The No-Till Growers Podcast Network

The No-Till Growers Podcast Network (formerly known as The No-Till Market Garden Podcast) is a nuts and bolts (and earthworms and microbes) look at how to run a productive, profitable no-till market garden for small and mid-sized farmers. It's also where you can hear everything else No-Till Growers produces.

How to Deal With Leftover Vegetables + We Need to Forget about Mars 11/22/2024

Is it Actually a Farm Without Livestock + Elephant Garlic Isn't a Leek Afterall (probably) 11/21/2024

Why More Pro Growers Don’t Companion Plant + Do Farmers Markets Make Sense? 11/20/2024

Seed Work Across Time and Space & Allium Seed Breakdown w/ Heron Breen of Fruits of Our Labors 11/20/2024

Is there TOO MUCH Growing Info + How to Manage Slugs! 11/19/2024

Reviving Abused Soil + Remember Insects on Windshields? 11/18/2024

An Early-Career CSA Market Gardener on Her Challenges, Successes, & Opportunities w/ Jennifer Dunbar of Lovelight Farm 11/18/2024

Do You Have to Mulch Garlic? + Sweet Potatoes Grown Three Ways 11/15/2024

No-Turn Compost Systems + Living Pathway Regrets? 11/14/2024

What it Takes to Start a Compost Operation + Dealing With Pests in Compost (With Jayne Merner) 11/13/2024

A Simple Cooperative Farm Model & a Short History of Modern Co-ops w/ Chris Bodnar of Close to Home Organics (rebroadcast) 11/13/2024

The Best Small Farm Books Episode + Cover Cropping for an Entire Year? 11/12/2024

A New Way to Grow Potatoes + A Way NOT to Grow Potatoes 11/11/2024

Honeyberries & other perennial fruits for small-scale production w/ Bernis Ingvaldson of HoneyBerryUSA 11/11/2024

Honeyberries & other perennial fruits for small-scale production w/ Bernis Ingvaldson of HoneyBerryUSA Hey listeners, it's Natalie. I have a sweet, tart, and charming treat for you today. Bernis Ingvaldson runs with her husband Jim out of their farm in northern Minnesota. So this all came about because last year a friend and guest listener, shout out to Michelle, suggested I contact a USDA researcher she knew who had done some work with honeyberries, which are also known as hascaps. The researcher sent me to Bernis, who has established herself as one of the experts in growing hascaps in The States. I think perennial fruits are one of the most delightful things in the world and it's super exciting to me that there are more out there than what most consumers or even farmers know about. I'm appreciative of people like Bernis who have worked to develop systems that can make these crops profitable, not just for the home gardeners and to the breeders who have developed these new varieties. You can check out her website where they have a lot of practical information on growing hasgaps, honey berries, and more. It's just full of good stuff. And, also, you can order your hascaps when you're done being inspired by Bernis! Mentioned in the show... Folks who make the show possible... Rimol Greenhouses are strong, durable and easy to assemble, offering the quality you need to grow productively year-round. . Discover the beauty of BCS on your farm with PTO-driven implements for soil-working, shredding cover crops, spreading compost, mowing under fences, clearing snow, and more – at . When you need proven varieties you can count on and detailed guidance from seeding to harvest, consider Johnny’s your trusted growing partner. Visit Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. , because NOW is the best time to dial in those systems for the next growing season. ... and, as always, our work is powered by the individual growers who support us every month over at . You can pick up a copy of if you don't have one already, as well as a or , check out our , and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our free growers forum at /episode/index/show/notillmarketgardenpodcast/id/33869752

Can you Turn a Pond into a Garden? + Unfairly Awesome Life Changes 11/08/2024

Clearing Woods for a Garden + Farming Herbs 11/07/2024

The Leaf Episode + Important Crop Storage Advice 11/06/2024

Farm-Raised Kids w/ Author & Farmer Katie Kulla of Oakhill Organics & Growing for Market 11/06/2024

Farm-Raised Kids w/ Author & Farmer Katie Kulla of Oakhill Organics & Growing for Market is the author of Farm-Raised Kids. A brand new book from Storey Publishing. Katie is also an illustrator, one of the hosts of the Podcast and farms with her husband at Oakhill Organics on Grand Island in rural Dayton, Oregon. In this episode, we do discuss Katie’s brand new book but we also talk a lot about Katie’s experience growing seeds and how that experience has changed over the years. Katie’s early seed experience was mostly growing seed contracts on her market farm. Katie liked how seed crops occupied a different time and space than growing vegetables for CSA or farmers markets. And also how seed crops often generated more $ per square foot than vegetable crops. Then when Oakhill Organics moved to offering a full diet CSA, they moved out of seed contracts and shifted to growing seed for food such as grains, beans, and popcorn. And now that the farm plays a smaller role in Katie’s life and she is focusing on other interests such as writing books, Katie is still harvesting seed whenever it is easy to do so from the crops in her fields. This brings us to Katie’s new Book. We talk about the dream and the actual reality of having kids on the farm. How there is an idyllic vision that children can just chill out and hang around the fields but having kids on your farm is actual work and farms can also be dangerous places for little ones. Katie talks about how it is still an amazing opportunity for kids to grow up on a farm. How they pick up so much knowledge about different crops and food bit by bit over the years. And how kids wind up learning real skills like how to handle knives and breaking down just about any vegetable. Katie also explains how satisfying it is for kids to put their hands in gooey fermenting seed tomatoes or getting to hit dry beans with a stick to thresh them or just getting to sink their arms in buckets of clean seed. In the deep dive, we talk about growing dry beans for seed because Katie’s family just loves eating dry beans and there is really no comparing the flavour with store bought beans. We talk about how bush beans are a lot easier than pole beans, how farming in the Willamette Valley with its dry summers means you can dry seed outdoors without cover in your backyard but how Katie might still bring seed indoors if she was still growing commercial seed contracts. And how she still wishes she’d invested in a good set of screens. Katie also has a reminder that you should make a point of not eating all your dry beans and make sure to keep some as seed for next year’s crop! Mentioned in the show... Follow Dan on , , & follow PRE-ORDER Dan's new book, , from notillgrowers.com to further support our work! Folks who support The Seed Farmer Podcast Check out their podcast, , wherever you're listening to The Seed Farmer Podcast! /episode/index/show/notillmarketgardenpodcast/id/33813557

Doing the Farm All Over Again + Should Someone Create a New Farm Certification? 11/05/2024

Cover Crops Gone Wild + Why Farming is Puzzling 11/04/2024

Scaling Small Farm Knowledge with Jason Grauer of Stone Barns Center 11/04/2024

Scaling Small Farm Knowledge with Jason Grauer of Stone Barns Center Today, we are going to break into the uniform tranquility of a beautiful region to speak with my guest, Jason Grauer, who is the Senior Director of Farm and Innovation at the . You all may be familiar with Blue Hill at Stone Barns, the very famous and very deservingly famous restaurant in the Hudson Valley of New York, Dan Barber, being the chef there, who also authored the book The Third Plate and who has inspired chefs, eaters, and farmers the world around with his commitment to deliciousness at every level. Today we are speaking with Jason about all of the really fascinating work that they're doing at the Stone Barn Center, which is very, very interesting for those of us who are interested in market gardening or farming in general, because their financial model, their approach and their sort of nonprofit status search and ways of approaching farming systems that I think we can all appreciate being independent operators and unable to sometimes put the bill for that kind of R&D ourselves. Check out Mimi Casteel's and follow Folks who make the show possible... Rimol Greenhouses are strong, durable and easy to assemble, offering the quality you need to grow productively year-round. . Discover the beauty of BCS on your farm with PTO-driven implements for soil-working, shredding cover crops, spreading compost, mowing under fences, clearing snow, and more – at . When you need proven varieties you can count on and detailed guidance from seeding to harvest, consider Johnny’s your trusted growing partner. Visit Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. , because NOW is the best time to dial in those systems for the next growing season. ... and, as always, our work is powered by the individual growers who support us every month over at . You can pick up a copy of if you don't have one already, as well as a or , check out our , and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our free growers forum at /episode/index/show/notillmarketgardenpodcast/id/33760087