Growers Daily
Growers Daily (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.
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What’s the Deal With the Jumping Worms? + Dirty Produce
06/06/2025
What’s the Deal With the Jumping Worms? + Dirty Produce
Welcome to episode 168 of Growers Daily! We cover: dirty produce, jumping worms, and it’s feed back friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: 2024 Jumping worms research good primer on jumping worms: Ecological impacts of jumping worms (with good identifcation chart): Podcast rec with Mimi and Dr Lee Frelich: MUSIC from this episode: Feels Like That by Victor Lundburg via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Peaceful Heritage Nursery: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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What is Actually Happening in a Compost Pile + Basics of Soil Amending
06/05/2025
What is Actually Happening in a Compost Pile + Basics of Soil Amending
Welcome to episode 167 of Growers Daily! We cover: trellising pole beans in a tunnel, what is actually going on inside of a compost pile, and cover some of the basics of soil amending. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Great Science of compost breakdown: OrganiCalc: Logan Labs: MUSIC from this episode: Projections by Daniel Gunnarsson via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Peaceful Heritage Nursery: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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The Current State of Birds + What Market Gardeners Can Do (with Becca Rodomski-Bish of Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
06/04/2025
The Current State of Birds + What Market Gardeners Can Do (with Becca Rodomski-Bish of Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Welcome to episode 166 of Growers Daily! We cover: Becca Rodomsky-Bish with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology joins us to talk birds, bird ID apps, and what we can do, as farmers and growers, to help declining bird populations. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Great Backyard Bird Count: Article on Migrating Landbirds: Merlin Bird ID App: MUSIC from this episode: Whatever Will Become of You and I by Roy Williams via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Precip: Farmhand: Farmraise: Peaceful Heritage: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Farming Solo + The Tools That Make it Easier (With Erin Worrall of Cedar Chest Farm)
06/03/2025
Farming Solo + The Tools That Make it Easier (With Erin Worrall of Cedar Chest Farm)
Welcome to episode 165 of Growers Daily! We cover: Erin Worrall from The Cedar Chest Farm joins us to talk about farming solo, farming and motherhood, and the tools that make solo farming easier. Follow Erin on IG: We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Follow Erin on IG: MUSIC from this episode: Way Past Taken by Kylie Dailey via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Precip: Farmhand: Farmraise: Peaceful Heritage: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Why Plants “Stall Out” + Pests are The Future of Ag
06/02/2025
Why Plants “Stall Out” + Pests are The Future of Ag
Welcome to episode 164 of Growers Daily! We cover: the month of June, why pests are likely only going to become more and more of a problem, and what causes plants to just stop We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Rising Peach and Almond pests: How a changing climate leads to more pests: MUSIC from this episode: West Side Story by Roy Edwin Williams Wildflowers by Northside via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Peaceful Heritage Nursery: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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No Dig is Not for Every Garden + Do the (Garden) Work
05/30/2025
No Dig is Not for Every Garden + Do the (Garden) Work
Welcome to episode 163 of Growers Daily! We cover: some hard truths about deep compost mulching slash no dig systems, some hard truths about hard work, and some hard truths about this week’s topics because IT’s feedback friday We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Paperpot video: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: All the Little Things by The Eastern Plain via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Can Woodchips be Contaminated? + Pests You Cannot Exclude
05/29/2025
Can Woodchips be Contaminated? + Pests You Cannot Exclude
Welcome to episode 162 of Growers Daily! We cover: if woodchips can be contaminated (like compost can), pests that refuse to be kept out, and buying the right broadfork. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Slug video: Gulland Broadforks: Meadow Creature Broadforks: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Witchcraft by Thyra 7 Years to Life by Pastis via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Is This A Viable Farm Model + A Kid-Shaped Farm
05/28/2025
Is This A Viable Farm Model + A Kid-Shaped Farm
Welcome to episode 161 of Growers Daily! We cover: my latest random farm model idea to critique, shaping the farm around kids , and does a tractor always lead to soil compaction? We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: The episode about three farms in one: Teenage Depression: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: I'll Be Alright by Roy Williams via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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My Biggest High Tunnel Mistakes + Crops that Think They’re Cover Crops?
05/27/2025
My Biggest High Tunnel Mistakes + Crops that Think They’re Cover Crops?
Welcome to episode 160 of Growers Daily! We cover: green garlic (and others) as a cover crop, the magic of sunn hemp, and making mistakes so I can share them with you. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Sunnhemp cover crop: Sunnhemp guide: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Telling Stories by Gabriel Kelley Standing on Your Own by Paper Twins via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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What it’s Like to Leave a City to Farm + Planting into Cover Crop Mulch
05/26/2025
What it’s Like to Leave a City to Farm + Planting into Cover Crop Mulch
Welcome to episode 159 of Growers Daily! We cover: planting into cover crop residue, thirstwaves (like heat waves but thirsty), and what it was like to leave the city all those years ago and start farming. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Thirstwaves article in Phys: Thirstwaves Research: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Hall Light by Victor Lundburg O'Connor's Jig by Roy Edwin Williams Flowers at the Market by Blood Red Sun via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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My Current Thoughts on Compost Tea + Your Cover Crop Questions Answered
05/23/2025
My Current Thoughts on Compost Tea + Your Cover Crop Questions Answered
Welcome to episode 158 of Growers Daily! We cover: your cover crop queries, compost teas, and it’s feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Lucky Man by Red Revision Silver and Gold by April Moon via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Incorporating Amendments Without Tilling + Are Pelleted Seeds Harder to Germinate?
05/22/2025
Incorporating Amendments Without Tilling + Are Pelleted Seeds Harder to Germinate?
Welcome to episode 157 of Growers Daily! We cover: incorporating amendments into soil when you’re not turning the soil over, pelleted seeds being annoying, and starting a garden on clay in a cold climate. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Pelleting study that suggests it preserves tomato seeds better: Coated carrot and onion seed storing as well or better than “naked”: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: The Old Dirt Road by Bo the Drifter A Summer Breeze by Ten Towers via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Does Vermicompost Lead to Damping Off + Weeding Gear
05/21/2025
Does Vermicompost Lead to Damping Off + Weeding Gear
Welcome to episode 156 of Growers Daily! We cover: a unique nightshade disease, does vermicompost lead to damping off, and weeding gear. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Edema/Oedema charicteristics Paper on Edema and solutions from UConn: Wool Pellets study: Vermicompost suppresses damping off: Different worms and damping off suppression: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Can't Beat 'em, Join 'em by Carlton Lees The Search Within by Nickloas Jones Intumescenses by Jesse Frost via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Squirrels Are the Worst + How and Why to Use Buckwheat as a Cover Crop
05/20/2025
Squirrels Are the Worst + How and Why to Use Buckwheat as a Cover Crop
Welcome to episode 155 of Growers Daily! We cover: if there is anything that can be done about squirrels in the garden, how to use buckwheat as a cover crop without it becoming a mess, and can you transplant corn, really? We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Mark Rober Squirrel Videos: Transplanted corn case study: Overview of transplanted corn: Translanted corn can be faster: Buckwheat Breakdown: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Hold it Back (The Overflow) by Kylie Dailey Like Every Other Day by Nikolas Jones via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: Farmhand: Farmraise: Precip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Killing those Cover Crops Without Tillage + Gardening for the Long Haul
05/19/2025
Killing those Cover Crops Without Tillage + Gardening for the Long Haul
Welcome to episode 154 of Growers Daily! We cover: terminating cover crops, and how to farm and garden for the long haul. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Tornadoes alley shifting eastward: Very active tornado season already: KY storm Relief Fund: The garden work seat mentioned (not a recommendation): Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Life is Different by OTE One Bad Movie by Bjurman via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: Predcip: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Garlic is Four Different Crops + Roses as Weeds (Violets are, too)
05/16/2025
Garlic is Four Different Crops + Roses as Weeds (Violets are, too)
Welcome to episode 153 of Growers Daily! We cover: managing shrub roses, how Garlic is so much more than just garlic, and it’s feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Shrub Rose in Washington: Garlic Video: Ball Culture Guide: The Encyclopedia of Seed Germination by Jim Nau: New Seed Starters Handbook: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Indiana Rose by Danial Gunnarsson Easy Now by Melanie Bell via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Disappearing Compost + The Annoying Complexity of Farm Advising
05/15/2025
Disappearing Compost + The Annoying Complexity of Farm Advising
Welcome to episode 152 of Growers Daily! We cover: the annoying complexity of farm advice, starting seed company considerations, and the curious case of the disappearing compost. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 Links for today: Selling and labeling farm seed in california: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Life is for Living by Ivy-Rose Lyon Alone in our Home by Sleepaway Camp via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Germination Troubles + What the Heck is Lower and Lean?
05/14/2025
Germination Troubles + What the Heck is Lower and Lean?
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 🙌 Links for today: Soil blocking videos: tomato trellis video: Tomato trellis video: QLIPR discussion from last week: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Telephone by Blood Red Sun The Forgotten by Alicia Goodwyn via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Will People Buy Plant Starts in Soil Blocks + The Symbiosis of Podcasts and Farming
05/13/2025
Will People Buy Plant Starts in Soil Blocks + The Symbiosis of Podcasts and Farming
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 🙌 Links for today: The Farmer To Farmer Podcast: Stuff You Should Know: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Cold Hearted Liar by Mindme Nothin'to Win by Roy Williams via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Is “Regenerative” Already a Lost Term? + Biodiversity’s Role in Soil Health
05/12/2025
Is “Regenerative” Already a Lost Term? + Biodiversity’s Role in Soil Health
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 🙌 Links for today: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Last Sunday by OTE I'm Comin' Home by Scott Panther via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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How Many Potatoes Per Plant to Expect + One Critical Tip for Selling Produce
05/09/2025
How Many Potatoes Per Plant to Expect + One Critical Tip for Selling Produce
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 🙌 Links for today: Potatoes and Yield: Organic fingerling potato trials: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Million Things I'd Rather Do by Binkley Lucky Ones by Roof via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Building the Ultimate Garden Fence + How (and if) to Start a Non-Profit Farm
05/08/2025
Building the Ultimate Garden Fence + How (and if) to Start a Non-Profit Farm
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 🙌 Links for today: Collaborative Farming Podcast episode on modern farm commons: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: A Tether by Kylie Dailey Call Me Out Tiger by Velvet Moon via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Risks of Starting a Garden Too Fast + The Ecology of Plastic Tarps (both good and bad)
05/07/2025
Risks of Starting a Garden Too Fast + The Ecology of Plastic Tarps (both good and bad)
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 🙌 Links for today: Farm Loneliness episode: Seed priming video: Vegetable Production in No-Till Terminated Cover Crops webinar: Starting a No Till Garden from Scratch: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Viper Man by Roy Edwin Williams Instincts by Ludlow via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Is This Product the Next Big Soil Amendment + A Day in the Life of Farmer Jesse
05/06/2025
Is This Product the Next Big Soil Amendment + A Day in the Life of Farmer Jesse
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 🙌 Links for today: Dawns thread on No-till for beginners: What is Microalgae: Use of Microalgae study: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Give Me a Break by Daniel Fridell My Valentine by Roy Edwin Williams Still Got the Vibe by Windshield via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Our Tomato Trellis + Can I Plant the Same Crop Family in the Same Place?
05/05/2025
Our Tomato Trellis + Can I Plant the Same Crop Family in the Same Place?
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 🙌 Links for today: Tomato trellis video: Do you need to rotate crops video: SARE publication on cover cropping and crop rotations: Continuous Tomato production and cover cropping in high tunnels: Pasture to Production Video: Mulch Video: What to expect when planting into compost video: A trellis to make you jealous: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Anymore by Windshield via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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What People Get Wrong About Geoengineering + Working With Limited Compost
05/02/2025
What People Get Wrong About Geoengineering + Working With Limited Compost
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 🙌 Links for today: Article about native bees vs honey bees: What the british government is doing with Geoengineering The blocked geoengineering plan in Cali: The Harvard study that was abandoned: Scientists being like “No thanks” in Geoengineering: CBC report on cloud seeding: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: We Will All Be Saved by Rock and Roll by Roy Williams The Worst Best Thing by Northside via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Which Seeder Do You Actually Need + Turning a Commercial Greenhouse into a Market Garden
05/01/2025
Which Seeder Do You Actually Need + Turning a Commercial Greenhouse into a Market Garden
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 🙌 Links for today: EArthway seeder: Jang seeder: Pinpoint Seeders: Hoss Seeder: Eurmax tent: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: MUSIC from this episode: Untamed by Ludlow Bad Spell by Kylie Dailey Weather Any Storm by Cody Francis via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: Ring of Fire: FARMHAND Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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How to Actually Use a Broadfork + Green Beans Breakdown
04/30/2025
How to Actually Use a Broadfork + Green Beans Breakdown
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 🙌 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: I See You by Candelion The Welcome of the Dawn by Roy Williams via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: FARMHAND Rimol Greenhouses: Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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Which Crops do Best in a Little Shade + Deciding if a Crop is Worth Growing
04/29/2025
Which Crops do Best in a Little Shade + Deciding if a Crop is Worth Growing
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 🙌 Links for today: Weeds that were actually domesticated crops: History of lambs quarter grain: Amaranth history: Chickweed history and pharmacological uses: MUSIC from this episode: Sunset by OTE via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: FARMHAND Rimol Greenhouses: Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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What No-Till Means From Crops You Dig Up + The Bees Are Dying
04/28/2025
What No-Till Means From Crops You Dig Up + The Bees Are Dying
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 🙌 Links for today: Summary of the Bee issue: Survey about the Bee collapse: What nomadic commercial bee operations pollonate: Bative bee Populations: Comprehensive paper on organic nematode control : Longterm effects of biofumigation study: Correlation between nematodes and Isoil organic matter: Neonicotinoid Exposure Worsens Varroa Mite Infestations: MUSIC from this episode: I Could Be Happy by Pastis via Support our work (👊) at or Show Sponsors: FARMHAND Rimol Greenhouses: Farmraise: MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: 🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 Hats 🧢 👉 Forum 💬 👉 Music 🎵 👉 via 👕 MERCH 👉 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or freelance sound editor:
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