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 377 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are asking if people are actually mostly good at heart, we'll take questions about contamination, plus we shall take a closer look at that dang Jang. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 376 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are breaking down the crop voted most oxalic in high school, Swiss Chard , and Water Bankruptcy. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 375 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're sanitizing our seed trays, talking about AI in the art and farming space, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 374 of Growers Daily! We cover: when plans change for a cover crop, a shared spreadsheet for crops, what is too cold in a greenhouse, a composting pet manure question, building a pond in a city and where to find your agronomist for soil testing. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 373 of Growers Daily! We cover: your burning April questions! We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 372 of Growers Daily! We cover: the wild (and shared) world of agriculture in the middle ages, we will take a crop planning question and one about seeding long season crops directly, plus SHOVELS. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 371 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna talk potatoes (to compliment the video you saw the other week), we'll talk prefilling trays and growing under spruces and pines. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 370 of Growers Daily! We cover: if the farmers market is the right place to start farming, we'll check in on our pedal powered root washer, we'll check in on the birdies (with hope), and It's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 369 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna try to speed up your onion endeavors, we'll talk celery leaf curl and pill bug/roly poly management (specifically in the celery, but also everywhere) and crop planning for success… ions. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 368 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're going to talk mulches—specifically how to mulch to actually suppress weeds, finding the right mulch, and wood chips cause why not. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 367 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're asking if agriculture was the biggest mistake in history, we're taking a question about switching to a greenhouse from an…. In-the-house, and the mighty (useful) auger bit We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 366 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're doing a whole eggplant breakdown, and using (and improving) the lawn for mulch. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 365 of Growers Daily! We cover: farmland (what's left of it at least), the dogma free garden, and a little about AI because it's friday and why not. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 364 of Growers Daily! We cover: what the next month looks like on my farm and some related topics from episodes from other months on my farm. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 363 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking about creative ways to sell and price produce. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 362 of Growers Daily! We cover: We're gonna discuss scythes and hand scythes and if they're worth it then we will revisit a few old segments including which tools you should buy first, weeding gear, and the tools that make it easier from interview with the great Erin Worrall. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 361 of Growers Daily! We cover: we'll discuss how I grow carrots in clay, making every crop succeed, especially carrots, and a little snippet from an old carrot video from 2022 (so the sound may be a bit different for that segment). We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 360 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna talk farm resiliency in the first two segments, and then in the third discuss the art of making farm decisions. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 359 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna do a harvest day celebration, talking about the most and least enjoyable crops to harvest, how to dry greens, types of packaging for each crop, and what crops you should harvest first on harvest day. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 358 of Growers Daily! We cover: all about improving the soil this spring: decompacting the soil without making it worse, some basics of soil amending and even managing rocky soil. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 357 of Growers Daily! We cover: While my voice is recovering we're going to keep my current talking to a minimum and let some of my OLDER talking do some work. So today's episode is all about potting up, we're gonna hear a little bit from composter Nathan Rutz and talk about proper usage of the broadfork. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 356 of Growers Daily! We cover: While my voice is recovering we're going to keep my current talking to a minimum and let some of my OLDER talking do some work. So today's episode is all about tomatoes, from starting tomatoes, grafting tomatoes, and finally, can you let your tomatoes grow wild? We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 355 of Growers Daily! We cover: While my voice is recovering we're going to keep my current talking to a minimum and let some of my OLDER talking do some work. So today's episode we've gathered some segments on common garden pests, growing squash without the bugs, pests you can't just exclude, and even get a little cameo from our friend Jayne Merner to talk about pests in compost. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 354 of Growers Daily! We cover: today is a total tunnel show, looking back at a few segments we did on big high tunnel mistakes, if heating a tunnel would be worth it, and building that dream tunnel. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 353 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are chatting with Dan Gangon of Broadfork Farm in Virginia. I saw Dan and his partner Janet speak at the VABF conference a few years back and I just loved how down to earth they were about the ups and downs of winter farming, farming in general, and work life balance, which is a lot of what we chat about today. We are also gonna be talking about how and why they certify as Certified Naturally Grown, and how that label has worked for them. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 352 of Growers Daily! We cover: not transferring a certain potato disease from the tubers, solving big problems little-ly, and it's feedback friday, of course. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 351 of Growers Daily! We cover: why plants can go from good to bad so quickly sometimes, cover cropping in raised beds, and a nightmare straw scenario. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 350 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking coffee! As a coffee drinker and soil nerd myself, I was very excited when I met Patricia Cordero at the OAK conference last month and she told me her area of study was soil conservation in coffee production in Puerto Rico. So, naturally, I asked her to come on and talk a bit about the coffee production and soil there and oh boy is it both very awesome with lots of multispecies plantings among the coffee, and also quite sad with the state of agriculture there and farmers struggling to find the labor they need to keep their farms going. But we talk all things coffee from what makes good coffee beans to the techniques they use for soil conservation and so much more. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 349 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking air, we discuss speeding up the potatoes, and flailing the fire out of some grass and weeds. Or just a special type of mower. Or both. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 348 of Growers Daily! We cover: growing for green tomatoes (and not the heirloom types) and fats in the compost pile We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 347 of Growers Daily! We cover: some soil blocking alternatives (with a fun AI question attached—you know how that goes with me), saving the soil for the future, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 346 of Growers Daily! We cover: we will put the N in no-till (see what I did there—N? Nitrogen), anyway we will also be keeping basil looking fresh, and talking about what to look for in a software. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 345 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are checking in again with our friends Mikey and Kez down there at five tales farm in Australia to see how the season has treated them so far. February is basically their august, so although things are winding down, they're still cranking and we chat about why they grow what they grow, and they also bring along a surprise topic to ask me at the end. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 344 of Growers Daily! We cover: getting hyped for foraging season, we'll talk about what 2025 taught me for 2026, and we'll discuss one of the most important family of tools on the market garden—the rake. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 343 of Growers Daily! We cover: spring broccoli and the risks of lawn clippings. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 342 of Growers Daily! We cover: hobby farming but literally, we are taking a WILD question about composting, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 341 of Growers Daily! We cover: Working on a farm, about remediating the soil of chemicals with plants, and resources for midsize farms. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 340 of Growers Daily! We cover: Back in November, Hannah and I headed to Columbia South Carolina for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association's Sustainable Agriculture conference. I recorded my talk on Maintaining Living Soils and Applying the Three Principles of Soil Health. Enjoy! We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 339 of Growers Daily! We cover: the many species of HUMANS who once walked the earth together, valuing your labor, and I'm gonna bring you along while I start some seeds. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 338 of Growers Daily! We cover: spinach from seed to table, and taking a quick question about grants for market gardeners. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 337 of Growers Daily! We cover: water filtration for municipal water, self sustaining farms, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 336 of Growers Daily! We cover: starting market gardens and finding customers, balancing soil disturbance and cover crops, and stretching them muscles so you don't hurt yourselves. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 335 of Growers Daily! We cover: your spring prep questions-LIVE! We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 334 of Growers Daily! We cover: what to do if you can't trust your local mulch options, harvest bins, and some takeaways from the oak conference. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 333 of Growers Daily! We cover: radishing HARD, and we'll take a question about weed control in the orchard. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 332 of Growers Daily! We cover: deer fencing, what is standing in the way of the history I want to learn about (which will or possibly WON'T make sense presently) and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 331 of Growers Daily! We cover: chicken manure in the compost bin, aphids on the plant starts and liability insurance for u-pick flowers. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 330 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are chatting with Lincoln Fishman of Momentum Ag all about living mulches. We discuss his own evolutions to planting directly into living covers. We discuss his aha moment using them. Some of the challenges, ideas, and gaps in knowledge on the subject. And the many ways to look at this idea of planting directly into or with perennial crops. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 329 of Growers Daily! We cover: what the next month will look like on the farm (assuming all the ice melts), bed shapers vs rotary plows, and the standing soil blockers. We are a Non-Profit!

Welcome to episode 328 of Growers Daily! We cover: shallots in all their lovely entirety, plus earwigs—good, bad? We'll see. We are a Non-Profit!