Podcasts about living soil handbook

Welcome to episode 489 of Growers Daily! Today we're talking about why starting a farm should not start with land, we check in on the chia cover cropping trials, AND it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 488 of Growers Daily! Today is a good ol mailbag day. We're gonna cover a fun range of topics from considerations when becoming a CSA-only farm, to low maintenance strategies for building soil health, to organically approved fungicides, what to know.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 487 of Growers Daily! Today we're LIVE talking about whatever you want! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 486 of Growers Daily! Today we're gonna dedicate almost exclusively to storing potatoes and sweet potatoes (except the patreon question we take on about germinating seeds under a tarp just to shake things up). We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 485 of Growers Daily! Today we will discuss establishing a meadow for beneficials in your area, both micro and bigro. And we'll take a question about taking over land that itself has been taken over by weeds and pests you definitely don't want. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 484 of Growers Daily! Today we discuss legendary grower Eliot Coleman's thoughts on no-till, we'll visit the milpa patch one last time and it's feedback friday!  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 483 of Growers Daily! Today is mailbag day! And in the mailbag we find questions about what farmers could use help with (from non farmers), When grasses survive the tarping, and ridge vents on tunnels–worth it? We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 482 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking all brassicas all the time: brassica woes, where to fit the brassicas, and the mighty fall brassica We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 481 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking about things you can do now to have a great growing season in 2027. And, somewhat weirdly apropos of that topic for this show, we get a question about re-covering the soil after a tillage event.   We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 480 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking trap crops (the only crops you get to yell "psyche" at), we'll check in on the sweet potatoes in the field, and it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 479 of Growers Daily! Today we are doing the mailbag thang. And so we're catching up with Jimmy Nardello (the pepper—the man passed away a long time ago), talking what makes peppers hot mid season (hint: they're hot already) and should one compost before cover cropping or after or both? Neither? We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 478 of Growers Daily! Today we are talking about one of my favorite subjects: Birds. The current state of birds with Becca Rodomsky-Bish; we'll talk about the birds who are pests, and, we'll discuss why the birds are not alright.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 477 of Growers Daily! We are gonna dedicate today to germinating crops, namely spinach (which we will do an in-the-field segment on), but also just good general germination guidance and maybe some other g words. Plus we'll take a question about blackberry brambles. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 476 of Growers Daily! Today we're talking fall peas and gloves for fall harvest (potentially for those peas)! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 475 of Growers Daily! Today we're talking about why better ecology is the answer, purslane as a living mulch, And it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 474 of Growers Daily! Today we're doing the mailbag thing which is always a fun and wide ranging day for us.  We'll talk overwintering carrots in the ground, wash/pack station considerations, and high tunnel orientation. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 473 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're getting into some of the nerdy details that make farm sales tick, like deciding where and how you want to sell (ie market research); is the farmer's market the best place to start selling; and getting in good with restaurants. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 472 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're talking mostly about frost protection and we take a question about naked garlic. Or more specifically when you harvest too late. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 471 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're talking overwintered allium options from leeks to walla wallas to green garlic. AND we'll take a mailbag question about hilling potatoes and what makes talking about farming so complicated. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 470 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we're talking about the TRUE meaning of cultivation, some of the tweaks we are making to the show, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 469 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are getting nerdy about setting, achieving and then monitoring farm goals, and simple ways to track planting schedules. Like I said, it's a nerdy mailbag day. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 468 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today, we are talking some of my favorite seeds to save, how to make money growing seeds with Dan Brisebois, and all because… you know what? It's seed saving season! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 467 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are talking about Low Key Farm Tools that Work Hard in the Market Garden (starting with important pocket-size tools) and we're talking BATS! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 466 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are talking about cover crops you can eat (but still get all those good cover crop things out of it) and we also get a mailbag question about cereal rye vs rye grass as a cover crop. A very cover croppy day indeed. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 465 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are talking about making hedgerows and native plantings more accessible to growers, and we'll get some farm updates from the field.  Oh and of course it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 464 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are dipping into the mailbag to see what comes out. So we get questions about monitoring your physical activity on the farm, managing winter in a warm climate, and flipping potatoes from ground to growing again. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 463 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are talking fall—some fall interplanting options, when to start fall cover crops, and what warmer falls are doing to my planting schedule.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 462 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are creating tilth at the top of the soil and we take a question from the mailbag about invasive chinese wisteria in woodchip form.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 461 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are focusing on winter-hardy greens (off the beaten path and on). We also get a patreon mailbag question about old music that got it right. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 460 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today the topic is the coming deluge of gardening books written by AI, potatoes snapping at the stem, but first, how about a little feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 459 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today is a mailbag show and we have a good little slate for you. We are talking spent mushroom blocks as a mulch, amending a heavy feeder without attracting wildlife or throwing nutrients out of wack, and recovering conventional crop ground. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 458 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are going live to chat about how your seasons are going!  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 457 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we are going to talk about keeping carrots weed free (or as weed free as possible), in the third segment you will venture out to the field with me to do some flame weeding, and we take a mailbag question about a garlic harvest issue.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 456 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are talking about fall radishes AND prepping the garden now for the heat next year. We are a Non-Profit! 

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!