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Small Farms Vs Disasters + Cardboard’s Role as a Mulch

Release Date: 11/03/2025

How Compost Mulch Acts Differently in Different Regions + Getting Good Broccoli in Hot Climates

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Welcome to episode 283 of Growers Daily! We cover: how compost mulch acts differently in different regions, a potentially new way to nonprofit, and getting good brassica heads in hotter climates. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv MUSIC from this episode: Instincts by Ludlow via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: Johnnys Selected Seeds: ...

Gravel Mulches?! + It’s Time to Store those Seeds (Properly)

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Welcome to episode 282 of Growers Daily! We cover: gravel mulches, storing seeds, and it’s feedback… monday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv The cultural ecology of Puebloan Pebble-Mulch gardens Beneficial and negative fungal effects of gravel mulching in Xiangshan region MUSIC from this episode: Summer in the Swamp by Roy Edwin Williams Train Hesit by Roy Edwin Williams via Support our work...

The Talking Tools Roundup

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Welcome to episode 281 of Growers Daily! We cover: our very first Growers Daily "best of" or roundup video in which we talk all things tools for your farm! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv Seeder Ep: Tool Maintenance Ep: First Tools to Buy Ep: BCS Ep: MUSIC from this episode: Tool Kit by Dylan Sitts Little Sandy by Binkley via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Tilth...

Too Late to Start Next Year’s Garden? + Using Worm Compost in the Soil Mix

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Welcome to episode 280 of Growers Daily! We cover: Kaolin clay for things like squash bugs, is it too late to start next year's garden (and would there be any value to tarping under snow), plus we look at vermicompost in a seed starting mix. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv Kaolin Clay and tomatoes: Kaolon Clay and Grapfruit trees under heat stress study: MUSIC from this episode: Christopher Street by Roy...

How Farming In Japan Compares to the US + Using Salt Marsh Hay W/ Assawaga Farm

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Welcome to episode 279 of Growers Daily! We cover: Yoko Takemura from Assawaga Farm in CT joins us to chat about covercropping, using salt marsh hay, growing Asian veg, and how farming in the US compares to farming in Japan. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv Assawaga Farm: Assawaga Farm IG: MUSIC from this episode: Cowboys and Cocktails by American Legion via Support our work (👊) at or ...

Is “Dirt Mulch” Actually a Thing? + Winterizing the Irrigation

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Welcome to episode 278 of Growers Daily! We cover: the idea of dirt mulches, the power of true citizenship and winterizing the irrigation. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv Good Overview of Dust mulch: The World Ending Fire book: Homegrown by heroes: MUSIC from this episode: Sleep Song by Tellsonic Run Like the River Runs by Staffan Carlan via Support our work (👊) at ...

The Farming Podcast that Changed Everything + Are Landscape Fabrics Really that Bad?

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Welcome to episode 277 of Growers Daily! We cover: landscape fabrics and if they are really so bad, a farming podcast that changed me (and many others) plus perennial ryegrass. What a lineup! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv Farmer to Farmer Podcast episodes: Singing Frogs - Nate Fingerle on running a farm stoe in rural indiana - Richard Wiswall - Dan Brisebois - MUSIC from...

An Irrigation System Worth Loving + Stay Hopeful, Nerds!

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Welcome to episode 276 of Growers Daily! We cover: a new irrigation system called the sumi soaker and some early thoughts on that. Plus we get hopeful about the future AND, it’s feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv Seeds of Solidarity interview about cardboard: Sumi Soaker: PFAS and other chemical removal by sunflowers/etc: Intersting gardening for therapy paper: MUSIC from...

Growing Tomatoes in the Same Place Every Year + What Exactly IS Considered Crop Rotation?

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Welcome to episode 275 of Growers Daily! We cover: using rye cover crops in a warm region, growing tomatoes in the same place every year, and what constitutes a crop rotation REALLY. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv Grafting how to video: Grafting Growers Daily: MUSIC from this episode: Side X Sice by Kylie Dailey The Smile Was a DEcoy by Daniel Fridell via Support our work (👊) at ...

Don’t Worry, Your Garden is Safe + Mulching with Woodchips

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Welcome to episode 274 of Growers Daily! We cover: if our gardens are contaminated enough to be concerned about it, anxiety VS farming, and woodchips as a bed mulch. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: League Code: kpu9zv The Composter Podcast: Nanoplastics in plants: sources of micro/nanoplastics Microplastics in water: MUSIC from this episode: Power by Kylie Dailey via Support our work...

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Welcome to episode 272 of Growers Daily!

We cover: small farming versus disasters, cardboard as a mulch, and when what you do looks bananas to your neighbors.

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MUSIC from this episode:

Morgantimma by Christian Hanzell

On My Way by Ten Towers