Growers Daily

Welcome to episode 21 of Growers Daily! We cover: e. Coli in the Onions, Farm Franchises and my Favorite Crops to Harvest   E. Coli outbreak: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/e-coli-O157.html   Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notillgrowers     MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Li...

Welcome to episode 20 of Growers Daily! We cover: Putting the Beds To Rest for Winter + Are we wrong about Mycorrhizal fungi, Also AI is screwing with farmers.  Cover crop playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6-IYSxbbuE&list=PLGMgkMLKOtWu2VFfX46liznymtIz1o69p Spinach Study:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X23000726 2023 study on brassicas https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...

Welcome to episode 19 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today is feedback Friday! We get a little of your feedback, talk about cleaning under deer fences, and discuss a compost mulch study that is missing something (more plants).  Growing For Market Article: https://growingformarket.com/articles/tillage-vs-mulch-permanent-bed-organic-vegetable Mulch study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377312...

Welcome to episode 18 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we discuss the biochar (again), we talk about compost made in a garbage can, and smooth move, scientists.  Foop Biochar: https://thefoop.com/?utm_campaign=RETARGET&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmON2yozbDDTE4qHX0y4t89KuFNe&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8MG1BhCoARIsAHxSiQlN0bGZseoatqDrA8Rvn0isGIkkct6JIotdmTQfCHQBHgeWXBShhFgaAkR7EALw_wcB Growing For Market Article...

Welcome to episode 17 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we discuss the biochar trials I've started, we talk about building resilient farms, and breaking the lines in soccer.  Foop Biochar: https://thefoop.com/?utm_campaign=RETARGET&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmON2yozbDDTE4qHX0y4t89KuFNe&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8MG1BhCoARIsAHxSiQlN0bGZseoatqDrA8Rvn0isGIkkct6JIotdmTQfCHQBHgeWXBShhFgaAkR7EALw_wcB Study on droug...

In the spirit of collaboration, I'm gonna do something a little different. A couple weeks ago I did a field day with OAK--that's the Organic Association of Kentucky --If you're listening to this and live in Kentucky you should totally be a member. We and acouple of dozen other farmers and farm professionals walked through our gardens. We talked about the conservation practices we're currently usin...

Welcome to episode 16 of Growers Daily! We cover: Alex Ball of Old City Acres and Co-Host of the No-Till Market Garden Podcast joins the show today to chat with me about how to move a farm, what size is a good scale for part time farming, and what questions he has going into the next season of podcasting and farming.  Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notil...

Welcome to episode 15 of Growers Daily! We cover: What the heck is silvohorticulture, how to make decisions on a farm (decision making frameworks) and it's messy monday!  Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notillgrowers     MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https:...

Today's episode is with two of our compost pioneers, Karl Hammer from Vermont Compost and Mike Merner from Earth Care Farm . They share advice, stories from the early days, wishes for the future, and so much more. Both of these wonderful humans have always been generous talking about their experiences and helping the compost industry grow. It seems fitting as we head into the season of gratitude t...

Welcome to episode 14 of Growers Daily! We cover: Microplastics and are farmers to blame, the importance of neighbors, what to undersow with tomatoes, and what you should grow if you can grow anything.  Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notillgrowers   Citations:  Wirecutter article: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/how-to-avoid-eating-microplasti...

Welcome to episode 13 of Growers Daily! We cover: what to harvest when, should farms have positions like sports, and how farm names are born.   Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notillgrowers     French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-viven...

Ellen Rignell has many years experience growing seed from her time at Trill Farms and as a program coordinator for the Gaia Foundation seed sovereignty program. But in this interview we catch Ellen at a new part of her seed journey as she's finishing the first growing season of her Winnow Farm Seeds , her very own seed company based in Dorset in the UK. In this episode, we discuss what Ellen wants...

Welcome to episode 12 of Growers Daily! We cover: PFAS in compost, keeping lists, what to plant in october, and deer fencing   Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notillgrowers   Texas A:&M deer fencing https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2016/05/12/four-wire-electric-fence-system-best-control-of-deer-access-to-food-plots/ Composter Pod about PFAS: https://podcast...

Welcome to episode 11 of Growers Daily! We cover: does stress cause gray hair, the problem with fixating on wins as a soccer coach, balancing ecology and profit, and it's Messy Monday.  Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notillgrowers   Interplanting Video : https://youtu.be/otkDHiZ-O4Q   Evansville Event : https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil...

I recently took a road trip to eastern Massachusetts. Most people visiting this classic New England area in October are either leaf peeping or visiting the witchy town of Salem, but you listeners know me better than that. I am much more excited about the brown leaves about to get into my compost pile and meeting composters like Andrew Brousseau, operations manager at Black Earth Compost . On my wa...

Welcome to episode 10 of Growers Daily! We cover: Advice from farmers, using the word how, starting small + where to put your gardens, and is growing garlic in a high tunnel worth it?  Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www. Patreon.com/notillgrowers seeding paper pot trays vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut7rsMIuvio&t=17s Mountain Roots Video: https://youtu.be/u3KoaRHV...

Welcome to episode 9 of Growers Daily!   We cover: how to work fewer hours on the farm, how to ask bad questions, how to add value without adding work, the the magic you're looking for is in the work you're avoiding but also WHO IS DIPEN PAMAR.     Show Sponsor: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com   Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential: https://amzn.to/3Yi3WjU   RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE...

Welcome to episode 8 of Growers Daily!   We cover: How to make every crops succeed, how to navigate local farm laws, and work harder than you dream.     Show Sponsor: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com   Ben Hartman's Lean Micro Farm: https://amzn.to/3Ni788T   RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS:     Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewa...

This roundtable with Jameson Parker of the Moonlight Collective, William Crenshaw of the Nashville Food Coop, R'yana Michele of the Waterbear cooperative land project, & Lexi Close of the Appalachian producers co-op offers different perspectives on starting a cooperative business and was recorded at the '23 TN Local Food Summit. A special thank you to Natalie Seevers for inviting us down and coord...

Welcome to episode 7 of Growers Daily!   We cover: How to scale with water, how pulse watering works and what is pulse watering, and Jennie Love shares an important piece of Advice  Follow Jennie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notillflowers/ Jennie's No-Till Flowers Field Day: https://www.shoplovenfreshflowers.com/product/no-till-flowers-field-day Jennie's Podcast about Pulse Watering: ht...

Welcome to episode 6 of Growers Daily!   We cover: how to deal with scurf in sweet potatoes, is competition good for seed crops, and why you should farm like you're old.    Show Sponsor: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com   RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS:   Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources/   Organi...

As farmers and composters, it's easy to get in the pattern of only thinking about our day-to-day fires that need to be addressed. Weeds, odors, staffing, where to move that next batch? We forget the bigger picture. Pierce Lewis from Dirt Hugger reminds us to keep perspective and take time to plan. It saves so much effort in the long run. In this episode, Pierce talks about the newest innovations a...

Welcome to episode 5 of Growers Daily!   We cover: how to make compost quickly (but also, should you?). We discuss some listener feedback, and we get into how I unwind GO RACING LOUISVILLE (Buy all of your Racing Louisville gear here   😉 https://lousoccerstore.com)   Show Sponsor: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com   RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS:   Carolina Farm Stewardship Associatio...

Welcome to episode 4 of Growers Daily! We cover: how not to retire from a podcast, how to pick hedgerow plants, and how to farm like a coach. Native Habitat Project guy: https://www.instagram.com/nativehabitatproject/ 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL 🚨  Support Videos lik...

Welcome to episode 3 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to take a farm to full-time SAFELY, how alcohol's bad press might affect agriculture, and why I am no longer really winter farming.  The farm business book I point to: https://amzn.to/3Y8OXJl 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NO...