Podcast Episodes

How Smoke Affects Farms + It's Leaf Season!

Welcome to episode 268 of Growers Daily!

We cover: the effects that smoke has on crops, mulching with leaves, and What farming has taught me about pe…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

How to Find Good (Safe) Mulch + Chemicals Can Grow Lots of Food

Welcome to episode 267 of Growers Daily!

We cover: finding good mulches, the (somewhat false) productivity of conventional agriculture, and the chang…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Using Compost with Soil Tests as an Amending + The Good Disturbance

Welcome to episode 266 of Growers Daily!

We cover: good disturbance, we are discussing how to fit compost into the amendment regime, and it's feedbac…

7 months ago

Rabbit Poop as a Garden Amendment? + Is the Master Gardener Course Worth it?

Welcome to episode 265 of Growers Daily!

We cover: master gardener courses, Rabbit poop in the garden, and straw with tack? Good idea, bad idea?

We a…

7 months ago

Farmers Need Diverse Income Streams + Farming with Kids || Five Tales Farm

Welcome to episode 264 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Mikey and Kez from Five Tales Farm in Australia chat with us about diversifying markets, the stigm…

7 months ago

The Animal We Could Learn Something From + Getting Better Germination with the Seeder

Welcome to episode 263 of Growers Daily!

We cover: the mighty beaver (finally!), how we could make ourselves beaver like, and improving on sweet corn…

7 months ago

The Farming Things I'm Terrible At + The Brilliance of The Flail Mower

Welcome to episode 262 of Growers Daily!

We cover: our November garden plans, offering some thoughts on flail mowing, and some critical farmer things…

7 months ago

Why Chefs Make Good Growers (and why they don't) + Packaging for Restaurants

Welcome to episode 261 of Growers Daily!

We cover: pricing and packaging for restaurants, working in restaurants and then working as a farmer, and it…

7 months, 1 week ago

Are Radishes Overrated + Onions You Plant in the Fall

Welcome to episode 260 of Growers Daily!

We cover: overwintering a new garden spot in a way that improves its health, onions you plant in the fall, a…

7 months, 1 week ago

Bye Bye Birdies + Hello Cold Storage

Welcome to episode 259 of Growers Daily!

We cover: why the decline in bird populations (but the uptick in sea turtles), mid-size cold-storage options…

7 months, 1 week ago