For my last episode, it was an honor to talk with Jo Ann Baumgartner, the executive director of Wild Farm Alliance . Wild Farm Alliance is celebrating 25 years of working to promote healthy viable agriculture that helps protect and restore wild nature. You can get involved with their work if you are interested in having nesting boxes or raptor perches on your farm, AND THEN your farm can be included on the VER YCOOL flyways trail . Stay tuned for the end of the conversation, I have some parting ...
Feb 24, 2025•56 min
Welcome to episode 94 of Growers Daily! We cover: clearing snow from tunnels, will higher food prices help local, organic food sellers, and It's feedback Friday ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID Growers Daily MLS Fantasy Soccer League ⚽️ : https://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/#classic/leagues/25574/join/H9SY94WY T...
Feb 21, 2025•23 min
Welcome to episode 93 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna talk about growing vining crops (winter squash, Hedge Wedges, sweet potatoes, etc) on permanent beds, and field tips for getting the season started earlier. ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID Growers Daily MLS Fantasy Soccer League ⚽️ : http...
Feb 20, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 92 of Growers Daily! We cover: Hunting woodchips, growing starts without a greenhouse and Pets vs gardens (cats, dogs). ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID Growers Daily MLS Fantasy Soccer League ⚽️ : https://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/#classic/leagues/25574/join/H9SY94WY MUSIC TODAY "I would gi...
Feb 19, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 91 of Growers Daily! We cover: managing poorly draining clay by raising beds? Making lettuce mix more efficient to produce and leaf mold FTW! ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID Leaf mold paper from Purdue: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/uar2.20022 Growers Daily MLS Fant...
Feb 18, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 90 of Growers Daily! We cover: Starting Tomatoes from Seed + Hugelkultur + hello from a flooded state ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID Grafting Vid: https://youtu.be/5o4ZXWqh2Qk Tomato Vid: https://youtu.be/FKfDyQ7mBOs Grafting Episode of Growers Daily: https://youtu.be/GJR3E3LTaVE A goo...
Feb 17, 2025•22 min
Today, Alex Ball has conversations with two of his favorite farmer friends and mentors, Adam Mitchell and Lindsey Steele, who have both helped over the last few years develop his individual business, become a better farmer, and grow his understanding of what it means to be feed his community. They dig deep on soil building through deeper woodchip application, scaling-up and fine-tuning a greens business, and aggregating fresh produce from and for other farmers in your local community. So any fur...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr
Welcome to episode 89 of Growers Daily! We cover: Lasagna gardening, why farming is the great mingling space, and it's feedback friday (farmer Grant freeze, farmer business plan, farming with kids, holding farming to a different standard). ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Tesla Cotnract for $400 milliion : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-tesla-musk-cybertruck.html Farm Business Book: https://amzn.to/3X1JQK1 MU...
Feb 14, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 88 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to raise kids on a farm, how to grow peas? ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: NTMG Episode with Mastodon Valley Farm: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000690779742 NIFA family farms: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/family-farms Trampoline (pretty sure this is the one): https://amzn.to/4aX7soM MUSIC TODAY https://www...
Feb 13, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 87 of Growers Daily! We cover: What I am good at and bad at in farming + Farmers Market Etiquette ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: What is a farm ACTUALLY link: https://youtu.be/G8Ifq7vQeCo Caset Piscura Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000465133464 MUSIC TODAY "You Make Me Feel" By Staffan Carlén https://www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) ...
Feb 12, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 86 of Growers Daily! We cover: Making the most of Your Spring Lettuce + Managing Excess Phosphorus ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Asheville Chef GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/honor-brian-canipelli-support-his-loved-ones?qid=0b259da83aececec7674dd54b819c1bb Great article on P and compost: https://www.biocycle.net/phosphorus-compost-use-dynamics/ Head lettuce video: https://youtu.be/0_kG14pFPpw Summer Let...
Feb 11, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 85 of Growers Daily! We cover: Are foliar sprays worth it, is farming gambling, and the government is currently witholding funds from farmers---what gives?! ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Asheville Chef GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/honor-brian-canipelli-support-his-loved-ones?qid=0b259da83aececec7674dd54b819c1bb Good foliar spray article from agronomist: https://www.mofga.org/resources/crops/foliar-fer...
Feb 10, 2025•21 min
Peter Allen of Mastodon Valley Farm in Wisconsin studied ecology and was particularly inspired by restoration ecology and the idea of humans as keystone species. Peter and his wife Maureen left academia to homestead in 2012 and their journey has rivaled that of the eponymous incognitum that they named their farm after. Folks who make the show possible... Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. Sign up for a free trial with the link in the show notes , because ...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to episode 84 of Growers Daily! We cover: What is a farm actually, what pos system to use for farmers, and it's feedback friday! ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Frostbite book (that clearly stole the name of my memoir): https://amzn.to/3CCrU1x Barn2door: https://www.barn2door.com/blog-all/looking-for-farm-pos-know-which-works-best-for-your-business Local Line: https://www.localline.co MUSIC TODAY via https://www.epidemics...
Feb 07, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 83 of Growers Daily! We cover: Troubleshooting Poor Germination + Do You Need a Walk-Behind Tractor? + Dealing with snow and row cover. ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Lost relationship to fire episode: https://youtu.be/ox6gg_K68t4 Earth Tools: https://www.earthtools.com BCS America: https://www.bcsamerica.com MUSIC TODAY via https://www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/s...
Feb 06, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 82 of Growers Daily! We cover: Kickstarting the Ornery Compost Pile + Does Wool Make a Good Mulch + what size cell trays to use based on the crop ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Swift Blocker: https://www.swiftblocker.com Soil Blockers: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/search/?q=soil+block&search-button=&lang=en_US Cell Trays: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/search/?q=cell+trays&search-button=&lang=en_US...
Feb 05, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 81 of Growers Daily! We cover: biodegradable and compostable packaging, slowing down to speed up, Can weeds tell us anythign useful about our soils? ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Compostable packaging and composters https://www.wastedive.com/news/compostable-packaging-bpi-cma-san-francisco-minneapolis/701539/ Study on biodiversity loss and weeds: https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/s0169-5347(99)01679-1 Some compostab...
Feb 04, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 80 of Growers Daily! We cover: Drift from conventional and unconventional farms, nestle and DiGiorno love regenerative agriculture, and do trees encourage fire? ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Native habitat Project on IG: https://www.instagram.com/nativehabitatproject/ Native Habitat Project video 'bout leaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87ez6bPoGNQ&t=193s MUSIC TODAY "The Fire, Baby!" By Pär Hagström...
Feb 04, 2025•19 min
Hey everyone, it's Alex Ball of Old City Acres back with another episode of the No-Till Market Garden Podcast. On today's interview, I sit down with Noah Scalero, of Beetroot Farm in southern Illinois. We dig deep on developing a new farm business and property, farming in a hot and humid environment, and educating beginning farmers through mentorships. Folks who make the show possible... Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. Sign up for a free trial with the...
Feb 03, 2025•56 min
Welcome to episode 79 of Growers Daily! We cover: Fertilzing transplants, late winter cover cropping, and it's feedback friday! ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL Peaceful heritage video with fertigation system: https://youtu.be/JvYkkj6aft8 MUSIC TODAY "Let Go" by Conditional via...
Jan 31, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 78 of Growers Daily! We cover: This is the how-to-grow sweet peppers from seed episode! We also talk about when to pull your tarps. ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Original Pepper Video: https://youtu.be/ih2w43nTI9Q MUSIC TODAY "Sunny Side" by Jörgen Hallberg via https://www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https:// www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: ...
Jan 30, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 77 of Growers Daily! We cover: Perennial Cover Cropping for Clay Soils, No, weeds are not a good thing (necessarily), and what's up at the farm right now ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Perennial Cover Crop Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXLYLzOJNo8 Book, One Straw Revolution: https://amzn.to/4ghx4Oa MUSIC TODAY "We Got Something to Talk About" by Alight the Night via https://www.epidemicsound.com Suppo...
Jan 29, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 76 of Growers Daily! We cover: What are "Beneficials" REALLY, Hydroponics for Small Farms? And the conferences within farm conferences ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: The Ky hydro farm that shut down: https://apnews.com/article/appharvest-indoor-farming-bankruptcy-martha-stewart-0a32f971f0901510b2de30353b1e0457 Abrupt declines in global fresh water https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153608/global-freshwat...
Jan 28, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 75 of Growers Daily! We cover: managing slugs with ecology, managing farmer loneliness in the business plan, and chatting with certified organic market gardeners after I dropped both markets and certification 😬 . ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Slug episode: https://youtu.be/tO7ixysIph0 MUSIC TODAY "All I know" by Lionel Quick via https://www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers...
Jan 27, 2025•19 min
For this episode, I--Natalie--chatted with Louis Geller from North Spore , which is a mushroom company based out of my home state of Maine. I have known about North Spore since they were founded, which I think was about 10 years ago, and watch their business grow with great enthusiasm because their mission is really cool to bring mushroom cultivation to the masses. And they're doing it very successfully, putting together amazing educational resources to help people get going. I encourage you to ...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to episode 74 of Growers Daily! We cover: Feedback Friday! Are there plants that deter moles? And The Flow State and Chefs. Links from this episode: Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Pocket gopher IPM guide: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/pocket-gophers/pest-notes/#gsc.tab=0 One MAter Gardener's battle with gophers using plants: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=30916 Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.c...
Jan 24, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 73 of Growers Daily! We cover: When The Garden Won't Drain, When the Cover Crops Won't Die, and static aerated compost Links from this episode: Living pathway and static aerated compost Ep: https://youtu.be/3GsiPJMIjo4 Static Aerated Compost System: https://youtu.be/755RfsdIzbQ Four Winds Farm Composting System: https://youtu.be/bu9aYT7h5Gs background music: https://www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https:// www.Patreon.com...
Jan 22, 2025•21 min
Jared Zystro is a research and education director at the Organic Seed Alliance . Jared is based in Arcada, California. I invited Jared onto this episode so he can tell you about the Organic Seed Growers Conference in Corvallis, Oregon that is taking place from February 26th to March 1st, 2025. I first went to this conference in 2008 and it was the single most important learning experience to my seed career. I also made so many great friends and contacts that have followed me throughout all my CD...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to episode 72 of Growers Daily! We cover: History is not history, what data to collect in the garden this year, and what tillage does to soil (but why I sometimes recommend it) Links from this episode: Link to discussion about setting goals: https://youtu.be/pThCulhXXp8 Crop Profitability post on the forum: https://notillgrowers.community.chat/post/crop-profitability-comparison-13552640?trail=15 Music: "Now You Sail Away By OTE feat. Willow from https://www.epidemicsound.com Support our ...
Jan 21, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 71 of Growers Daily! We cover: Country currency, can biochar deactivate herbicides, and shouts to farm conference Links from this episode: Bio char and persistent herbicide study: https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.052 Review of biochar and chemical contaminant remediation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651322011629 Song highlight: Losing Friends by Rain Jewel Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support ...
Jan 20, 2025•19 min
