

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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Nov 8, 2024 β’ 18min
Can you Turn a Pond into a Garden? + Unfairly Awesome Life Changes
Welcome to episode 28 of Growers Daily! We cover: Feedback friday! Also we discuss converting a rice paddy, and unfairly awesome life changes. the drinking episode: https://youtu.be/YYsX_rzcfsQ Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.partners/notill RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Nov 7, 2024 β’ 20min
Clearing Woods for a Garden + Farming Herbs
Welcome to episode 28 of Growers Daily! We cover: Clearing a forest, farming herbs, and why did you get into food? Medicinal Herb Farmer Book: https://amzn.to/4fB4xTP Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.partners/notill RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Nov 6, 2024 β’ 19min
The Leaf Episode + Important Crop Storage Advice
Welcome to episode 27 of Growers Daily! We cover: Composting Leaves, Mulching with leaves and storing food because why not.?! Coolbot: https://storeitcold.referralrock.com/lv1/Y6I33LJV/ Thermostat: https://amzn.to/3Cq40Wh Root Cellar book: https://amzn.to/3NUmHUP static aerated cmpost vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=755RfsdIzbQ Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.partners/notill RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Nov 6, 2024 β’ 1h 21min
Farm-Raised Kids w/ Author & Farmer Katie Kulla of Oakhill Organics & Growing for Market
Katie Kulla is the author of Farm-Raised Kids. A brand new book from Storey Publishing. Katie is also an illustrator, one of the hosts of the Growing For Market Podcast and farms with her husband at Oakhill Organics on Grand Island in rural Dayton, Oregon. In this episode, we do discuss Katie's brand new book but we also talk a lot about Katie's experience growing seeds and how that experience has changed over the years. Katie's early seed experience was mostly growing seed contracts on her market farm. Katie liked how seed crops occupied a different time and space than growing vegetables for CSA or farmers markets. And also how seed crops often generated more $ per square foot than vegetable crops. Then when Oakhill Organics moved to offering a full diet CSA, they moved out of seed contracts and shifted to growing seed for food such as grains, beans, and popcorn. And now that the farm plays a smaller role in Katie's life and she is focusing on other interests such as writing books, Katie is still harvesting seed whenever it is easy to do so from the crops in her fields. This brings us to Farm-Raised Kids, Katie's new Book. We talk about the dream and the actual reality of having kids on the farm. How there is an idyllic vision that children can just chill out and hang around the fields but having kids on your farm is actual work and farms can also be dangerous places for little ones. Katie talks about how it is still an amazing opportunity for kids to grow up on a farm. How they pick up so much knowledge about different crops and food bit by bit over the years. And how kids wind up learning real skills like how to handle knives and breaking down just about any vegetable. Katie also explains how satisfying it is for kids to put their hands in gooey fermenting seed tomatoes or getting to hit dry beans with a stick to thresh them or just getting to sink their arms in buckets of clean seed. In the deep dive, we talk about growing dry beans for seed because Katie's family just loves eating dry beans and there is really no comparing the flavour with store bought beans. We talk about how bush beans are a lot easier than pole beans, how farming in the Willamette Valley with its dry summers means you can dry seed outdoors without cover in your backyard but how Katie might still bring seed indoors if she was still growing commercial seed contracts. And how she still wishes she'd invested in a good set of screens. Katie also has a reminder that you should make a point of not eating all your dry beans and make sure to keep some as seed for next year's crop! Mentioned in the show... https://www.katiekulla.com/ https://www.instagram.com/katiekulla Follow Dan on Instagram, get his newsletter, & follow Tourne-Sol Cooperative Farm PRE-ORDER Dan's new book, The Seed Farmer, from notillgrowers.com to further support our work! Folks who support The Seed Farmer Podcast The goal of the Culinary Breeding Network is to improve communication between plant breeders, seed growers, farmers, chefs, produce buyers and others to improve quality in vegetables, fruits and grains. Learn more and check out upcoming events! Are you a farmer looking for educational resources in Canada? Check out Young Agrarians! They are a farmer-to-farmer educational resource network for new and young ecological, organic, and regenerative farmers. This February, join thousands of farmers like you from across the U.S. for three days of community building and farmer-led learning at the 36th annual Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Truelove Seeds is a farm-based seed company offering culturally important and open pollinated vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Check out their podcast, Seeds & Their People, wherever you're listening to The Seed Farmer Podcast!

Nov 5, 2024 β’ 22min
Doing the Farm All Over Again + Should Someone Create a New Farm Certification?
Welcome to episode 25 of Growers Daily! We cover: Certifications, big mistakes we made on our farm, and New Years Resolutions... but in November. NRCS soil survey: https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/get-certified/ Real Organic Project: https://realorganicproject.org/get-certified/ NYE resolution study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7725288/ Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.partners/notill RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Nov 4, 2024 β’ 22min
Cover Crops Gone Wild + Why Farming is Puzzling
Welcome to episode 25 of Growers Daily! We cover: Dealing with cover crops that have gotten a little out of hand, puzzles, and hopeful planting. Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.partners/notill RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Nov 4, 2024 β’ 1h 19min
Scaling Small Farm Knowledge with Jason Grauer of Stone Barns Center
Today, we are going to break into the uniform tranquility of a beautiful region to speak with my guest, Jason Grauer, who is the Senior Director of Farm and Innovation at the Stone Barns Center. You all may be familiar with Blue Hill at Stone Barns, the very famous and very deservingly famous restaurant in the Hudson Valley of New York, Dan Barber, being the chef there, who also authored the book The Third Plate and who has inspired chefs, eaters, and farmers the world around with his commitment to deliciousness at every level. Today we are speaking with Jason about all of the really fascinating work that they're doing at the Stone Barn Center, which is very, very interesting for those of us who are interested in market gardening or farming in general, because their financial model, their approach and their sort of nonprofit status search and ways of approaching farming systems that I think we can all appreciate being independent operators and unable to sometimes put the bill for that kind of R&D ourselves. Check out Mimi Casteel's Hope Well Wine and follow Stone Barns on Instagram Folks who make the show possible... Rimol Greenhouses are strong, durable and easy to assemble, offering the quality you need to grow productively year-round. Visit Rimol.com today. Discover the beauty of BCS on your farm with PTO-driven implements for soil-working, shredding cover crops, spreading compost, mowing under fences, clearing snow, and more β at bcsamerica.com. When you need proven varieties you can count on and detailed guidance from seeding to harvest, consider Johnny's your trusted growing partner. Visit johnnyseeds.com 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

Nov 1, 2024 β’ 23min
Reclaiming an Old Garden + Giving November its Applause
Welcome to episode 24 of Growers Daily! We cover: A love of November, Reclaiming an old garden, confirmation bias, and the first month is in the books! Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsor: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Oct 31, 2024 β’ 19min
Dealing With Rodents in the Garden + Lessons in Small Scale Popcorning
Welcome to episode 23 of Growers Daily! We cover: Death and animals, rodents in the garden, and popcorn! Rat trap https://amzn.to/3AixDbC Arizona worm farm video: https://youtu.be/s6M8d4aBwP0 Nytimes article on animals and death:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/science/animals-death-monso.html Composter Podcast with Compost Power NYC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-composter-podcast/id1639905999?i=1000666614460 Elephant study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6053989/ This American Life Rat Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/801-must-be-rats-on-the-brain/id201671138?i=1000670009632 Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsor: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan's Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

Oct 30, 2024 β’ 20min
Competition Among Farmers + Tomato Takedown
Welcome to episode 22 of Growers Daily! We cover: Tomato Trellis Cleanup. Some facts about kentucky and some thoughts about competition tomato trellis video: https://youtu.be/QaLNP3wr6hc Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 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 Evansville Event: https://www.events.humanitix.com/farm-vitality-soil-health-andagricultural- networking-workshop Show Sponsor: Rimol Greenhouses: https://rimol.com RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HURRICANE VICTIMS Carolina Farm Stewardship Association CSFA (numerous resources) https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/cfsa-helene-resources Organic Growers School OGS ( list of farmers in need ) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YC235Gbq6YwWbC9mQe8Lh9iMsNp4Lpub9oZIP66Qye0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) donate: https://asapconnections.org/about-us/ 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¨ Preorder Dan's Brisebois' Seed Book! πhttps://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 empidemicsound.com π MERCH π https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (π) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers


