Growers Daily

Welcome to episode 489 of Growers Daily! Today we're talking about why starting a farm should not start with land, we check in on the chia cover cropping trials, 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:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league:  ht...

Welcome to episode 488 of Growers Daily! Today is a good ol mailbag day. We're gonna cover a fun range of topics from considerations when becoming a CSA-only farm, to low maintenance strategies for building soil health, to organically approved fungicides, what to know.  We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/...

Welcome to episode 487 of Growers Daily! Today we're LIVE talking about whatever you want! We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league:  https://fantasy. premierleague.com/leagues/ auto-join/5ligds Small Grain Growers Podcast (apple):  h...

Welcome to episode 486 of Growers Daily! Today we're gonna dedicate almost exclusively to storing potatoes and sweet potatoes (except the patreon question we take on about germinating seeds under a tarp just to shake things up). We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No-T...

Welcome to episode 485 of Growers Daily! Today we will discuss establishing a meadow for beneficials in your area, both micro and bigro. And we'll take a question about taking over land that itself has been taken over by weeds and pests you definitely don't want. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profil...

Welcome to episode 484 of Growers Daily! Today we discuss legendary grower Eliot Coleman's thoughts on no-till, we'll visit the milpa patch one last time 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:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league:  https://fa...

Welcome to episode 483 of Growers Daily! Today is mailbag day! And in the mailbag we find questions about what farmers could use help with (from non farmers), When grasses survive the tarping, and ridge vents on tunnels–worth 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:  No-...

Welcome to episode 482 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking all brassicas all the time: brassica woes, where to fit the brassicas, and the mighty fall brassica We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league:  https://fantasy. premierleagu...

Welcome to episode 481 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking about things you can do now to have a great growing season in 2027. And, somewhat weirdly apropos of that topic for this show, we get a question about re-covering the soil after a tillage event.   We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/160...

Welcome to episode 480 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking trap crops (the only crops you get to yell "psyche" at), we'll check in on the sweet potatoes in the field, 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:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football lea...

Welcome to episode 479 of Growers Daily! Today we are doing the mailbag thang. And so we're catching up with Jimmy Nardello (the pepper—the man passed away a long time ago), talking what makes peppers hot mid season (hint: they're hot already) and should one compost before cover cropping or after or both? Neither? We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_bu...

Welcome to episode 478 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking about one of my favorite subjects: Birds. The current state of birds with Becca Rodomsky-Bish; we'll talk about the birds who are pests, and, we'll discuss why the birds are not alright.  We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   L...

Welcome to episode 477 of Growers Daily! We are gonna dedicate today to germinating crops, namely spinach (which we will do an in-the-field segment on), but also just good general germination guidance and maybe some other g words. Plus we'll take a question about blackberry brambles. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://a...

Welcome to episode 476 of Growers Daily! Today we're talking fall peas and gloves for fall harvest (potentially for those peas)! We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league:  https://fantasy. premierleague.com/leagues/ auto-join/5ligds S...

Welcome to episode 475 of Growers Daily! Today we're talking about why better ecology is the answer, purslane as a living mulch, 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:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league:  https://fantasy. premierleague.com/...

Welcome to episode 474 of Growers Daily! Today we're doing the mailbag thing which is always a fun and wide ranging day for us.  We'll talk overwintering carrots in the ground, wash/pack station considerations, and high tunnel orientation. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for t...

Welcome to episode 473 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're getting into some of the nerdy details that make farm sales tick, like deciding where and how you want to sell (ie market research); is the farmer's market the best place to start selling; and getting in good with restaurants. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ http...

Welcome to episode 472 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're talking mostly about frost protection and we take a question about naked garlic. Or more specifically when you harvest too late. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league: ...

Welcome to episode 471 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're talking overwintered allium options from leeks to walla wallas to green garlic. AND we'll take a mailbag question about hilling potatoes and what makes talking about farming so complicated. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666...

Welcome to episode 470 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're talking about the TRUE meaning of cultivation, some of the tweaks we are making to the show, 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:  No-Till Growers Fantasy Football league:  https://f...

Welcome to episode 469 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are getting nerdy about setting, achieving and then monitoring farm goals, and simple ways to track planting schedules. Like I said, it's a nerdy mailbag day. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No-Till Grower...

Welcome to episode 468 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today, we are talking some of my favorite seeds to save, how to make money growing seeds with Dan Brisebois, and all because… you know what? It's seed saving season! We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No Till Growers...

Welcome to episode 467 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are talking about Low Key Farm Tools that Work Hard in the Market Garden (starting with important pocket-size tools) and we're talking BATS! We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  No Till Growers Feedback Form: ...

Welcome to episode 466 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are talking about cover crops you can eat (but still get all those good cover crop things out of it) and we also get a mailbag question about cereal rye vs rye grass as a cover crop. A very cover croppy day indeed. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid....

Welcome to episode 465 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are talking about making hedgerows and native plantings more accessible to growers, and we'll get some farm updates from the field.  Oh and of course 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:  N...