Growers Daily

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By: Farmer Jesse

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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Now is The Time for These Soil Tasks
Today at 5:30 PM

Welcome to episode 481 of Growers Daily!

Today we are talking about things you can do now to have a great growing season in 2027. And, somewhat weirdly apropos of that topic for this show, we get a question about re-covering the soil after a tillage event.

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Do Trap Crops Actually Make any Sense?
Last Friday at 5:30 PM

Welcome to episode 480 of Growers Daily!

Today we are talking trap crops (the only crops you get to yell "psyche" at), we'll check in on the sweet potatoes in the field, and it's feedback friday.

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The New "It" Pepper?
Last Thursday at 5:30 PM

Welcome to episode 479 of Growers Daily!

Today we are doing the mailbag thang. And so we're catching up with Jimmy Nardello (the pepperโ€”the man passed away a long time ago), talking what makes peppers hot mid season (hint: they're hot already) and should one compost before cover cropping or after or both? Neither?

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More Birds for the Gardens Plz
Last Wednesday at 5:30 PM

Welcome to episode 478 of Growers Daily!

Today we are talking about one of my favorite subjects: Birds. The current state of birds with Becca Rodomsky-Bish; we'll talk about the birds who are pests, and, we'll discuss why the birds are not alright.

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Germinating Spinach (and others) in the Heat + Remembering Wendell Berry
09/01/2026

Welcome to episode 477 of Growers Daily!

We are gonna dedicate today to germinating crops, namely spinach (which we will do an in-the-field segment on), but also just good general germination guidance and maybe some other g words. Plus we'll take a question about blackberry brambles.

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The Underrated Fresh Fall Pea
08/31/2026

Welcome to episode 476 of Growers Daily!

Today we're talking fall peas and gloves for fall harvest (potentially for those peas)!

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The Answer is Ecology (doesn't really matter the question)
08/28/2026

Welcome to episode 475 of Growers Daily!

Today we're talking about why better ecology is the answer, purslane as a living mulch, And it's feedback friday.

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Overwintering Carrots in the Field
08/27/2026

Welcome to episode 474 of Growers Daily!

Today we're doing the mailbag thing which is always a fun and wide ranging day for us. We'll talk overwintering carrots in the ground, wash/pack station considerations, and high tunnel orientation.

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The Art of Selling Produce
08/26/2026

Welcome to episode 473 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we're getting into some of the nerdy details that make farm sales tick, like deciding where and how you want to sell (ie market research); is the farmer's market the best place to start selling; and getting in good with restaurants.

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Know Your Frost Protection
08/25/2026

Welcome to episode 472 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we're talking mostly about frost protection and we take a question about naked garlic. Or more specifically when you harvest too late.

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Growing Onions and Other Alliums Over the Winter
08/24/2026

Welcome to episode 471 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we're talking overwintered allium options from leeks to walla wallas to green garlic. AND we'll take a mailbag question about hilling potatoes and what makes talking about farming so complicated.

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What Is Cultivation REALLY
08/21/2026

Welcome to episode 470 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we're talking about the TRUE meaning of cultivation, some of the tweaks we are making to the show, and it's feedback friday.

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Are Your Farm and Garden Goals Achievable?
08/20/2026

Welcome to episode 469 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are getting nerdy about setting, achieving and then monitoring farm goals, and simple ways to track planting schedules. Like I said, it's a nerdy mailbag day.

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Seed Saving While Market Gardening
08/19/2026

Welcome to episode 468 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today, we are talking some of my favorite seeds to save, how to make money growing seeds with Dan Brisebois, and all becauseโ€ฆ you know what? It's seed saving season!

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Low Key Farm Tools that Work Hard in the Market Garden
08/18/2026

Welcome to episode 467 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are talking about Low Key Farm Tools that Work Hard in the Market Garden (starting with important pocket-size tools) and we're talking BATS!

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Cover Crops You Can Eat (And Still Get Benefits)
08/17/2026

Welcome to episode 466 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are talking about cover crops you can eat (but still get all those good cover crop things out of it) and we also get a mailbag question about cereal rye vs rye grass as a cover crop. A very cover croppy day indeed.

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More Native Plantings and Hedgerows for Growers Please
08/14/2026

Welcome to episode 465 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are talking about making hedgerows and native plantings more accessible to growers, and we'll get some farm updates from the field. Oh and of course it's feedback friday!

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What Does "Winter Growing" Mean in Hot Regions
08/13/2026

Welcome to episode 464 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are dipping into the mailbag to see what comes out. So we get questions about monitoring your physical activity on the farm, managing winter in a warm climate, and flipping potatoes from ground to growing again.

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The Art of Fall Planting
08/12/2026

Welcome to episode 463 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are talking fallโ€”some fall interplanting options, when to start fall cover crops, and what warmer falls are doing to my planting schedule.

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Creating Tilth without Tillage
08/11/2026

Welcome to episode 462 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are creating tilth at the top of the soil and we take a question from the mailbag about invasive chinese wisteria in woodchip form.

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The Greens that are Made for Winter
08/10/2026

Welcome to episode 461 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are focusing on winter-hardy greens (off the beaten path and on). We also get a patreon mailbag question about old music that got it right.

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The AI Gardening Book Revolution has Arrived
08/07/2026

Welcome to episode 460 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today the topic is the coming deluge of gardening books written by AI, potatoes snapping at the stem, but first, how about a little feedback friday.

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Regenerating and Recovering Old Crop Ground
08/06/2026

Welcome to episode 459 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today is a mailbag show and we have a good little slate for you. We are talking spent mushroom blocks as a mulch, amending a heavy feeder without attracting wildlife or throwing nutrients out of wack, and recovering conventional crop ground.

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Season Check In - Live with Farmer Jesse
08/05/2026

Welcome to episode 458 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are going live to chat about how your seasons are going!

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Carrots Without Weeds
08/04/2026

Welcome to episode 457 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we are going to talk about keeping carrots weed free (or as weed free as possible), in the third segment you will venture out to the field with me to do some flame weeding, and we take a mailbag question about a garlic harvest issue.

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Growing Fall Radishes + Preparing Now for Hot and Dry Next Year
08/03/2026

Welcome to episode 456 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking about fall radishes AND prepping the garden now for the heat next year.

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There are Many Ways to Farm
07/31/2026

Welcome to episode 455 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking about what to plant in the unheated tunnel for winter, the many ways that exist to farm, AND it's feedback friday.

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Selling No-Till to Neighbors
07/30/2026

Welcome to episode 454 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking about building community with small gardens, selling the idea of ecological/no-till farming to others, and Treating japanese knotweed, NOT with herbicides.

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Farming Without Water
07/29/2026

Welcome to episode 453 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are going to do a whole dry farming show, talking about how to farm without irrigation and what it takes to do that successfully.

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When Farming Used to be a Breeze + Horsenettle and Other Perennial Weeds
07/28/2026

Welcome to episode 452 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are asking: are we wrong about the history transition to agriculture, we are talking horsenettle and it's friends, and we'll journey out to the field and talk about harvesting the potatoes and setting those beds up for garlic.

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Fall Kale Breakdown + Interplantingโ€ฆDon't Overthink (or Underthink) it
07/27/2026

Welcome to episode 451 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking kale and then a little breakdown of the rules of interplanting.ย 

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Pigweed Uh Oh + Simple Onion Curing Set Up
07/24/2026

Welcome to episode 450 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking about pigweed living its best life (unfortunately), curing onions as a little in-the-field SESH and it's feedback friday.

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Chicken Manure in the Raw + Cyclospora + Growing Mint
07/23/2026

Welcome to episode 449 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we take a question about raw manure (and parlay that into a quick convo about cyclospora), then we discuss organizing seeds, and Mint.

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The Winter Squash Show: Growing and Curing and Storing
07/22/2026

Welcome to episode 448 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we're doing a whole winter squash, squashing. how to grow butternuts and any other winter squash, how to cure and store winter squash (which for some of you may be a subject top of mind), and growing great pumpkins.

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My Burlap Experiment (So Far) + There Are No Perfect Tools
07/21/2026

Welcome to episode 447 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we're talking about, well, where I've been, but also why there are no perfect tools, and about my first impressions of Burlap as shade and ground cover from the field.

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Staying Healthy Enough To Farm Healthy Food
07/20/2026

Welcome to episode 446 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking farmer health, that's right: stretching and exercise routine for farmers, gardening for the long haul and we are addressing farmer loneliness. Or, well attempting to.ย 

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Act Accordingly by Martin Hall

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Fitting Ecological Farming into The Economy
07/17/2026

Welcome to episode 445 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are fitting ecological farming into the modern economy talking: tillage vs no-till economics, farmingโ€ฆin THIS economy, and Restoring Degraded Land for Economies, Communities, Farmers, and Health with John D. Liu.

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How to Make Your Compost Better (Yes, Biochar Gets a Shout)
07/16/2026

Welcome to episode 444 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking asking if you can use woodstove charcoal as biochar, we're asking can biochar turn off herbicides, and we're asking if you want to level up your compost: because we have six ways to do it!

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Take Me by Peachwood

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Soil Blocks and The Nerds Who Love Them
07/15/2026

Welcome to episode 443 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we are talking soil blocks: soil blocks vs the world, your soil block questions answered, what about the stuff growing on my soil blocks. All the soil blocks, all the time. Er. show.ย 

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Make it Through the Night by Victor Lundburg

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Getting in a Late Garden + In The Field With the Tilther
07/14/2026

Welcome to episode 442 of Growers Daily!

We cover: today we just keep planting, late garden tips, and we take the tilther to the field.ย 

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Endless Summer by Ben Elson

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