Episodes

  • How to Pick Garlic Seed + What’s the Deal With Silage Tarps?

    How to Pick Garlic Seed + What’s the Deal With Silage Tarps?
    Sep 23 2025

    Welcome to episode 243 of Growers Daily!

    We cover: silage tarps–the good, bad and ugly (because they are definitely a little ugly), what to do for water in wet climates where it's wet in the spring but dry in the summer, and how to pick garlic seed.

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    Appalachian Spirit by Roy Edwin Williams

    Poolside by Maybe

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    20 mins
  • Planting Cover Crops into Garlic? + Curing Sweet Potatoes

    Planting Cover Crops into Garlic? + Curing Sweet Potatoes
    Sep 22 2025
    Welcome to episode 242 of Growers Daily! We cover: curing sweet potatoes to sweeten them up, Farmer jargon, and should you plant cover crops and garlic together? We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Theme Music from Jen and Jay Do Stuff: https://youtu.be/oaMw1pLnt70 Sweet potato show: https://youtu.be/tC437z4tWyA Sweet potato video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_GsoT8Fg64 Curing sweet potato vid: https://www.lsuagcenter.com/articles/connected/lsu-agcenter-horticulturist-discusses-curing-and-storing-sweet-potatoes MUSIC from this episode: On Point by Scientific Beauty in the Mundane by Bird of Figment via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Real Farmer Care: https://www.realfarmercare.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 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 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    18 mins
  • Should You Keep Your Potatoes as Seed Potatoes + The Lifespan of Small Businesses (Including Farms)

    Should You Keep Your Potatoes as Seed Potatoes + The Lifespan of Small Businesses (Including Farms)
    Sep 19 2025
    Welcome to episode 241 of Growers Daily! We cover: if we should keep this year’s potatoes to grow next year's potatoes, the lifespan of a business, AND it’s feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Support the School that covered the theme song with guitar strings: https://shorturl.at/fN8T6 or Mallets: https://shorturl.at/jaNOL Ship to: River Valley Charter School, 2 Perry Way, Newburyport, MA 01950. Good guide on handling seed potatoes: https://organic-seed-potato.russell.wisc.edu/2015/03/09/handling-seed-potatoes/#:~:text=For%20potatoes%20that%20are%20destined,for%20a%20week%20or%20two. How many small busiensses fail: https://www.commerceinstitute.com/business-failure-rate/#:~:text=2025%20Data%20Reveals%20the%20Answer,38.90%25 How many careers will someone have: https://study.uq.edu.au/stories/how-many-career-changes-lifetime MUSIC from this episode: Tennessee Railroad Blues by Bo the Drifter Neon Flame by Will Harrison via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Real Farmer Care: https://www.realfarmercare.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 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 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    22 mins
  • Crop Rotations in a Small Garden + Lettuce Diseases

    Crop Rotations in a Small Garden + Lettuce Diseases
    Sep 18 2025
    Welcome to episode 240 of Growers Daily! We cover: crop rotations in a small garden, whether you can compost the plant that makes ricine (yeah, the poison) and lettuce diseases. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Theme song by @MoreJakeThanYou on YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/gNRwMPOFW9o?si=f1vq2t2hNlFxKRzS Ricin Overview: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6628454/#:~:text=Ricinus%20toxicity%20depends%20on%20several,activity%2C%20structure%2C%20and%20cytotoxicity. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and S. minor overview: https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/lettuce-drop Fusarium in the tropics: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/HS1385 MUSIC from this episode: Tall Boy Blues by Roy Edwin Williams Til I'm Gone by Candelion via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Real Farmer Care: https://www.realfarmercare.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 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 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    17 mins
  • What Makes Farms Succeed + Farming in Australia with Mikey Densham of Five Tales Farm

    What Makes Farms Succeed + Farming in Australia with Mikey Densham of Five Tales Farm
    Sep 17 2025
    Welcome to episode 239 of Growers Daily! We cover: Mikey Densham is going to join me for a show to talk a bit about the challenges of farming there in Australia where he and his partner Kez run a market garden called Five Tales Farm. We discuss some of the tools that make their work easier and more organized. And Mikey got a scholarship that sent him all over the world to look at what makes small farms productive and profitable. And what he found may surprise you. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Mikey’s Farm: https://www.fivetalesfarm.com Their Insta: https://www.instagram.com/fivetalesfarm Mikey’s Interviews for the No-Till Market Garden Podcast: Mikey’s Scholarship: https://www.nuffield.com.au/scholars/michael-densham MUSIC from this episode: Blue Whale by Kylie Dailey via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Real Farmer Care: https://www.realfarmercare.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 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 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    35 mins
  • Too Much Organic Matter HELP! + Managing This Year’s Weeds for Next Year

    Too Much Organic Matter HELP! + Managing This Year’s Weeds for Next Year
    Sep 16 2025
    Welcome to episode 238 of Growers Daily! We cover: potentially having too high of organic matter levels, lessons from my milpa patch, and what to do for next year if your garden lost to weeds this year. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv “Uncorking the Past” book by Patrick McGovern: https://amzn.to/4pkmZ8N Kentucky Composting Conference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOljO0aDnPA/?igsh=MTc5MzR1emxkendyaw%3D%3D MUSIC from this episode: Front Porch Cigarette by Kylie Dailey Corn Liquor in the Kettle by Will Harrison via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Real Farmer Care: https://www.realfarmercare.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 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 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    18 mins
  • It’s Grow Time (for Winter Kill Cover Crops) + Does A Trap Crop Work for Berries

    It’s Grow Time (for Winter Kill Cover Crops) + Does A Trap Crop Work for Berries
    Sep 15 2025

    Welcome to episode 237 of Growers Daily!

    We cover: the nerdy details of actually getting those winter killed cover crops in the soil + we answer a question about is it a good idea to plant one kind of berry to protect another kind of berry from birds.

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    Martha's Song by Roy Williams

    Southern Breeze by Roots and Recognition

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    19 mins
  • Use Those Weeds + Can You “Compost” Right on a Garden Bed?

    Use Those Weeds + Can You “Compost” Right on a Garden Bed?
    Sep 12 2025
    Welcome to episode 236 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to use the weeds around the property, and can you “compost” materials right where you plan to plant, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv The theme song by All We Have Is now: Their website is allwehaveisnowband.com. Folks can find their music on all streaming services, including Bandcamp.com One biodegradeble plastic mulch degradation study: https://rex.libraries.wsu.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/BIODEGRADABLE-PLASTIC-MULCH-DEGRADATION-AND-IMPACTS/99900581511601842 MUSIC from this episode: Flying Out by Northside Campfires Forever by Sam Rankin via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Real Farmer Care: https://www.realfarmercare.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 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 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    21 mins