/2026/02/slightly-tasting-salt-...
Apr 14, 2026•19 min
Welcome to episode 376 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are breaking down the crop voted most oxalic in high school, Swiss Chard , and Water Bankruptcy. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Colorado River compact SYSK: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stuff-you-should-know/id278981407?i=1000758816999 Link to the water bankruptcy report: https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/...
Apr 13, 2026•19 min
Welcome to episode 375 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're sanitizing our seed trays, talking about AI in the art and farming space, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Link to Nytimes AI Book story: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/books/shy-girl-book-ai.html MUSIC from this episode: Sense of You by JF Gloss via www.epidemicsound.com Support our...
Apr 10, 2026•23 min
Welcome to episode 374 of Growers Daily! We cover: when plans change for a cover crop, a shared spreadsheet for crops, what is too cold in a greenhouse, a composting pet manure question, building a pond in a city and where to find your agronomist for soil testing. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Pet manure vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFrYupFkNGs&t=120 MUSIC fro...
Apr 09, 2026•19 min
Welcome to episode 373 of Growers Daily! We cover: your burning April questions! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: None! via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com/ GrownBy: coop.grownby.com/notill Good Agriculture...
Apr 08, 2026•1 hr
Welcome to episode 372 of Growers Daily! We cover: the wild (and shared) world of agriculture in the middle ages, we will take a crop planning question and one about seeding long season crops directly, plus SHOVELS. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The Green Ages Book: https://amzn.to/4c4TQZy MUSIC from this episode: Cavalier by Kylie Dailey via www.epidemicsound.com Support...
Apr 07, 2026•20 min
Welcome to episode 371 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna talk potatoes (to compliment the video you saw the other week), we'll talk prefilling trays and growing under spruces and pines. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Chitting research: https://www.presprouting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-Agriculture-and-Horticulture-Development-Board-11140032-Chitting-Review-20...
Apr 06, 2026•21 min
Welcome to episode 370 of Growers Daily! We cover: if the farmers market is the right place to start farming, we'll check in on our pedal powered root washer, we'll check in on the birdies (with hope), and It's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Birds Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/climate/bird-declines.html?searchResultPosition=1 MUSIC from this ...
Apr 03, 2026•22 min
Welcome to episode 369 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna try to speed up your onion endeavors, we'll talk celery leaf curl and pill bug/roly poly management (specifically in the celery, but also everywhere) and crop planning for success… ions. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Dan brisebois' crop planning book: https://fedcoseeds.com/ogs/crop-planning-for-organic-...
Apr 02, 2026•19 min
Welcome to episode 368 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're going to talk mulches—specifically how to mulch to actually suppress weeds, finding the right mulch, and wood chips cause why not. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: The Eighties by Andreas Dahlback Sea Lion by OTE via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers...
Apr 01, 2026•21 min
Welcome to episode 367 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're asking if agriculture was the biggest mistake in history, we're taking a question about switching to a greenhouse from an…. In-the-house, and the mighty (useful) auger bit We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Jared Diamond article: https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/materials/Diamond-TheWorstMistakeInTheHistor...
Mar 31, 2026•20 min
Welcome to episode 366 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're doing a whole eggplant breakdown, and using (and improving) the lawn for mulch. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: I Stepped Out in the Sunshine by Daniel Fridell I'm Gonna Get Through Monday by Staffan Carlan via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/...
Mar 30, 2026•17 min
Welcome to episode 365 of Growers Daily! We cover: farmland (what's left of it at least), the dogma free garden, and a little about AI because it's friday and why not. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Brooks' Essay: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/opinion/who-will-farm-america.html?searchResultPosition=1 USDA Research on land prices: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications...
Mar 27, 2026•17 min
Welcome to episode 364 of Growers Daily! We cover: what the next month looks like on my farm and some related topics from episodes from other months on my farm. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: This year's NCAA bracket Challenge: https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/pools/kbxw63b2ge2tcnjzga3ta===/join?invited-by=ivxhi4tzhizdgmbug4zdgojr&...
Mar 26, 2026•19 min
Welcome to episode 363 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking about creative ways to sell and price produce. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: This year's NCAA bracket Challenge: https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/pools/kbxw63b2ge2tcnjzga3ta===/join?invited-by=ivxhi4tzhizdgmbug4zdgojr&via-medium=copy&ttag=FF26_cpy_invite_n...
Mar 25, 2026•22 min
Welcome to episode 362 of Growers Daily! We cover: We're gonna discuss scythes and hand scythes and if they're worth it then we will revisit a few old segments including which tools you should buy first, weeding gear, and the tools that make it easier from interview with the great Erin Worrall. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: This year's NCAA bracket Challenge: https://pick...
Mar 24, 2026•27 min
Welcome to episode 361 of Growers Daily! We cover: we'll discuss how I grow carrots in clay, making every crop succeed, especially carrots, and a little snippet from an old carrot video from 2022 (so the sound may be a bit different for that segment). We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: This year's NCAA bracket Challenge: https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tour...
Mar 23, 2026•22 min
