Podcasts about living soil handbook

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! 

Welcome to episode 203 of Growers Daily! We cover: protecting yourself From ticks stylishly (sorta), how to manage the good with the bad of farming, and comfrey vs trees. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 202 of Growers Daily! We cover: neighbors, the agency that used to conserve ecology like it was their job (because technically it was)…and it's feedback Friday!  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 201 of Growers Daily! We cover: starting a business from scratch, where asking if corn is a heavy feeder, and “to terrace or not to terrace…” that's a fun lineup.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 200 of Growers Daily! We cover: your LIVE questions! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 199 of Growers Daily! We cover: water and pH, Land Restoration–-hopefully not the final (but definitely the most important) frontier, and how to pick a ripe melon off the vine.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 198 of Growers Daily! We cover: small farming culture, cover cropping for a year, and the story of how soil made me a farmer.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 197 of Growers Daily! We cover: selling excess produce, Power to the people (but for real), and it's feedback Friday! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 196 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to use row cover with sensitive crops, preparing for extremes, and finding a job on farms. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 195 of Growers Daily! We cover: bind weed, planet altering land management (the good kind of altering), and what happens when compost freezes?  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 194 of Growers Daily! We cover: when your plants are ready before the soil is, why (some) farmers should get royalties, and compost tea applications.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 193 of Growers Daily! We cover: “can I use the rock dust from the well we dug”, the complicated relationship between compost and carbon, and why my pest strategy is so boring.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 192 of Growers Daily! We cover: the perils of growing what people want, planting perennials all up in the annual's business, and it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 191 of Growers Daily! We cover: making perishable greens and such last in the cooler (plus other harvest tips), a cover crop for root knot nematodes and a bokashi composting tomato situation… We are a Non-Profit!