

Growers Daily
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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Mar 18, 2025 β’ 17min
Wind is the Worst + What the State of Citrus Tells us About the Future of Ag
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 Americaβ¦ βΌοΈ DONATEβΌοΈ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ 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 Links for today: good paper on changing wind: https://e360.yale.edu/features/global-stilling-is-climate-change-slowing-the-worlds-wind#:~:text=The%20recent%20declines%20in%20surface,to%207.4%20miles%20per%20hour. Report on Florida oranges from The AP: https://apnews.com/article/florida-citrus-oranges-hurricanes-agriculture-1b15f4d51cd6df41188a1884aa38dd8e Florida to lose much of its ag land by 2070: https://1000fof.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FOF-1306-Ag-2040-2070-Report-v4-WEB.pdf Sustainable Market Farming BOOK by Pam Dawling (look for 2nd edition): https://amzn.to/4iqX2Ai MUSIC from this episode: On and On By Lars Eriksson via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily Tilth Soil : Info @ Tilth Soil dot Com MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com

Mar 17, 2025 β’ 22min
What Growers Get Wrong About "Three Sisters" + Why We Stopped Growing Microgreens
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. βΌοΈ Tax Deductible Donation βΌοΈ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ 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 Links for today: Final NTMG: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000699465875 Potato video: https://youtu.be/ZJLdLFv6w6o Potato slip episode: https://youtu.be/UQuCOXh1OjE Guatamala milpa study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82784-2 Roebuck Farm peashoots in field: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOsr4GRICA MUSIC from this episode: Love Is a RainbowBy Mr. Steve, The Music Man via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily Tilth Soil : Info @ Tilth Soil dot Com MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com

Mar 17, 2025 β’ 1h 2min
The Final No-Till Market Garden Podcast - A Roundtable With Hosts Jesse, Mimi, Alex, and Natalie
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. Folks who support the show... Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. Sign up for a free trial with the link in the show notes, because NOW is the best time to dial in those systems for the next growing season. ... and, as always, our work is powered by the individual growers who support us every month over at patreon.com/notillgrowers. You can pick up a copy of The Living Soil Handbook if you don't have one already, as well as a No-Till Growers hat or other merch, check out our YouTube channel, and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our free growers forum at notillgrowers.community.chat

Mar 14, 2025 β’ 20min
Converting an Alfalfa Field into Gardens + Raw Biochar on Raw Soil
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. βΌοΈ Tax Deductible Donation βΌοΈ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: 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 MUSIC from this episode: Walk with YouBy Kylie Dailey via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com

Mar 13, 2025 β’ 21min
Farming a Frigid Climate + Adding Chemical Nitrogen in Compost??
Welcome to episode 108 of Growers Daily! We cover: certified organic seeds are important for organic systems, miracle gro in compost, farming in a very cold climate, and the term "farm" used outside of farming. Tax Deductible Donation! -> https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: A review on conventional seeds on organic farms: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S157352141000014X The term Farm: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-origin-of-farm The Microplastics Polymor study: https://showme.missouri.edu/2025/research-reveals-hidden-risks-from-plastic-coated-fertilizers-in-soil/#:~:text=While%20PC%2DCRFs%20can%20boost,plastic%20particles%20into%20the%20environment. Green Acres Farmer Training program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdEuvXWf8Cs freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com auger bits: https://amzn.to/4htwwFr MUSIC from this episode: Never Had To By OTE feat. Naiad via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com

Mar 12, 2025 β’ 19min
Spring Beet Breakdown + Making Your Tools Last
Welcome to episode 107 of Growers Daily! We cover: a beet breakdown (a BEETdown, if you will) and taking care of those tools, but also a fun announcement many years in the making. Links for today: Beet video: https://youtu.be/-w1tvgVj-9k Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ MUSIC from this episode: GrowBy Gloria Tells via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Mar 11, 2025 β’ 20min
Where to Put a Garden + Hardest Vegetables to Grow
Welcome to episode 106 of Growers Daily! We cover: the hardest vegetables to grow, competition from community gardens(?), and where to put a garden in the first place. Links for today: Common Earth Gardens https://cclou.org/common-earth-gardens/ MUSIC from this episode: AcrobatBy Martin Hall via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Mar 10, 2025 β’ 23min
Easiest Vegetables to Grow + Veganic Compost
Welcome to episode 105 of Growers Daily! We cover: Veganic composts, how to test your soil moisture without tools, and the easiest veggies to grow! Links for today: Soil moisture publication from ATTRA: https://attra.ncat.org/publication/soil-moisture-monitoring-low-cost-tools-and-methods/ NRCS irrigation Guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/7385.pdf Daylight Saving Episode: https://youtu.be/iW6L1dzUroI MUSIC from this episode: El Agua By Caro Luna via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Mar 10, 2025 β’ 1h 22min
SILVOHORTICULTURE, Integrating Trees into the Market Garden with Ben Raskin & Andy Dibben
Squirrels, today we begin with an ending and we will end with a beginning. My guests today, the wonderful and amicable Andy Dibben and Ben Raskin, authors of the new book SilvoHorticulture will be inspiring us to participate in the great art of welcoming trees into our cropping systems. The planting of trees that will continue to bestow generations to come with gifts unnumbered feels like the perfect last episode, doesn't it? Let's get inspired, shall we. Folks who support the show... Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. Sign up for a free trial with the link in the show notes, because NOW is the best time to dial in those systems for the next growing season. ... and, as always, our work is powered by the individual growers who support us every month over at patreon.com/notillgrowers. You can pick up a copy of The Living Soil Handbook if you don't have one already, as well as a No-Till Growers hat or other merch, check out our YouTube channel, and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our free growers forum at notillgrowers.community.chat

Mar 7, 2025 β’ 22min
Dry Farming in Dry Climates + Biggest Regrets in Starting a Farm
Welcome to episode 104 of Growers Daily! We cover: dry Farming in dry climates, and big farming regrets + it's feedback friday! Links for today: Shared pathogens with alpaca https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10778254/ Indian Agriculture in America book: https://amzn.to/4iadp4j If I could do it all again would I still farm episode: https://youtu.be/OLTFx5DCX9Q MUSIC from this episode: "It Blows My Mind" By OTE feat. Edie via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (π) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: www.sowrightseeds.com code NOTILL https://www.harnois.com Mention Growers Daily www.peacefulheritagenursery.com code NOTILL MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this π 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) π: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILLπ¨ ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook π π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats π§’ π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum π¬ π https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music π΅ π via www.empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers


