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

Can Cover Crops Make a Good Mulch + A Fill Dirt Uh Oh 01.12.2025 20:28

Welcome to episode 291 of Growers Daily! We cover: cover crops as a mulch, fill dirt concerns, AND We'll also tack on a little feedback monday per tradition (of missing fridays). 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fanta...

Profitable Small Farm Three Years In | Wild East Farm 28.11.2025 39:39

Welcome to episode 290 of Growers Daily! We cover: chatting with Noah East of Wild East Farm in Western North Carolina. We talk about the aftermath of Helene, numbers on the farm, and some new farming enterprises they are doing at Wild East. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links fo...

Farmer Jesse Live to Talk December Gardening 26.11.2025 1:00:32

Welcome to episode 289 of Growers Daily! We cover: your 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: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv MUSIC from this episode: None...WE LIVE via...

Get Away with Using Hay + Crimes of Trashin' 25.11.2025 20:06

Welcome to episode 288 of Growers Daily! We cover: the tool the measures compaction properly, hay days, and some crimes of trashin'. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv...

Make Your Own Mulching Compost + Garden Tracking Simplified 24.11.2025 18:58

Welcome to episode 287 of Growers Daily! We cover: making your own mulching compost, simplifying the idea of garden tracking and the good and bad of CSA 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: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague...

How to Find Money to Start a Farm + Evaluating A New Garden Plot 21.11.2025 21:26

Welcome to episode 286 of Growers Daily! We cover: evaluating a new garden plot, finding that startup capital, 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kp...

Can Compost Tea Protect from Frosts + Maintain Those Garden Tools 20.11.2025 18:46

Welcome to episode 285 of Growers Daily! We cover: if vermicompost tea can help protect from frosts, Tool maintenance, and tilling compost 20 inches into the soil? 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleagu...

Should You Develop Your Own Hybrid Seed + Saving Beans When They're Still Green 19.11.2025 33:01

Welcome to episode 284 of Growers Daily! We cover: Dan Brisebois, host of The Seed Farmer Podcast and author of The Seed Farmer joins us to talk saving bean seeds, pepper seed saving, and creating your own hybrid seed. 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 NTG Premie...

How Compost Mulch Acts Differently in Different Regions + Getting Good Broccoli in Hot Climates 18.11.2025 18:37

Welcome to episode 283 of Growers Daily! We cover: how compost mulch acts differently in different regions, a potentially new way to nonprofit, and getting good brassica heads in hotter climates. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy Leagu...

Gravel Mulches?! + It's Time to Store those Seeds (Properly) 17.11.2025 21:00

Welcome to episode 282 of Growers Daily! We cover: gravel mulches, storing seeds, and it's feedback… monday. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv T...

The Talking Tools Roundup 14.11.2025 23:35

Welcome to episode 281 of Growers Daily! We cover: our very first Growers Daily "best of" or roundup video in which we talk all things tools for your 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: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/le...

Too Late to Start Next Year's Garden? + Using Worm Compost in the Soil Mix 13.11.2025 17:11

Welcome to episode 280 of Growers Daily! We cover: Kaolin clay for things like squash bugs, is it too late to start next year's garden (and would there be any value to tarping under snow), plus we look at vermicompost in a seed starting mix. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/ profile/16047666 Links fo...

How Farming In Japan Compares to the US + Using Salt Marsh Hay W/ Assawaga Farm 12.11.2025 41:11

Welcome to episode 279 of Growers Daily! We cover: Yoko Takemura from Assawaga Farm in CT joins us to chat about covercropping, using salt marsh hay, growing Asian veg, and how farming in the US compares to farming in Japan. 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 NTG...

Is "Dirt Mulch" Actually a Thing? + Winterizing the Irrigation 11.11.2025 17:06

Welcome to episode 278 of Growers Daily! We cover: the idea of dirt mulches, the power of true citizenship and winterizing the irrigation. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join...

The Farming Podcast that Changed Everything + Are Landscape Fabrics Really that Bad? 10.11.2025 17:57

Welcome to episode 277 of Growers Daily! We cover: landscape fabrics and if they are really so bad, a farming podcast that changed me (and many others) plus perennial ryegrass. What a lineup! 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: ...

An Irrigation System Worth Loving + Stay Hopeful, Nerds! 07.11.2025 24:59

Welcome to episode 276 of Growers Daily! We cover: a new irrigation system called the sumi soaker and some early thoughts on that. Plus we get hopeful about the future 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League...

Growing Tomatoes in the Same Place Every Year + What Exactly IS Considered Crop Rotation? 06.11.2025 19:14

Welcome to episode 275 of Growers Daily! We cover: using rye cover crops in a warm region, growing tomatoes in the same place every year, and what constitutes a crop rotation REALLY. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://...

Don't Worry, Your Garden is Safe + Mulching with Woodchips 05.11.2025 19:46

Welcome to episode 274 of Growers Daily! We cover: if our gardens are contaminated enough to be concerned about it, anxiety VS farming, and woodchips as a bed mulch. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierle...

Lasagne Gardening at Scale + Missing Our Livestock 04.11.2025 20:22

Welcome to episode 273 of Growers Daily! We cover: lasagne gardening at scale, some fun farmer recipes (and a challenge for you) plus why I kind of miss our farm livestock (but also why we won't bring them back). 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 NTG Premier Lea...

Small Farms Vs Disasters + Cardboard's Role as a Mulch 03.11.2025 21:26

Welcome to episode 272 of Growers Daily! We cover: small farming versus disasters, cardboard as a mulch, and when what you do looks bananas to your neighbors. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.co...

The Future Wants Your Farm + Water Collection in Cold Climates 31.10.2025 21:57

Welcome to episode 271 of Growers Daily! We cover: how the cost of the future is farmland, talking about storing water in dry, cold climates, 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierl...

My Garlic Didn't Survive Storage HELP! + High Tunnels Vs The Environment 30.10.2025 19:36

Welcome to episode 270 of Growers Daily! We cover: garlic that didn't survive the storage process, making sense of soil tests, plus what is the microplastics risk with 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: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://f...

Farming it up in the Fall with Farmer Jesse Live 29.10.2025 55:43

Welcome to episode 269 of Growers Daily! We cover: our monthly LIVE episode! 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv MUSIC from this episode: None v...

How Smoke Affects Farms + It's Leaf Season! 28.10.2025 21:23

Welcome to episode 268 of Growers Daily! We cover: the effects that smoke has on crops, mulching with leaves, and What farming has taught me about people, places, and myself. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.p...

How to Find Good (Safe) Mulch + Chemicals Can Grow Lots of Food 27.10.2025 22:30

Welcome to episode 267 of Growers Daily! We cover: finding good mulches, the (somewhat false) productivity of conventional agriculture, and the changing landscape of farming information. 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 NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https...