Farmer Jesse

Growers Daily

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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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Farmer Jesse

Episodes

How to Actually Use a Broadfork + Green Beans Breakdown 30.04.2025 19:07

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: I See You by Candelion The Welcome of the Dawn by Roy Williams via www.epide...

Which Crops do Best in a Little Shade + Deciding if a Crop is Worth Growing 29.04.2025 18:48

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Weeds that were actually domesticated crops: ...

What No-Till Means From Crops You Dig Up + The Bees Are Dying 28.04.2025 18:41

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Summary of the Bee issue: https://www.dvm360...

Churches Could be Farms + My Biggest Farming "Aha!" Moments 25.04.2025 20:34

Welcome to episode 138 of Growers Daily! We cover: my biggest aha moments as a farmer, the "creation care" movement in churches, 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: Article about Churches new environmental movement: https://www.nytimes.com/2...

The First Tools to Buy + Living Pathway Crops 24.04.2025 19:28

Welcome to episode 137 of Growers Daily! We cover: the first tools to buy for your farm, living pathway crops, and killing those pesky crops once you're done with them. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Show about the areas of a farm to invest in from last year: ht...

Managing Rocky Soil + The Broccoli Breakdown Show 23.04.2025 22:00

Welcome to episode 136 of Growers Daily! We cover: rocks in the soil and broccoli, broccoli, broccoli. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: A Good broccoli growing guide from UK (go cats): https://publications.ca.uky. edu/sites/publications.ca.uky. edu/files/NEP225.p...

Market Gardening Fundamental Skills + Direct Seeding After a Cover Crop 22.04.2025 19:39

Welcome to episode 135 of Growers Daily! We cover: the challenge of directly seeding crops after cover crops, the fundamentals of market gardening, and what one country's water management has taught me about life. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Jang Double Disc O...

Tips for Better Germination in the Field + Chickens in the Garden (on purpose) 21.04.2025 20:03

Welcome to episode 134 of Growers Daily! We cover: Germinating seeds in the field, balancing efficiency and soil health, and making the most out of chickens in the garden (the ones you let in intentionally at least). We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: MUSIC from t...

The Hidden Costs of Farming + Bugs and Woodchips 18.04.2025 21:40

Welcome to episode 133 of Growers Daily! We cover: Bugs and woodchips, the hidden costs of farming PLUS it's feedback friday (for real this time). We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Sage Hill Ranch Gardens Water Catchment Video: https://youtu.be/ ipNv8yo8uoY MUSIC...

Deer Fencing on a Budget + A Hands Free Root Washing Station 17.04.2025 19:56

Welcome to episode 132 of Growers Daily! We cover: Deer fencing on a budget, our simple hands-free root washing station (with updates) and bermuda grass on a school farm. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Show about deer fencing: https://youtu.be/ uGKH1Z8WBz4 Ped...

Soil Health on a Budget + How Much Water You Need for a Market Garden 16.04.2025 22:23

Welcome to episode 131 of Growers Daily! We cover: soil health on a budget, tips for how to remember to keep some dang records, and calculating how much water you need for a market garden We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: USDA Climate Smart Grant Cancellation: http...

The "Plant it and Forget it" Farm + Harvesting From Cover Crops? 15.04.2025 19:08

Welcome to episode 130 of Growers Daily! We cover: a plant it and forget it farm business model, harvesting from cover crops, and what we're up to right now on our farm. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Making Money from Cover Crops Episode: https://youtu.be/KOaH6J...

The "Plastic Free" Farm Conundrum + If You Can Level a Garden Plot, Should You? 14.04.2025 20:30

Welcome to episode 129 of Growers Daily! We cover: If you can level a plot, should you just go ahead and do it and we're gonna take a look at what the challenges of plastic free farming says about farming We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Sweet potato curing researc...

When Your Compost Options Stink + How to Choose a Fruit Tree 10.04.2025 19:15

Welcome to episode 128 of Growers Daily! We cover: Creative ways dealing with limited compost options, how to choose which fruits to grow, and can weed wacking a cover crop and then tarping it kill the cover crop more quickly. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links for today: Show...

Do Sweet Potatoes Make a Good Interplant + Total Sweet Potato Breakdown 09.04.2025 22:14

Welcome to episode 127 of Growers Daily! We cover: Sweet potatoes—from growing the slips to eating and selling the vines, interplanting, all of 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: Sweet potato video: https://youtu.be/l_GsoT8Fg64 MUSIC from this episode: Sweet...

Fire Ants + Why Does Fine Art Hate Gardens? 08.04.2025 20:06

Welcome to episode 126 of Growers Daily! We cover: Fire ants, the cost of starting and running a farm podcast, and why gardening and farming has been so neglected in art. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Forum: https://notillgrowers. community.chat The episode where I detail why notillgrowers is changi...

Are Microplastics Hurting Crop Production + Agrochemicals in Your Adult Beverages? 07.04.2025 19:58

Welcome to episode 125 of Growers Daily! We cover: Microplastics messing with photosynthesis, agrochemicals in alcohol, and why we can't just turn plastic into bricks. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Microplastics and plants: https://www.smithsonianmag. com/smart-news/microplastics- are-making-photosynt...

Farming Like You're Old + Managing "Damping Off" in the Greenhouse 04.04.2025 22:37

Welcome to episode 124 of Growers Daily! We cover: Farming like you're old, damping off, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/ podcast/investing-in- regenerative-agriculture-and- food/id1268558109 When Jo...

Using Old Manure in the Garden + Which Way to Point the Garden Beds 03.04.2025 19:05

Welcome to episode 123 of Growers Daily! We cover: If it matters which way you orient your garden beds, old horse manure, and getting an old pile of manure composting. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Bioassay Episode: https://youtu.be/ FKtj-A8Gx9U Kickstarting Compost Pile Episode: https://youtu.be/...

What the Pros Wear in the Garden + Celery from Seed to Harvest 02.04.2025 19:42

Welcome to episode 122 of Growers Daily! We cover: What the pros wear in the garden and get a celery breakdown from seed to harvest. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: sweet potato video: https://youtu.be/l_GsoT8Fg64 The crocs I wear: https://www.crocs.com/p/crocs- on-the-clock-work-slip-on/ 205073.htm...

When You Don't Have a Mountain of Compost + Asparagus In the Market Garden? 01.04.2025 21:30

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Intercropping asparagus st...

Heating a Greenhouse with Your Soil + What Farmers Need to Know about Retirement 31.03.2025 23:45

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Forest Garden Greenhouse: https://amzn.to/ 4iZT1TS ThreeFold Farm's Climate Battery Videos: https://www.youtube.c...

Creative Ways to Start a Compost Business + How AI Could Change Small Farming 28.03.2025 24:21

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Scrooge McDuck breakdown: https://www.livescience.com/19919-gold-recreate-scrooge-mcduck-gold-coin-swim.html Our friend Ja...

Maximizing Vermicompost + White Shade Cloth Worth it? 28.03.2025 19:23

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Worm Farmers Handbook: https://amzn.to/4j9vWy0 Shade cloth in horticulture: https://journals.ashs.org/view...

Encouraging Cucumber Beetle Predators + Windbreaks + Interplanting SAFELY 26.03.2025 20:16

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 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Managing Cucumber Beetles in Organic Farming Systems paper: https://eorganic.org/node/5307 Study on spiders...