Podcast Episodes

What People Get Wrong about CO2 + How to Cure and Store Winter Squash

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.

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Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

How Persistent Herbicides Spoil Compost + Getting in Good with Restaurants

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. 

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Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

The Hidden Truth of Most Market Farms + Beware the Words “Help Me With My Garden”

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!

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Customers Finding Bugs in the Lettuce HELP + Building a Farm that You can Sometimes Leave

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 …

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

What Restoring Ecology Does for Economies, Communities, Farmers, and Health with John D. Liu

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 …

Published on 3 weeks ago

It’s Seed Saving Season + Ecological Weather Management

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. 

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Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

What to Do about Poor Potato Yields + Managing the Greenhouse in the Heat

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 fa…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Managing Blossom End Rot + The Environmental Protection Agency is Done Working for You

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! 

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Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Ashes from the Woodstove in the Garden + Leaves Versus Composting

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? 

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Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

What a (Peat-Free) Soil Mix Might Look Like + A Worker-Owned Compost Business w/ Nathan Rutz

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!

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Published on 4 weeks ago