Welcome to episode 90 of Growers Daily! We cover: Starting Tomatoes from Seed + Hugelkultur + hello from a flooded state ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID Gra…

Today, Alex Ball has conversations with two of his favorite farmer friends and mentors, Adam Mitchell and Lindsey Steele, who have both helped over the last few years develop his individual business, become a better farmer, and grow his understanding of what it means to be feed his community. They dig deep on soil building through deeper woodchip a…

Welcome to episode 89 of Growers Daily! We cover: Lasagna gardening, why farming is the great mingling space, and it's feedback friday (farmer Grant freeze, farmer business plan, farming with kids, holding farming to a different standard). ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Tesla Cotnr…

Welcome to episode 88 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to raise kids on a farm, how to grow peas? ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: NTMG Episode with Mastodon Valley Farm: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000690779742 NIFA family f…

Welcome to episode 87 of Growers Daily! We cover: What I am good at and bad at in farming + Farmers Market Etiquette ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: What is a farm ACTUALLY link: https://youtu.be/G8Ifq7vQeCo Caset Piscura Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-ma…

Welcome to episode 86 of Growers Daily! We cover: Making the most of Your Spring Lettuce + Managing Excess Phosphorus ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Asheville Chef GoFundMe:https://www.gofundme.com/f/honor-brian-canipelli-support-his-loved-ones?qid=0b259da83aececec7674dd54b819c1bb …

Welcome to episode 85 of Growers Daily! We cover: Are foliar sprays worth it, is farming gambling, and the government is currently witholding funds from farmers---what gives?! ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Asheville Chef GoFundMe:https://www.gofundme.com/f/honor-brian-canipelli-su…

Peter Allen of Mastodon Valley Farm in Wisconsin studied ecology and was particularly inspired by restoration ecology and the idea of humans as keystone species. Peter and his wife Maureen left academia to homestead in 2012 and their journey has rivaled that of the eponymous incognitum that they named their farm after. Folks who make the show possi…

Welcome to episode 84 of Growers Daily! We cover: What is a farm actually, what pos system to use for farmers, and it's feedback friday! ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Frostbite book (that clearly stole the name of my memoir): https://amzn.to/3CCrU1x Barn2door: https://www.barn2doo…

Welcome to episode 83 of Growers Daily! We cover: Troubleshooting Poor Germination + Do You Need a Walk-Behind Tractor? + Dealing with snow and row cover. ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Lost relationship to fire episode: https://youtu.be/ox6gg_K68t4 Earth Tools: https://www.earthto…

Welcome to episode 82 of Growers Daily! We cover: Kickstarting the Ornery Compost Pile + Does Wool Make a Good Mulch + what size cell trays to use based on the crop ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Swift Blocker: https://www.swiftblocker.com Soil Blockers: https://www.johnnyseeds.com…

Welcome to episode 81 of Growers Daily! We cover: biodegradable and compostable packaging, slowing down to speed up, Can weeds tell us anythign useful about our soils? ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Compostable packaging and composters https://www.wastedive.com/news/compostable-pac…

Welcome to episode 80 of Growers Daily! We cover: Drift from conventional and unconventional farms, nestle and DiGiorno love regenerative agriculture, and do trees encourage fire? ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Native habitat Project on IG: https://www.instagram.com/nativehabitatpr…

Hey everyone, it's Alex Ball of Old City Acres back with another episode of the No-Till Market Garden Podcast. On today's interview, I sit down with Noah Scalero, of Beetroot Farm in southern Illinois. We dig deep on developing a new farm business and property, farming in a hot and humid environment, and educating beginning farmers through mentorsh…

Welcome to episode 79 of Growers Daily! We cover: Fertilzing transplants, late winter cover cropping, and it's feedback friday! ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-208033…

Welcome to episode 78 of Growers Daily! We cover: This is the how-to-grow sweet peppers from seed episode! We also talk about when to pull your tarps. ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Original Pepper Video: https://youtu.be/ih2w43nTI9Q MUSIC TODAY “Sunny Side” by Jörgen Hallberg via …

Welcome to episode 77 of Growers Daily! We cover: Perennial Cover Cropping for Clay Soils, No, weeds are not a good thing (necessarily), and what's up at the farm right now ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Perennial Cover Crop Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXLYLzOJNo8 Book, …