Podcasts about living soil handbook

Welcome to episode 455 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking about what to plant in the unheated tunnel for winter, the many ways that exist to farm, AND it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 454 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking about building community with small gardens, selling the idea of ecological/no-till farming to others, and Treating japanese knotweed, NOT with herbicides.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 453 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are going to do a whole dry farming show, talking about how to farm without irrigation and what it takes to do that successfully. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 452 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are asking: are we wrong about the history transition to agriculture, we are talking horsenettle and it's friends, and we'll journey out to the field and talk about harvesting the potatoes and setting those beds up for garlic.   We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 451 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking kale and then a little breakdown of the rules of interplanting.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 450 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking about pigweed living its best life (unfortunately), curing onions as a little in-the-field SESH and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 449 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we take a question about raw manure (and parlay that into a quick convo about cyclospora), then we discuss organizing seeds, and Mint.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 448 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're doing a whole winter squash, squashing. how to grow butternuts and any other winter squash, how to cure and store winter squash (which for some of you may be a subject top of mind), and growing great pumpkins. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 447 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking about, well, where I've been, but also why there are no perfect tools, and about my first impressions of Burlap as shade and ground cover from the field.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 446 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking farmer health, that's right: stretching and exercise routine for farmers, gardening for the long haul and we are addressing farmer loneliness. Or, well attempting to.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 445 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are fitting ecological farming into the modern economy talking: tillage vs no-till economics, farming…in THIS economy, and Restoring Degraded Land for Economies, Communities, Farmers, and Health with John D. Liu. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 444 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking asking if you can use woodstove charcoal as biochar, we're asking can biochar turn off herbicides, and we're asking if you want to level up your compost: because we have six ways to do it! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 443 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking soil blocks: soil blocks vs the world, your soil block questions answered, what about the stuff growing on my soil blocks. All the soil blocks, all the time. Er. show.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 442 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we just keep planting, late garden tips, and we take the tilther to the field.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 441 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're going to breakdown beet production for the fall and take a question about growing cover crops for compost fodder.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 440 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're talking soil block tricks to amaze your friends and please your cucurbits, I'll make the case for sunflowers everywhere from the field, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 439 of Growers Daily! We cover: we will talk blackstrap molasses in the garden, what to look for in a tunnel, and we'll do a little florida weave demo out in the field. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 438 of Growers Daily! We cover: your live questions about farming in July and whatever else you nerds want to chat about. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 437 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are gonna discuss that super el nino that the weather nerds keep talking about, we'll talk about when pathways get out of hand, and I'll take you to the field with me to discuss a certain someone.. Or SOMETHING. Okay it's an interplant. But it will be fun.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 436 of Growers Daily! We cover: we will do the full fall brassica breakdown (because it's about that time), and rinse, reuse, repeat. Is that how it goes? I guess we'll find out. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 435 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are talking about motivating kids to garden, we get a little milpa patch update from the field, and it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 434 of Growers Daily! We cover: dry farming a first year garden, onions that lay down, and is double digging worth it? That's quite the show. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 433 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are talking about how much water you need for a market garden, storing rain water safely and water bankruptcy. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 432 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are talking about the value of constraints, why we don't use a greens bubbler on our farm, and what to do when the cover crop mulch just ain't mulching enough. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 431 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are talking unconventional cover crops and the sport of growing brussels sprouts. Is that how sports work? We'll find out! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 430 of Growers Daily! We cover: tunnels in rough weather areas, I take you to the field with me to prep and plant some lettuce. And it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 429 of Growers Daily! We cover: poison ivy in the garden,  some specialty crops (like ginger and others) that CAN be worth it maybe, AND what level of shade cloth you need for where you are and what you're growing.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 428 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're gonna shoutout some soil health principles, talking succession planting tips, how to find good, safe mulch, and why we avoid disturbance within reason. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 427 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are designing the perfect farm, when to just get rid of a pest- or disease-covered crop, and what my living pathways have taught me about patience. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 426 of Growers Daily! We cover: today, the other melons. Also which crops make the most sense for covered growing space. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 425 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're discussing irrigation timers, motivation, and it's feedback friday dont-ya-know.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 424 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're talking about what to do with cleared trees, talk soil ball trouble shooting, and planning for retirement as a market gardener.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 423 of Growers Daily! We cover: today with garlic harvest season upon us (or at least coming up) for many of us, we thought we'd do a whole garlic show—when to harvest, the 4 different crops that garlic actually is, and getting garlic earlier. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 422 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking about what makes a crop profitable (and what makes a crop worth growing even if it's not), using old high tunnel plastic for weeding the garden, and bed flips. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 421 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking Summer Lettuce, and pairing a thick layer of compost with wood chip mulch, We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 420 of Growers Daily! We cover: building a compost site, we're talking about what agrarian means and if it is indeed a reasonable future. AND it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 419 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're talking frosted potatoes, we're touring my hedges, and discussing strawberries in humid conditions where the diseases are the fruitful ones. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 418 of Growers Daily! We cover: your live questions! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 417 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking about the importance of fun in farming (with a sports analogy because I can't help myself), yellowing onions, AND proper cultivation (a field demo, because I can't help myself). We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 416 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're talking summer carrots  and what unwanted things can come in with the compost. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 415 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to use sawdust in the market garden (and if you should), the big key to starting a farm, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 414 of Growers Daily! We cover: if you should pre-soak seeds, advocating for the causes you believe in, and what do I do with lightly frosted… tomato plants…  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 413 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're getting down to business talking how much marketing do farms really need, market research for farmers, and accounting and managing farm profits with our buddies Mikey and Kez of Five Tales Farm. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 412 of Growers Daily! We cover: we're gonna tackle a pervasive myth about water droplets and sunlight, we'll take on a living mulch question, and discuss the hoss garden seeder. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 411 of Growers Daily! We cover: watermelons and covering cover crops in compost coverings.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 410 of Growers Daily! We cover: rhizomatous grasses in raised beds, lessons from an untouched tribe in India, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 409 of Growers Daily! We cover: using fresh woodchips,  keeping roots out of your hoops… houses,  and foliar spraying vs side dressing vs fertigation, etc.. What's the dif? We'll find out. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 408 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking: how and why to use buckwheat as a cover crop, planting into cover crop residue, and sunn hemp. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 407 of Growers Daily! We cover: owning June in the Garden, is it too late for this or that brassica, and is a pinpoint seeder the seeder you've been longing for? We'll find out.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 406 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking about pumpkin and preparing your farm for weather that can't stop, won't stop… being weird. We are a Non-Profit!