Podcasts about hoophouse

Join me as I walk you through the ins and outs of prepping your hoophouse for the new planting season. Sharing from my 16 years of hands-on experience, you'll get a sense of the various tools and techniques that can make your gardening both effective and manageable. Whether you're a seasoned green thumb or a newcomer to the soil, this episode is packed with practical advice to suit gardens of every size. The journey of flower farming is full of serendipitous learning, and I'm here to share structured lessons that pave the way for your growth. Whether you have access to advanced setups or are making do with simpler methods, you'll find tips and stories that resonate with your own floral adventures. Grab your gardening gloves or a cup of coffee, and let's cultivate your confidence and success together. In this episode, you will hear: Preparing soil in a hoop house for planting. Essential gardening tools that are cost-effective. Balancing budget and labor efficiency when considering more expensive gardening equipment. Techniques for managing garden beds. Resources from this Episode Freebie: Learn the secret to Cut and Come Again Flowers - https://www.learncutflowergrowing.com/cut-and-come-again-flowers Follow and Review: We'd love for you to follow us if you haven't yet. Click that purple '+' in the top right corner of your Apple Podcasts app. We'd love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com. Let them know we sent you.  

Part of our "Best of 2022" replay series, listen again as Lisa speaks with Dave Dowling about some of the challenges they overcame on their way to becoming flower farmers! Common challenges mentioned: Lack of Experience, No Cooler, No Acreage, No Greenhouse or Hoophouse, No Money, No Delivery Vehicle, No Tractor, Nowhere to sell flowers nearby, No Hired Help, Too Old, Single Parent, etc. Lisa & Dave explain how we can overcome these challenges to achieve our flower farming dreams! Mentions Lisa Ziegler's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Dave Dowling's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Available Now: On-Demand Online Workshops Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener's Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa's Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Randy Cummings & Nick are on the road this week and we found some time to discuss growing in the heat of the Summer. We lean on Randy's many visits to southern farms for tips and tricks to keep plants thriving when the sun is beating everything down. Nick also hits the high points of growing a multi variety salad blend.    TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Growing in the Heat 00:41 Crop Selection in Extended Seasons 01:30 Adjusting Price when Cost Increases 02:25 Heat Tolerant Lettuce for Summer Production 02:55 Lettuce Types 04:31 Why You Should Buy Seeds by Count, Not Weight 05:26 Visiting Farms in Summer 06:55 Germinating Seeds & How Indoor Growing is Affected by Summer Temps 09:11 Preparing Starts for Transplanting 10:05 Drip Irrigation 11:18 Protecting the Root Zone 12:37 Sizing Hydroponic Equipment to Reduce Heat Buildup 13:36 Harvesting Early & Plant Spacing for Petite Cuts 14:56 Your Crops Have to Pay Rent 15:27 Salad Mixes 21:44 Wood Mulch  23:54 Calibrating Application Equipment 25:09 Layers of Protection & Micro-Climates 26:53 Air Movement 27:57 Humidity 32:41 Preparing for Yield Decline in High Summer   INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bootstrapfarmer/   https://www.bootstrapfarmer.com/collections/fans-ventilation-temperature-control

Hello and welcome to the Field & Garden podcast! I'm Jessi Graven from The Gardener's Workshop. Today I'd like to present a conversation between Lisa Mason Ziegler and Dave Dowling from 2019 in which they tackle some of the most common challenges that people face while working to become a flower farmer. There are also some great stories in here about when Lisa and Dave were first starting their flower farming journeys, so I hope you enjoy! Challenges mentioned: Lack of Experience, No Cooler, No Acreage, No Greenhouse or Hoophouse, No Money, No Delivery Vehicle, No Tractor, Nowhere to sell flowers nearby, No Hired Help, Too Old, Single Parent Lisa & Dave explain how we can overcome these challenges to achieve our flower farming dreams! Mentions: Lisa Ziegler's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Dave Dowling's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Available Now: On-Demand Online Workshops Connect with Lisa on Social Media Thank you for joining me here The Field & Garden Podcast, I'm Jessi Graven with The Gardener's Workshop and I hope you have a great day!

Josh Q&As with the prolific Andrew Mefferd, author of The Greenhouse & Hoophouse Growers Handbook, The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution, & Growing for Market Magazine. New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by Farmers Friend. Order two or more caterpillar tunnels and get free shipping (as of podcast episode release). Also brought to you by YOU, our patrons and supporters. Follow No-Till Growers on Instagram or visit notillgrowers.com to know when the next episodes will go live. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions.

Welcome back to the podcast everyone! Today, I was joined by my good friend Clay Thorpe (@clayhoops868). Clay is an avid Golden State Warriors fan, as well as a renowned basketball trainer at the HoopHouse in San Diego. Clay and I chopped it up about the state of the Warriors franchise, whether or not Steph Curry can win the MVP, early thoughts on James Wiseman, and much more! As always, thank you so much for your continued support, more content coming your way very soon!

On this episode, Chelsea O'Brien, Executive Director of Clarkston Family Farm talks with Amy Vine, Board Member designated as Liaison to the Special Needs Community about the recently snow-damaged "Hopeful Hoophouse". The new "Healing Hoophouse" will be built larger, more easily accessible and better able to serve kids of all ages and abilities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alan-partington7/message

To win a copy of Andrew’s Book  Growing for Market magazine (https://www.growingformarket.com/)  or any of his books or the books in their online store. I know you are going to love this interview as much as I did. Remember to share this episode with a friend! (https://www.growingformarket.com/store) (https://www.growingformarket.com/store) (https://www.growingformarket.com/store) (https://www.growingformarket.com/store) Andrew Mefferd is editor of Growing for Market magazine (https://www.growingformarket.com/) . He has spent 15 years working on farms in six states, including a year working on a no-till research farm, and worked for seven years in the research department at Johnny’s Selected Seeds (https://www.johnnyseeds.com/)  . He travels around the world consulting with researchers and farmers on the best practices in greenhouse growing and sustainable agriculture. He is the author of (https://amzn.to/2H3HbKh) , and has a passion for promoting local farming movements. He lives and farms in Cornville, Maine. (https://amzn.to/2H3HbKh) (https://amzn.to/2H3HbKh) coupon code for your listeners for either the book or a subscription! OGP New Society willing to give away a book its really up to you to decide how to give the book away!! I’m so excited to hear that because I usually would give the copy you gave me away but it’s one of the ones I really want to keep in my library. Well I love my listeners that’s amazing! They are all dedicated to growing a greener future by saving the planet not just growing food but growing an organic oasis. I’m not from Maine, and moved here and love it! So I feel I can recommend it. Maine is going to have its bicentennial, the little town we live in was founded in the 1800s very old small farm state because we don’t have the big expanses of land, like out west the place was carved up into little farmsteads  and it’s not flat remains that way. a lot like the farm I live on house and a barn 30-40 acres of open land Another 70 or something of woods People farm and get their firewood it could be a good deal sounds like a fixer upper You would have to do things to it, I think that as long as you know that going into it, and  Yesterday even my mom went to a CBD oil place with her buddies, we are thinking we could have a hemp field and we are thinking the building could be a school. We could have some vegetables but mostly hemp. IDK it’s the first place we’ve ever thought of moving to from our place… who knows it could be sold by now. Let’s talk about you! Tell us a little about yourself. Yeah sure! I would say that I grew up in the state of VA in northern up close to Washington DC where it’s very suburban. My entry point into farming really was through gardening. We had a garden there were I grew up in VA and I had a farm one generation back in my family. My dad’s mom had a fairly large farm in PA As I grew up I got more and more interested in the growing side of things, which started out as a garden. We had this compost pile for years at my house sort of Mount Compostmore! kept piling stuff up and up huge compost pile and finally I said we should have a garden! One of myfirst gardening experiences was spreading the compost out!  We were, we wanted to have a garden and ended up just spreading the compost pile on the garden site We spread it out and it ended up being a really great garden!  I love that story! You don’t ave to have a garden to save your compost maybe you will down the line! right! Compost is like fine wine the older it gets the better it is.  We just wanted to get ready to have a garden potentially organic matter filing it up sitting there rotting and when we were ready to have a garden! there it was that was Support this podcast

The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 121 – April 28, 2019 – Gardening In A Hoophouse With Guest Pam Dawling On this podcast episode I’m joined by Gardener and Author Pam Dawling as we talk about how year round gardening in a hoophouse can increase yields and the quality of vegetables and extend the growing season. Homestead Updates: Baby rabbits on the homestead. Going to grow a couple different beans this year. Teddy Bear Sunflowers. Bringing elderberry and currants to the homestead. Main Topic: Gardening In A Hoophouse With Guest Pam Dawling Pam Dawling has grown vegetables at Twin Oaks Community, central Virginia for 27 years, feeding 100 people from 3.5 acres. She is the author of Sustainable Market Farming and The Year-Round Hoophouse. She is a contributing editor with Growing for Market magazine, a workshop presenter, and a weekly blogger on www.sustainablemarketfarming.com We Discuss: Pam’s journey into gardening and writing books What is a hoophouse How having a hoophouse can extend the growing season Crops you can grow year round in a hoophouse Pam’s book: The Year-Round Hoophouse Resources: Pam’s Website www.sustainablemarketfarming.com Pam’s Books The Year-Round Hoophouse: Polytunnels for All Seasons and All Climates Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres Natural Resources Conservation Service High Tunnel System Initiative Other Links Mentioned http://hightunnels.org/ Homestead Recipe Of The Week: This week’s recipe comes in from Echo and she shares a family favorite recipe with us for Russian Potato Leek Soup and 90 minute Soft Pretzels. This Week’s Question For The Podcast Hey Harold. Love your show. My name is Sam and I’m a homesteader in western North Carolina. Just listened to your episode on your rabbitry. My friend yoko and I run a small rabbit farm and I had a question about your watering setup. This past winter was super harsh and we had a lot of trouble keeping water lines unfrozen. We use the nipple gravity feed but everything shut down after low temps. How do you keep your rabbitry watered during the freezing winter months? My answer: The hard way! Gravity feed systems just don’t work when it’s below freezing so the only other choice is to put in the work of swapping out water bottles frequently or using bowls. The way I do it is I keep a bucket full of 32 oz water bottles in the house and every morning I fill them and take them out and swap them for the frozen bottles and then do the same thing in the evening. If you have electricity running to your rabbitry you can use heated water bottles or bowls but I have found they won’t heat up properly unless you use a heavy duty extension cord so you need outlets near each cage.

Anthony Pippin of Pippin's Produce challenges zoning laws through community support and education as urban agriculture outdoor structures are challenged through zoning laws in Fairfield Ohio.  

On today’s episode I sit down with three members of the Elmgove Collective in Sutton West, Ontario. We broadcasting live from their Hoophouse, drinking dandelion tea, and having a good old-fashioned round table talk about farming. Zandra Zalucky, Daniel Hoffman, and Paolo Lavalle discuss what it means to farm as a Collective versus a Cooperative, the gifts and challenges of being a farmer in the modern world, and the relationship between mental health and farming. This is Farm Talk Radio, keep your shovel in the ground, and stay tuned. The Elmgrove Collective www.elmgroveorganic.ca Zandra Zalucky of Cultivating Opportunities: Link to her website through the Elmgrove Organics page. For internship and volunteer opportunities contact her directly at a.zalucky@gmail.com Daniel Hoffman of The Cutting Veg and The Global Garlic Project: For garlic orders and inquiries contact Daniel at www.thecuttingveg.com Paolo Lavalle of Frall Foods: For all food and farming related inquiries please contact Paolo through his Frall Foods website, link through the Elmgrove Organics page.

202: Andrew Mefferd on Hoophouse and Greenhouse growing. Improving crop production through the smart use of protected structures. Andrew spent seven years in the research department at Johnny's Selected Seeds, traveling around the world to consult with researchers and farmers on the best practices in greenhouse growing. He put what he learned to use on his own farm in Maine. He is now the editor and publisher of Growing for Market magazine. Prior to starting his own farm, he worked on farms in six states across the US. Andrew also works as a consultant on the topics covered in his book The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook Organic Vegetable Production using protected culture another great book published by Chelsea Green. In this podcast: Getting excited about agriculture in protected structures is the topic of discussion for Greg and his guest Andrew Medferd today.  With a journey that took him across the United States, Andrew learned a lot about different types and sizes of farms.  He explains how he used that experience to improve his skills why he hopes others can learn from it as well. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/onedropfarm for more information, photos and links on this podcast and to hear from our other great guests.

This ep, Susan Kerr of WSU extension returns to talk about the right way to build a healthy herd; Hermann Bruns returns to talk about a 30'x100' mobile hoophouse design that has worked really well for him. See the companion post about his design here.

This episode, veggie grower and high tunnel ninja Adam Montri of Ten Hens Farm in Bath, Michigan, joins me to talk about the finer points of incorporating high tunnels into your market gardening.  Discussed: The limitations of 12' wide caterpillar tunnels compared to high tunnels What you can expect to pay for a high tunnel, and the bells and/or whistles you should consider Ideal tunnel layout Why you should vent like crazy in the Winter and more! If you like what you hear, check out Adam's related content on Youtube by searching his name.       

This episode is mostly listener questions that we answer about our hoop house, construction methods, and gardening inside the hoop house.  We also touch on garden planning and winter beekeeping. Hoop house hoop bender - http://www.lostcreek.net/ Hoophouse book -   

In this episode we talk with Lois, Ann and Sarah about the history, improvements and upcoming crops in the Grunewald Guild Garden. Its a fun chat and I hope you enjoy! Music by Ben Sollee

This week the CoopCast becomes a HoopCast! We spend the episode looking at photos of our greenhouse / hoophouse / high tunnel and talk through the design and the how nad the why.  We both share our thoughts and opinions on the evolution of our enclosed vegetable garden area and what we like about gardening inside a controlled structure. If you are following along all the images can be found on our Flickr page in the album  Also an indepth discussion when we built it is on our  as well.

This week’s updates on: The 10 piglet cohort is doing great,  Hermione gets sick, or, not,  You only get one mistake and that's one too many on the farm,  The farmstand is up and running. In the Farmers Choice: "How do you eat cute animals?" Can you eat pork that grows from a cute piglet? Do you want to look your meat in the eye? In this weeks Farm U: Piglet castration - what's involved and why do you do it,  Boar taint - what is it and how do you deal with it,  Unexpected events in the best planning.

On this coopcast: 5 on farm hatched chicks in the coop now, Soil blocks and seeding in the hoophouse, The new farmstand, some general small farm / farming updates. A new segment called The Coopcast Community: What is that picture on Facebook?,  Do you know the breed of your chickens?,  What do coop hatched chicks eat?,  A Small Farm Kickstarter Project worth supporting.  Questions, Conversations and Rumination: Visiting a pasture pig farm,  Managing our pig herd in the future,  Analysis Paralysis by "Expert" Input,  A plan for farm fencing.

On this coopcast: A Bourbon Red Turkey in the oven,  Soil block germination rates,  Managing mice in the greenhouse,  Broody hen update.  In our Listener Feedback discussion: A plea for feedback and ratings on iTunes,  Bucket waterer tips for chickens,  Egg prices around the states,  Breeds of chickens in our laying flock.  And in this episodes Farm U segment: First part of our Cornish Cross (Cornish X) chicken discussion including;  How do they breed a Cornish Cross broiler,  A little history,  Consumer demand for the Cornish Cross carcass.

On this coopcast: Winter weather has arrived with a big windstorm, Managing a winter hoophouse,  Ordering seeds (where, what and how).  And in this episodes Farm U segment: Eggsactly what does egg labeling mean;  Brown eggs vs white eggs;  What would you buy or how should you label if you sell eggs.