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.
The No-Till Market Garden Podcast is an incredibly valuable resource for anyone interested in farming, particularly those looking to start their own small market no till farm. The podcast provides informative and fun content that listeners can learn from and apply to their own farming endeavors. The hosts are knowledgeable and the guests hold nothing back, providing realistic and down-to-earth knowledge about gardening and farming. It covers a wide range of topics, from collaborative farming to seed saving, making it a valuable tool for both novice market farmers and home gardeners.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is its informative nature. Listeners consistently learn little tips and tricks that greatly benefit their farming endeavors. The guests on the show are experts in their field, providing a wealth of knowledge and experience. The podcast also touches on various topics that may not be easily found through other resources, such as grants for new market gardeners or incorporating hugelkulturs into a profitable market garden. Additionally, the hosts are engaging and make learning about farming fun.
While there are many positive aspects to this podcast, one potential downside is that some episodes may be more applicable to commercial farmers rather than casual hobbyists. However, even hobbyist farmers can still learn a lot from the show and find value in the information provided. Another minor criticism is that the remix of the theme music can be distracting for some listeners who enjoyed the original version.
In conclusion, The No-Till Market Garden Podcast is an excellent resource for anyone interested in farming or gardening. It offers valuable insights into various topics related to no till methods, soil health, cover cropping, and more. The hosts are engaging and knowledgeable, making learning about farming enjoyable. Despite some minor drawbacks, this podcast is highly recommended for anyone looking to enhance their knowledge of sustainable farming practices and improve their own farming endeavors.
Welcome to episode 254 of Growers Daily! We cover: Ian McSweeney with The Farmers Land Trust and Farmland Commons and Julian Lauzzana join us to talk about a new path toward farmland ownership. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 253 of Growers Daily! We cover: plants feeding the soil, why we avoid disturbance (within reason) and woodchips in the tunnel pathways.. OR NOT. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 252 of Growers Daily! We cover: lemongrass and the basic principles of soil health. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 251 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are taking a question from a flower grower wondering about synthetic fertilizers to address soil deficiencies, meta pirating farm books for AI, and it's feedback Friday. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 250 of Growers Daily! We cover: balancing the good and the bad, Decompacting clay without making it worse, and we hear about what it's like to go from good soil to well… not great soil. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 249 of Growers Daily! We cover: October LIVE!!! We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 248 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're celebrating one year of this show, so we'll talk a bit about that and what I've learned in the last year and what the experience of doing a daily show is like, we will take a question about when to cover what, then talk WHAT to cover it with. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 247 of Growers Daily! We cover: if we should heat our tunnels (like financially and environmentally does it make sense), cover crops that you would plant for mulch next summer and which cover crops work for that. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 246 of Growers Daily! We cover: fungal to bacterial ratios for soil health and whether it means anything for you, we discuss the death of curiosity, and it's feed back friday We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 245 of Growers Daily! We cover: tools I've discovered (that aren't necessarily meant for how I use them), how to achieve that big brassica success, and we'll start a garden on texas clay. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 244 of Growers Daily! We cover: corn stalks with five ears and what the heck that means, what resellers do and don't bring to local markets, and we will peer into october and see what the next month holds. We are a Non-Profit!
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. We are a Non-Profit!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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. We are a Non-Profit!
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!
Welcome to episode 235 of Growers Daily! We cover: if you can get rid of perennial weeds like bindweed and johnsongrass by the spring, plus we'll take questions about bean beetles and squash bugs and what to do about those dweebs next year. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 234 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are answering your composting questions and we're talking about living mulches. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 233 of Growers Daily! We cover: different CSA models, Farming people's yards and when the heck to pull out those tunnel tomatoes. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 232 of Growers Daily! We cover: making the case for breaking ground in the fall on next year's garden or garden expansion, we're talking about farming in a resort town, and what I'm planning to play around with in the gardens next year. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 231 of Growers Daily! We cover: Black Widows (and other spiders you don't want biting you) in the garden, we're talking about being a good, ethical boss, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 230 of Growers Daily! We cover: grassfed vs feedlot meat, how much cold storage do you REALLY need for a market garden, and what gives with paper mulches. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 229 of Growers Daily! We cover: winter gardening both on the infrastructural side and the deliciousness side, and we get an interesting question about how fast can you turn fresh potatoes to seed potatoes. Like can you do it in the same season? We'll find out. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 228 of Growers Daily! We cover: ginger and some easy and fun ways to use basically anything that comes out of the garden. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 227 of Growers Daily! We cover: green burials as fertilizer, raising beds or not based on your climate AND it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 226 of Growers Daily! We cover: playing a little “mulch matchmaker”, we get some specific winter killed cover crop scenarios broken down, AND pillbugs in the seed trays We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 225 of Growers Daily! We cover: your LIVE questions! We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 224 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're catching up on some of my field trials, What people get wrong about carbon dioxide, and curing and storing winter squash. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 223 of Growers Daily! We cover: selling to restaurants, persistent herbicides,and how late is too late to plant crops in the field. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 222 of Growers Daily! We cover: the hidden reality of many profitable farms, we take on a conundrum about when people ask you to help with their gardens, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 221 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to set up a farm so you can go out of town occasionally, spotting bugs in your lettuce before customers do, and we have another round of Should I buy this Farm? We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 220 of Growers Daily! We cover: John D. Liu, ecologist, filmmaker, and co-chair of Ecosystem Restoration Communities, joins us to chat about ecological restoration projects around the globe, how ecology can help our communities and relationships, and what it all means for us in ag. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 219 of Growers Daily! We cover: when the peppers just won't pepper, the relationship between local land and local weather, and it's seed saving season. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 218 of Growers Daily! We cover: poor potato yields and what to do about it, managing a greenhouse when it's endlessly hot outside, and what we're up to for the next month on the farm. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 217 of Growers Daily! We cover: calcium, blossom end rot, how the EPA has determined that its job is the opposite of its job, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 216 of Growers Daily! We cover: wood ash in the garden, leaves and their resistance to the inevitable, and are there risks with composting poisonous plants? We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 215 of Growers Daily! We cover: Nathan Rutz with Tilth Soil joins us to chat about composting, workplace cooperatives, and a host of otgher nerdy stuff! We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 214 of Growers Daily! We cover: the importance of visiting (but also showing your own) farms. Plus it's the flea beetle episode. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 213 of Growers Daily! We cover: that time I almost moved to France to become a winemaker, water storage done safely and is your garden really lost? We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 212 of Growers Daily! We cover: if you can or should pull onions early, the myth of the green thumb, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 211 of Growers Daily! We cover: bringing a market gardener onto the property, time versus the market garden, and if you care about the environment even a little bit you will probably stop using AI. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 210 of Growers Daily! We cover: occultating one bed at a time, understanding what the market wants you to grow, and germinating spinach in the heat. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 209 of Growers Daily! We cover: what to look for in a hoop house, when to start fall cover crops, and mushrooms are easier than you think. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 208 of Growers Daily! We cover: dogs and bears and people throughout history (oh my); microplastics in compost and landscape fabric, and Napa cabbage deserves love too. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 207 of Growers Daily! We cover: what to plant after garlic, interplanting strategies for the fall (including with cover crops) and It's feedback friday y'all. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 206 of Growers Daily! We cover: rhizomatous weeds (those are the ones that just won't quit), growing compost fodder in the shade, and fertilizing raised beds (without compost). We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 205 of Growers Daily! We cover: how many acres can one person farm, high tunnels as ecological traps (with a little cutworm digression), and storing landscape fabric in a way that the mice don't think it's a gift. We are a Non-Profit!
Welcome to episode 204 of Growers Daily! We cover: when to scrap a crop, which crops are actually the most profitable, and cabbage root maggots. We are a Non-Profit!
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