Farmer Jesse

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.

Author

Farmer Jesse

Category

Education

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

How to Start a Farm (but Actually) + Using Sawdust 05.06.2026

Welcome to episode 415 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to use sawdust in the market garden (and if you should), the big key to starting a farm, 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:  How to Start a farm a step by step guide video   https://www.yo...

Should You Pre-Soak Seeds + What if My Tomatoes Got a Wee Bit… Frosted? 04.06.2026

Welcome to episode 414 of Growers Daily! We cover: if you should pre-soak seeds, advocating for the causes you believe in, and what do I do with lightly frosted… tomato plants…  We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  soaking seeds before planting article:  https://www.thr...

What Makes Farms Work: The Business Side Episode 03.06.2026

Welcome to episode 413 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're getting down to business talking how much marketing do farms really need, market research for farmers, and accounting and managing farm profits with our buddies Mikey and Kez of Five Tales Farm. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/1604...

Will Irrigation Burn Your Leaves + Potatoes with Crimson Clover? 02.06.2026

Welcome to episode 412 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're gonna tackle a pervasive myth about water droplets and sunlight, we'll take on a living mulch question, and discuss the hoss garden seeder. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  Living Mulch/ Perennial Cover Crop I...

Compost Over the Cover Crops + Watermelons (With or Without Seeds) 01.06.2026

Welcome to episode 411 of Growers Daily! We cover: watermelons and covering cover crops in compost coverings.  We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  the $400 melon episode:  https://youtu.be/ JEplhbKi7mY     Johnnys Seedless Watermelon Guide:  https://www.johnnyseeds.com...

When The Grasses Take Over + Visiting an Untouched Tribe 29.05.2026

Welcome to episode 410 of Growers Daily! We cover: rhizomatous grasses in raised beds, lessons from an untouched tribe in India, 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:  The North Sentinel people:  https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Sentinelese Documen...

Best Use of Fresh Woodchips + Different Ways of Fertilizing (Pros/Cons) 28.05.2026

Welcome to episode 409 of Growers Daily! We cover: using fresh woodchips,  keeping roots out of your hoops… houses,  and foliar spraying vs side dressing vs fertigation, etc.. What's the dif? We'll find out. 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 episo...

The Summer Cover Crop Show + Planting into Residue 27.05.2026

Welcome to episode 408 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking: how and why to use buckwheat as a cover crop, planting into cover crop residue, and sunn hemp. 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:  It'll All Pass by Sully Bright via ...

Owning June in the Garden + Is it Too Late for These Brassicas? 26.05.2026

Welcome to episode 407 of Growers Daily! We cover: owning June in the Garden, is it too late for this or that brassica, and is a pinpoint seeder the seeder you've been longing for? We'll find out.  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:  Hell...

Growing Great Pumpkins + Navigating the Wild World of Weather 25.05.2026

Welcome to episode 406 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking about pumpkin and preparing your farm for weather that can't stop, won't stop… being weird. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  Shift towards heavy rainfall:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary. wiley.co...

Am I The Only One Over All the Subscriptions? + Burying Cow Manure? 22.05.2026

Welcome to episode 405 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're burying some cow manure, we're done with subscriptions BUT it is feedback friday, which I can subscribe to another round of THAT game always. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  Yale article with Amazon Video:  h...

Is it Bad to Water Plants On a Hot Day? + When is a Bed Dead? 21.05.2026

Welcome to episode 404 of Growers Daily! We cover: watering plants in the heat, we're deciding when to pull a crop once it's damaged, and taking on an interesting lasagne bed and iodine conundrum.  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:  Phosp...

Making Sense of Farmers Markets + Scape Season 20.05.2026

Welcome to episode 403 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking farmers markets dos and donts, do farmers markets make sense, and the state of farmers markets currently. 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:  Revolve, evolve by rakey S...

Aphids in the Greenhouse + Lesson From a Dying Rainforest 19.05.2026

Welcome to episode 402 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are learning some lessons from the amazon (forest not website), tackling aphids in the greenhouse, and then how about some wheel hoeing? We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  Amazon Article:  https://projects.ap...

When Things Must Die so The Garden Shall Live + The Okra Show 18.05.2026

Welcome to episode 401 of Growers Daily! We cover: Okra and the circle of life… of a 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:  Okra to the US:  https://www.pomona.edu/farm/ blog/posts/okra-how-it-got- united-states-how-grow-it-and- how-eat-it   MUSIC from this episo...

Demystifying Vasectomies (Yes, Vasectomies!) + What About the Stuff Growing on My Soil Blocks? 15.05.2026

Welcome to episode 400 of Growers Daily! We cover: the various stuff growing on your seedlings, we're gonna talk about vasectomies (which isn't a metaphor, we're gonna actually talk about vasectomies because people need to talk about them) and it's feedback friday,  We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ pro...

Can You Use Woodstove Charcoal as Biochar + Going From Compacted Dirt to Thriving Soil 14.05.2026

Welcome to episode 399 of Growers Daily! We cover: the stuff in the woodstove acting like biochar, converting compacted ground into productive soil, and where has all the sulfur gone? We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  Tom's Article from Seg 3:  https://www.agweb.com/...

Farmer Jesse Goes LIVE to Talk May In the Garden 13.05.2026

Welcome to episode 398 of Growers Daily! We cover: your live questions! 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:  NONE via  www.epidemicsound.com   Support our work (👊) at  https://www.notillgrowers.com/support  or  https://www. Patreon.com/not...

Can Gardening Save You Money at the Grocery Store + Starting a Flower Farm 12.05.2026

Welcome to episode 397 of Growers Daily! We cover: how food prices are bananas, but could growing your own bananas help…er at least veggies; we're gonna take a question about starting a flower farm and finally, we'll do a little earthway seeder breakdown.  We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047...

No Sweat Sweet Corn + Moving a Tunnel 11.05.2026

Welcome to episode 396 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are breaking down sweet corn and moving high tunnels. 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:  endless by Victor Lundberg via  www.epidemicsound.com   Support our work (👊) at  https:/...

Farming With a Baby (Tools and Tips) + Will This Weed Follow Me to My Next Farm? 08.05.2026

Welcome to episode 395 of Growers Daily! We cover: farming with little kiddos, how to keep weeds like horsetail from tagging along to the next farm 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:  show with horestail segment: https://youtu.be/POAMI_0KHLA...

What Technologies Am I Excited About + Cover Crops for Northern Growers 07.05.2026

Welcome to episode 394 of Growers Daily! We cover: the tech I actually am excited about (or could be), we get a question about keeping rain off melons, and cover crops for northern growers. 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:  Me Time by Zorr...

Soil Health on the Cheap + Incorporating Fertility Without Tilling 06.05.2026

Welcome to episode 393 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we'll have ourselves a little soil health party and talk about reviving abused soil, soil health on a budget, and incorporating amendments without tilling. 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 ep...

Half of All Life on Earth is Above You + Inside My Harvest Stations 05.05.2026

Welcome to episode 392 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we'll talk about the fascinating biology of tree canopies, do a quick tour of our root washing station and wash/pack station, AND we'll discuss broad forks. We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  Radio Lab on tree c...

Killing Cover Crops with Birds + Growing Peanuts 04.05.2026

Welcome to episode 391 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're talking about growing peanuts (for those of you who can of course) and fowl in the cover crops on purpose… We are a Non-Profit!   👇  🙌  DONATE   🙌  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666   Links for today:  Buffalo Seed Co peanuts:  https://www. thebuffaloseedcompany.com/s/ s...

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