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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These Chefs are Wrong + Is There a No-Till Option to Kill Any Cover Crop?
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20:01Welcome to episode 173 of Growers Daily! We cover: chefs using AI, dealing with cover crops in the land where they will not die over winter, and itβs feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The Chef and AI Article: httpsβ¦
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Is Comfrey Worth the Hype + Can You Call Yourself a Farmer IFβ¦
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24:02Welcome to episode 172 of Growers Daily! We cover: what agricultural term best fits you, Comfrey, and diseases and crover crops! We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: A good comfrey breakdown: https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/coβ¦
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Are We Thinking about Aphids All Wrong? I Asked an Expert.
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40:33Welcome to episode 171 of Growers Daily! We cover: I had the absolute privilege of catching up with Betsy Lamb, part of Cornell Universityβs Integrated Pest management program who offered us a ton of insight not just on how aphids work and what they do to plants but what we as growers can do to manage them. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https:/β¦
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Can You Walk on Garden Beds? + You Are WHERE You Eat
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17:58Welcome to episode 170 of Growers Daily! We cover: walking on garden beds (or not), give a shout to the woods, and rotating crops in tight spaces. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: A review of forest therapy research: https://www.sβ¦
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Increase Your Soilβs Health This Summer + Are Sheep the Market Garden Livestock Youβve Been Missing?
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19:58Welcome to episode 169 of Growers Daily! We cover: a crop rotation puzzle, weβll discuss increasing your soilβs health this summer, and sheep as complementary livestock to market gardening. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: None! Mβ¦
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Whatβs the Deal With the Jumping Worms? + Dirty Produce
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23:22Welcome to episode 168 of Growers Daily! We cover: dirty produce, jumping worms, and itβs feed back friday. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: 2024 Jumping worms research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1164556323β¦
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What is Actually Happening in a Compost Pile + Basics of Soil Amending
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21:58Welcome to episode 167 of Growers Daily! We cover: trellising pole beans in a tunnel, what is actually going on inside of a compost pile, and cover some of the basics of soil amending. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Great Sciencβ¦
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The Current State of Birds + What Market Gardeners Can Do (with Becca Rodomski-Bish of Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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35:00Welcome to episode 166 of Growers Daily! We cover: Becca Rodomsky-Bish with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology joins us to talk birds, bird ID apps, and what we can do, as farmers and growers, to help declining bird populations. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profilβ¦
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Farming Solo + The Tools That Make it Easier (With Erin Worrall of Cedar Chest Farm)
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31:35Welcome to episode 165 of Growers Daily! We cover: Erin Worrall from The Cedar Chest Farm joins us to talk about farming solo, farming and motherhood, and the tools that make solo farming easier. Follow Erin on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thecedarchestfarm/?hl=en We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALβ¦
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Why Plants βStall Outβ + Pests are The Future of Ag
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19:21Welcome to episode 164 of Growers Daily! We cover: the month of June, why pests are likely only going to become more and more of a problem, and what causes plants to just stop We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Rising Peach and Almoβ¦
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No Dig is Not for Every Garden + Do the (Garden) Work
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22:19Welcome to episode 163 of Growers Daily! We cover: some hard truths about deep compost mulching slash no dig systems, some hard truths about hard work, and some hard truths about this weekβs topics because ITβs feedback friday We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profβ¦
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Can Woodchips be Contaminated? + Pests You Cannot Exclude
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19:30Welcome to episode 162 of Growers Daily! We cover: if woodchips can be contaminated (like compost can), pests that refuse to be kept out, and buying the right broadfork. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Slug video: https://youtu.bβ¦
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Is This A Viable Farm Model + A Kid-Shaped Farm
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22:27Welcome to episode 161 of Growers Daily! We cover: my latest random farm model idea to critique, shaping the farm around kids , and does a tractor always lead to soil compaction? We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The episode about β¦
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My Biggest High Tunnel Mistakes + Crops that Think Theyβre Cover Crops?
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20:01Welcome to episode 160 of Growers Daily! We cover: green garlic (and others) as a cover crop, the magic of sunn hemp, and making mistakes so I can share them with you. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sunnhemp cover crop: https://β¦
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What itβs Like to Leave a City to Farm + Planting into Cover Crop Mulch
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19:49Welcome to episode 159 of Growers Daily! We cover: planting into cover crop residue, thirstwaves (like heat waves but thirsty), and what it was like to leave the city all those years ago and start farming. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links foβ¦
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My Current Thoughts on Compost Tea + Your Cover Crop Questions Answered
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22:36Welcome to episode 158 of Growers Daily! We cover: your cover crop queries, compost teas, and itβs feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: https://youtu.be/a1U1zYrQrRs?siβ¦
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Incorporating Amendments Without Tilling + Are Pelleted Seeds Harder to Germinate?
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19:42Welcome to episode 157 of Growers Daily! We cover: incorporating amendments into soil when youβre not turning the soil over, pelleted seeds being annoying, and starting a garden on clay in a cold climate. We are a Non-Profit! π π DONATE π https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links forβ¦
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