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Welcome to episode 147 of Growers Daily!

We cover: the “If Money were No Issue” garden fence, starting a non-profit farm, and can you correct drainage next to a tunnel if your first attempt doesn’t work well enough. 

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Collaborative Farming Podcast episode on modern farm commons: https://youtu.be/0q2yC4mO7Eg?si=J--1u_GJxyexj4bR

Podcast with Kelpie fro...

Welcome to episode 146 of Growers Daily!

We cover: cold sowing, pitfalls of starting gardens quickly, and the ecological side (both positive and negative) of tarping the soil. 

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Links for today: 

Farm Loneliness episode: https://youtu.be/ViVA6nM14iM

Seed priming video: https://youtu.be/V08aNtKTly0

Vegetable Production in No-Till Terminated Cover Crops webinar: https://youtu.be/Znt9fSZeQoA?si...

Welcome to episode 145 of Growers Daily!

We cover: fertilizing and three sisters planting, is microalgae the hottest new soil amendment and a little day in the life.

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Links for today: 

Dawns thread on No-till for beginners: https://notillgrowers.community.chat/post/notill-beginners-corner-13599985?trail=15

What is Microalgae: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1073546/full

Use of Microalgae study: ...

Welcome to episode 144 of Growers Daily!

We cover: our high tunnel tomato trellising system (called QLIPR), can cover crops break up a crop rotation, and what’s trending in the market gardening world right now.

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Tomato trellis video: https://youtu.be/QaLNP3wr6hc

Do you need to rotate crops video: https://youtu.be/bL2Y_JZtopY

SARE pu...

Welcome to episode 143 of Growers Daily!

We cover: if you should use compost as a mulch or rather as an amendment when starting a garden on poor soil, we’ll parse fact and fiction about geoengineering… Oh, and it’s feedback friday. 

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Article about native bees vs honey bees: https://e360.yale.edu/features/will-putting-honey-bees-on-public-lands-threaten-native-bees#:~:text=“Honey%20bees%20are%20super%2Dforaging,to%20rear%2033%2C000%20nati...

Welcome to episode 142 of Growers Daily!

We cover: which seeder to use for which crop, keeping a farmers market tent where you put it, and we discuss an intriguing question about what it would take to convert a commercial greenhouse operation into a market garden.

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EArthway seeder: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/seeders/earthway/

Jang seeder: https://shop.moderngrower.co...

Welcome to episode 141 of Growers Daily!

We cover: how to use a broadfork properly and effectively, and we’ll talk green beans.

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MUSIC from this episode: 

I See You by Candelion

The Welcome of the Dawn by Roy Williams

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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.

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Weeds that were actually domesticated crops: https://youtu.be/VjFT4PC8YIQ?si=XA1DtXlC_YBCvDMG

History of lambs quarter grain: https://ethnobiology.org/forage/blog/search...

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. 

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Summary of the Bee issue: https://www.dvm360.com/view/alarming-honeybee-colony-losses-across-the-us-are-confirmed

Survey about the Bee collapse: https://www.projectapism.org/events/i8yr94doxarjvh453lchfhr0xf3bvq

What n...

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..

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Article about Churches new environmental movement: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/climate/indiana-evangelicals-creation-care-stewardship.html

YAle Climate Connections Catholic Church: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/06/the-catholic-churchs-vast-landholdings-could-help-protect-the-climate/

Video we did with Jackson about his Church Farm: https...

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.

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Show about the areas of a farm to invest in from last year: https://youtu.be/z_aVP1gxIzE

NTG forum thread "The Actual Cost of Starting a Market Garden": http...

Welcome to episode 136 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  rocks in the soil and broccoli, broccoli, broccoli. 

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A Good broccoli growing guide from UK (go cats): https://publications.ca.uky.edu/sites/publications.ca.uky.edu/files/NEP225.pdf

NRCS web soil survey: https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/

MUSIC from this episode: 

Beauty by OTE

M...

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.

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Jang Double Disc Opening Shoe: https://shop.moderngrower.co/products/jang-double-disc-shoe

Water square in Rotterdam: https://www.urbanisten.nl/work/benthemplein

Johan Cruyff Hig...

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). 

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Like Stone by Daniel Gunnarsson

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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).

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Sage Hill Ranch Gardens Water Catchment Video: https://youtu.be/ipNv8yo8uoY

MUSIC from this episode: 

Untamed by Ludlow

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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.

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Show about deer fencing: https://youtu.be/uGKH1Z8WBz4

Pedal powered root washing station: https://youtu.be/JXqmouiy5pM

Designing a good wash station: https://youtu.be/JYQyov...

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

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USDA Climate Smart Grant Cancellation: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/14/usda-cancels-biden-era-climate-slush-fund-reprioritizes-existing-funding-farmers

Spring cover crops: https://youtu.be/NKaVeDYRdWQ

Simplified irrigatio...

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.

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Making Money from Cover Crops Episode: https://youtu.be/KOaH6J02qos?si=EQZod4fs7H2DKaYv

MUSIC from this episode: 

Aint Gonna Live Like This No More...

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

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Sweet potato curing research stuff: https://my.ucanr.edu/sites/Postharvest_Technology_Center_/files/228558.pdf

Biodegradable mulches episode: https://youtu...

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.

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Show from 2/18: https://youtu.be/_It_M9rnQyI

Ben Hartman post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHgu3QKOoHo/

MUSIC...

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.

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Sweet potato video: https://youtu.be/l_GsoT8Fg64

MUSIC from this episode: 

Sweet Potato Luke by Jerry McHoy

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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.

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Forum: https://notillgrowers.community.chat

The episode where I detail why notillgrowers is changing: https://youtu.be/Sd8UEDohV9U

Fire Ants organically: https://lubbock.tamu.edu/files/2015/10/ENTO_009.pdf

Review o...

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.

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Microplastics and plants: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/microplastics-are-making-photosynthesis-harder-for-plants-and-that-could-slash-crop-yields-study-suggests-180986209/

Microplastics and Plants (The Guardian):https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/microplastics-hinder-plant-photosynthesis-study-finds-threatening-millions-with-starvation

What Microplastics do to plants: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/20/3554

What we know about alcoho...

Welcome to episode 124 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  Farming like you’re old, damping off, and it’s feedback friday!

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Investing in Regenerative Agriculture podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investing-in-regenerative-agriculture-and-food/id1268558109

When John was on our show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000449101621

When I was on John’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zj9SUeIXPA

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.

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Bioassay Episode: https://youtu.be/FKtj-A8Gx9U

Kickstarting Compost Pile  Episode: https://youtu.be/Ls4xN-zrGE0

MUSIC from this episode: 

Be Enough by Kylie Dailey

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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. 

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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.html?cgid=outlet&cid=001

Xtratuf boots: https://www.xtratuf.com/Home

Grundens: https://grundens.com

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

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Intercropping asparagus study with olives: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1161030123002800#:~:text=Expert%20opinions%20and%20stakeholders'%20participation,or%20prices%20fell%20by%205%25.

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.

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Forest Garden Greenhouse: https://amzn.to/4iZT1TS

ThreeFold Farm’s Climate Battery Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acByGuSMALc

Threefold’s awesome climate battery breakdown page: https://threefold.farm/climate-battery-greenhouse 

A Solid Farmer Retirement...

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, 

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Scrooge McDuck breakdown: https://www.livescience.com/19919-gold-recreate-scrooge-mcduck-gold-coin-swim.html

Our friend Jack’s AI soil management Site: www.cultra.us

Times article on Are You Smarter than AI https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/26/business/ai-smarter-human-intelligence-puzzle.html

March 5th com...

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.

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Worm Farmers Handbook: https://amzn.to/4j9vWy0

Shade cloth in horticulture: https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/hortsci/44/2/article-p239.pdf

Adverse effects of shade on lettuce: https://journals.ashs.org/jashs/view/journals/jashs/147/1/article-p45.xml#:~:text=In%20addition...

Welcome to episode 117 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  the types of interplanting, increasing predators for cucumber beetles (among other dweebish pests), and windbreaks.

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Managing Cucumber Beetles in Organic Farming Systems paper: https://eorganic.org/node/5307

Study on spiders and tree diverstiy: https://www.nsf.gov/news/new-study-reveals-tree-species-diversity-increases

Silvohorticulture book: https://amzn.to/4l5erQY

MUSIC from this episo...

Welcome to episode 116 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  cilantro, basil, dill, and parsley —(ie the main culinary herbs) and garden life after pools (that one will make sense soon). 

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MUSIC from this episode: 

"Spring Is You" By Niklas Gabrielsson with Martin Landström & His Orchestra

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Welcome to episode 115 of Growers Daily!

We cover:    how to improve your soil this spring, what the responsibility of farmers is to their local communities, and cover crops for the early part of the season

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Feb 21st episode about rising food costs: https://youtu.be/Si3GDau0lEo

Compost and decreasing soil pathogens: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10874327/

Compost improve soil stru...

Welcome to episode 114 of Growers Daily!

We cover:    why we love polycultures, interplanting with garlic, and it’s feedback friday.

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GO CATS (that's it. That's the link)

MUSIC from this episode: 

Sway TogetherBy Hannah Juanita

Danish National Anthem by National Anthem Worx

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Welcome to episode 113 of Growers Daily!

We cover:   how to use a backyard garden to prepare for a farm business, Bermuda grass in a hot climate, and testing compost for contamination

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Bracket challenge (live Sunday): https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/pools/kbxw63b2gezdombthezda===?pool-join-key=m4l5sc8uf8ffxr5cjs2m76zvz56m2962&invited-by=ivxhi4tzhiytsnrtgqydgmby&via-medium=copy&ttag=FF25_lk_cbssports_cbb_bpm_copySetupInvite&sender-role=mzaonqamgfe2r7

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Welcome to episode 112 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  It is Wednesday, March 19th 2025, and today we’re gonna talk about the neglected importance of shade, buying plant starts, and locating a greenhouse

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Welcome to episode 111 of Growers Daily!

We cover: harvesting legumes and where the nitrogen goes, Wind, and the state of the citrus industry in America…

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good paper on changing wind...

Welcome to episode 110 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  3 sisters-Slash-Milpa, discuss what we’ve been up to through this tiny warm spell (besides tiny sunburns), and why we stopped growing microgreens.

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Final NTMG...

The No-Till Market Garden Podcast has been going strong since 2018 and today we say goodbye with the hosts. Natalie Lounsbury, Mimi Castell, Alex Ball and Farmer Jesse all share some of their favorite moments of hosting and interviewing. Thank you for the many years for support and of listening.

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Welcome to episode 109 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  raw biochar, converting a field from alfalfa to gardens, the importance of being annoyed, AND it’s feedback friday.

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