When You Don’t Have a Mountain of Compost + Asparagus In the Market Garden?
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Welcome to episode 121 of Growers Daily! We cover: Asparagus in the market garden (and why we don’t see that crop a whole lot), navigating the last frost date, and what to do when you don’t have access to epic amounts of good compost for mulching We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Intercropping asparagus study with olives: Dan Brisebois Asapragus Breakdown: Alley cropping asparagus: Cover Crop Playlist: MUSIC from this episode: Lovely Ghost by Binkley via ...
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Heating a Greenhouse with Your Soil + What Farmers Need to Know about Retirement
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Welcome to episode 120 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we’re gonna talk about farming and retiring, Climate Batteries, and updates from here on the farm. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Forest Garden Greenhouse: ThreeFold Farm’s Climate Battery Videos: Threefold’s awesome climate battery breakdown page: A Solid Farmer Retirement Workbook: Gen X retirement woes: MUSIC from this episode: via Support our work (👊)...
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Creative Ways to Start a Compost Business + How AI Could Change Small Farming
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Welcome to episode 119 of Growers Daily! We cover: AI in the gardens, and Unique composting locations, operations, all of it. And it’s feedback Friday, We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Scrooge McDuck breakdown: Our friend Jack’s AI soil management Site: Times article on Are You Smarter than AI March 5th compost episode: MUSIC from this episode: Let's Work TogetherBy , via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: FARMHAND Promo on...
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Maximizing Vermicompost + White Shade Cloth Worth it?
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Welcome to episode 118 of Growers Daily! We cover: the fascinating world of shade cloth colors, maximizing vermicompost and what to do about those overwintered carrots. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Worm Farmers Handbook: Shade cloth in horticulture: Adverse effects of shade on lettuce: Shade trials out of the university of delaware. Summer Lettuce Video: benefits of inoculating tree roots: Kalamatta olive study: Biosttmulant effects of vermicompost extract ...
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Encouraging Cucumber Beetle Predators + Windbreaks + Interplanting SAFELY
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Welcome to episode 117 of Growers Daily! We cover: the types of interplanting, increasing predators for cucumber beetles (among other dweebish pests), and windbreaks. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Managing Cucumber Beetles in Organic Farming Systems paper: Study on spiders and tree diverstiy: Silvohorticulture book: MUSIC from this episode: “I’m So Confused” By feat. via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: FARMHAND Promo on Arpil...
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The Culinary Herbs Episode + Gardening Where Once Was a Pool?
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Welcome to episode 116 of Growers Daily! We cover: cilantro, basil, dill, and parsley —(ie the main culinary herbs) and garden life after pools (that one will make sense soon). 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: "Spring Is You" By via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: FARMHAND Promo on Arpil 11th: code NOTILL Mention Growers Daily Tilth Soil : Info @ Tilth Soil dot Com MY BOOK!...
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Improve Your Soil This Spring + Spring Cover Crops
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Episode Description Welcome to episode 115 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to improve your soil this spring, what the responsibility of farmers is to their local communities, and cover crops for the early part of the season 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Feb 21st episode about rising food costs: Compost and decreasing soil pathogens: Compost improve soil structurre: How to start gardenin video: Interplanting Video: Mulch video: ...
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Why You Shouldn’t Interplant With Onions + BUT ALSO Polycultures are Still Important
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Welcome to episode 114 of Growers Daily! We cover: why we love polycultures, interplanting with garlic, and it’s feedback friday. 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: GO CATS (that's it. That's the link) MUSIC from this episode: Sway TogetherBy Danish National Anthem by National Anthem Worx Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: code NOTILL Mention Growers Daily Tilth Soil : Info @ Tilth Soil dot Com ...
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Testing Compost for Contamination at Home + Bermudagrass Beatdown
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Welcome to episode 113 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to use a backyard garden to prepare for a farm business, Bermuda grass in a hot climate, and testing compost for contamination ‼️ DONATE‼️ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Bracket challenge (live Sunday): Links for today: OK State U bermudagrass trials: Roundtable on Scaling up the Homestead: Additional video on Homestead to farm: Bioassay Breakdown: MUSIC from this episode: Belle Époque By feat. ...
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Shade is the New Fertilizer? + How to Buy Great Seedlings
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Welcome to episode 112 of Growers Daily! We cover: It is Wednesday, March 19th 2025, and today we’re gonna talk about the neglected importance of shade, buying plant starts, and locating a greenhouse ‼️ DONATE‼️ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Bracket challenge (live Sunday): Links for today: Grafting Video: Growers Daily about Grafting: MUSIC from this episode: All Yours, BabyBy via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: code NOTILL Mention...
info_outlineGrowing for Market editor Andrew Mefferd joins us to talk about his new book The Organic No-Till Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers.
Book:https://www.newsociety.com/Books/O/The-Organic-No-Till-Farming-Revolution
Ray Tyler's ebook: https://notillgrowers--inthefield.thrivecart.com/lettuce-masterclass/5c535378a17ad/
and the lettuce workshop: https://notillgrowers--inthefield.thrivecart.com/lettuce-masterclass/5c535382a17ae/
Farmer Jesse:
Venmo: @notillgrowers
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