Welcome to episode 151 of Growers Daily! We cover: germination struggles with soil blocks, some farm updates, and that pesky lower and lean term We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Soil blocking videos: https://youtu.be/6lH0rz8nfIU tomato trellis video: Tomato trellis video: https://youtu.be/QaLNP3wr6hc QLIPR discussion from last week: https://youtu.be/QOU2LbKKUK0 Podcast with ...
May 14, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 150 of Growers Daily! We cover: environmentally friendly containers for selling starts, if there is a place to get all the information for each seed, and an ode to audio on farms. 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 Farmer To Farmer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/farmer-to-farmer-with-chris-blanchard/id970449355 Stuff You Should Know: http...
May 13, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 149 of Growers Daily! We cover: what is biodiversity and why is it important, should you ever let land rest, and how the term regenerative may mean, well, not what people want it to mean. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: https://youtu.be/a1U1zYrQrRs?si=3SmZPWXNlovvFqIb MUSIC from this episode: Last Sunday b...
May 12, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 148 of Growers Daily! We cover: forecasting how much produce you will have (and what to do when that goes wrong), potato yields, 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: Potatoes and Yield: https://blog-fruit-vegetable-ipm.extension.umn.edu/2021/04/2021-considerations-pondering-potatoes.html#:~:text=Size%20of%20cuts%20and%20planting%20den...
May 09, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 147 of Growers Daily! We cover: the "If Money were No Issue" garden fence, starting a non-profit farm, and can you correct drainage next to a tunnel if your first attempt doesn't work well enough. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Collaborative Farming Podcast episode on modern farm commons: https://youtu.be/0q2yC4mO7Eg?si=J--1u_GJxyexj4bR Podcast with Kelp...
May 08, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 146 of Growers Daily! We cover: cold sowing, pitfalls of starting gardens quickly, and the ecological side (both positive and negative) of tarping the soil. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Farm Loneliness episode: https://youtu.be/ViVA6nM14iM Seed priming video: https://youtu.be/V08aNtKTly0 Vegetable Production in No-Till Terminated Cover Crops webinar: h...
May 07, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 145 of Growers Daily! We cover: fertilizing and three sisters planting, is microalgae the hottest new soil amendment and a little day in the life. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Dawns thread on No-till for beginners: https://notillgrowers.community.chat/post/notill-beginners-corner-13599985?trail=15 What is Microalgae: https://www.frontiersin.org/journal...
May 06, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 144 of Growers Daily! We cover: our high tunnel tomato trellising system (called QLIPR), can cover crops break up a crop rotation, and what's trending in the market gardening world right now. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Tomato trellis video: https://youtu.be/QaLNP3wr6hc Do you need to rotate crops video: https://youtu.be/bL2Y_JZtopY SARE publication o...
May 05, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 143 of Growers Daily! We cover: if you should use compost as a mulch or rather as an amendment when starting a garden on poor soil, we'll parse fact and fiction about geoengineering… Oh, 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: Article about native bees vs honey bees: https://e360.yale.edu/features/will-putting-honey-bees-on-public-lands-...
May 02, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 142 of Growers Daily! We cover: which seeder to use for which crop, keeping a farmers market tent where you put it, and we discuss an intriguing question about what it would take to convert a commercial greenhouse operation into a market garden. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: EArthway seeder: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/seeders/earthway/ J...
May 01, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 141 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to use a broadfork properly and effectively, and we'll talk green beans. 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 See You by Candelion The Welcome of the Dawn by Roy Williams via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrower...
Apr 30, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 140 of Growers Daily! We cover: crops to grow in shadier areas, how to determine if a crop is worth growing, and why those weeds you are fighting weren't always weeds. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Weeds that were actually domesticated crops: https://youtu.be/VjFT4PC8YIQ?si=XA1DtXlC_YBCvDMG History of lambs quarter grain: https://ethnobiology.org/forage...
Apr 29, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 139 of Growers Daily! We cover: nematode control, what no-till means for crops that require digging (like potatoes), and the bees are dying at an alarming rate. Again. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Summary of the Bee issue: https://www.dvm360.com/view/alarming-honeybee-colony-losses-across-the-us-are-confirmed Survey about the Bee collapse: https://www....
Apr 28, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 138 of Growers Daily! We cover: my biggest aha moments as a farmer, the "creation care" movement in churches, 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: Article about Churches new environmental movement: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/climate/indiana-evangelicals-creation-care-stewardship.html YAle Climate Connections Catholic Church: ...
Apr 25, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 137 of Growers Daily! We cover: the first tools to buy for your farm, living pathway crops, and killing those pesky crops once you're done with them. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Show about the areas of a farm to invest in from last year: https://youtu.be/z_aVP1gxIzE NTG forum thread "The Actual Cost of Starting a Market Garden": https://notillgrowers....
Apr 24, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 136 of Growers Daily! We cover: rocks in the soil and broccoli, broccoli, broccoli. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: A Good broccoli growing guide from UK (go cats): https://publications.ca.uky.edu/sites/publications.ca.uky.edu/files/NEP225.pdf NRCS web soil survey: https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ MUSIC from this episode: Beauty by OTE Map of the ...
Apr 23, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 135 of Growers Daily! We cover: the challenge of directly seeding crops after cover crops, the fundamentals of market gardening, and what one country's water management has taught me about life. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Jang Double Disc Opening Shoe: https://shop.moderngrower.co/products/jang-double-disc-shoe Water square in Rotterdam: https://www....
Apr 22, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 134 of Growers Daily! We cover: Germinating seeds in the field, balancing efficiency and soil health, and making the most out of chickens in the garden (the ones you let in intentionally at least). 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: Like Stone by Daniel Gunnarsson via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillg...
Apr 21, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 133 of Growers Daily! We cover: Bugs and woodchips, the hidden costs of farming PLUS it's feedback friday (for real this time). We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sage Hill Ranch Gardens Water Catchment Video: https://youtu.be/ipNv8yo8uoY MUSIC from this episode: Untamed by Ludlow via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.c...
Apr 18, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 132 of Growers Daily! We cover: Deer fencing on a budget, our simple hands-free root washing station (with updates) and bermuda grass on a school 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: Show about deer fencing: https://youtu.be/uGKH1Z8WBz4 Pedal powered root washing station: https://youtu.be/JXqmouiy5pM Designing a good wash station: https://youtu.be/JYQyov...
Apr 17, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 131 of Growers Daily! We cover: soil health on a budget, tips for how to remember to keep some dang records, and calculating how much water you need for a market garden We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: USDA Climate Smart Grant Cancellation: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/14/usda-cancels-biden-era-climate-slush-fund-reprioritize...
Apr 16, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 130 of Growers Daily! We cover: a plant it and forget it farm business model, harvesting from cover crops, and what we're up to right now on our 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: Making Money from Cover Crops Episode: https://youtu.be/KOaH6J02qos?si=EQZod4fs7H2DKaYv MUSIC from this episode: Aint Gonna Live Like This No More by Bo the Drifter This Bird...
Apr 15, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 129 of Growers Daily! We cover: If you can level a plot, should you just go ahead and do it and we're gonna take a look at what the challenges of plastic free farming says about farming We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sweet potato curing research stuff: https://my.ucanr.edu/sites/Postharvest_Technology_Center_/files/228558.pdf Biodegradable mulches episod...
Apr 14, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 128 of Growers Daily! We cover: Creative ways dealing with limited compost options, how to choose which fruits to grow, and can weed wacking a cover crop and then tarping it kill the cover crop more quickly. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Show from 2/18: https://youtu.be/_It_M9rnQyI Ben Hartman post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHgu3QKOoHo/ MUSIC from th...
Apr 10, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 127 of Growers Daily! We cover: Sweet potatoes—from growing the slips to eating and selling the vines, interplanting, all of it. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sweet potato video: https://youtu.be/l_GsoT8Fg64 MUSIC from this episode: Sweet Potato Luke by Jerry McHoy via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support ...
Apr 09, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 126 of Growers Daily! We cover: Fire ants, the cost of starting and running a farm podcast, and why gardening and farming has been so neglected in art. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Forum: https://notillgrowers.community.chat The episode where I detail why notillgrowers is changing: https://youtu.be/Sd8UEDohV9U Fire Ants organically: https://lubbock.tamu.edu/files/2015/10/ENTO_009.pdf Review ...
Apr 08, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 125 of Growers Daily! We cover: Microplastics messing with photosynthesis, agrochemicals in alcohol, and why we can't just turn plastic into bricks. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Microplastics and plants: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/microplastics-are-making-photosynthesis-harder-for-plants-and-that-could-slash-crop-yields-study-suggests-180986209/ Microplastics and Plants (The G...
Apr 07, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 124 of Growers Daily! We cover: Farming like you're old, damping off, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investing-in-regenerative-agriculture-and-food/id1268558109 When John was on our show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000449101...
Apr 04, 2025•23 min
Welcome to episode 123 of Growers Daily! We cover: If it matters which way you orient your garden beds, old horse manure, and getting an old pile of manure composting. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Bioassay Episode: https://youtu.be/FKtj-A8Gx9U Kickstarting Compost Pile Episode: https://youtu.be/Ls4xN-zrGE0 MUSIC from this episode: Be Enough by Kylie Dailey via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at htt...
Apr 03, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 122 of Growers Daily! We cover: What the pros wear in the garden and get a celery breakdown from seed to harvest. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: sweet potato video: https://youtu.be/l_GsoT8Fg64 The crocs I wear: https://www.crocs.com/p/crocs-on-the-clock-work-slip-on/205073.html?cgid=outlet&cid=001 Xtratuf boots: https://www.xtratuf.com/Home Grundens: https://grundens.com Trimming Celery s...
Apr 02, 2025•20 min
