Growers Daily

Growers Daily

Growers Daily (formerly known as The No-Till Market Garden Podcast) is a nuts and bolts (and earthworms and microbes) look at how to run a productive, profitable no-till market garden for small and mid-sized farmers.

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July 15, 2025 17 mins

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. 

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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. 

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Compost and cover Crop study: 

https://caes.ucdavis.edu/news/

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. 

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Breaking Walls by Erik Fernholm

Sweet Lemons by Ludlow

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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…

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Sunn Hemp Episode: https://youtu.be/keIoyt8Zf...

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Welcome to episode 190 of Growers Daily!

We cover: an awesome interview for you with Dr. Patrick Freeze of the Ward Labs which is where we have been getting soil tests the last few years. And Dr. Freeze discusses what this test is, how to take it, and what soil amending looks like when biology is the focal point.

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Welcome to episode 189 of Growers Daily!

We cover: automating the farm to grow it, how I started this whole doing this making videos thing, and $400 musk melons. Yeah, each.

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Onions Video: https://youtu.be/0dZKcDITq5c

 

$400 melons...

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Welcome to episode 188 of Growers Daily!

We cover: mulching around tomatoes in a tropical climate, the fall garden… yeah, now, in July, we have to talk about it because it’s coming right up in farmer time, and it’s feedback… monday. 

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Welcome to episode 187 of Growers Daily!

We cover: seed storage, sweet potato spacing to maximize space, and burying rotten woodchips

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Review on fireworks research and ecology: https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc/Fulltext/PC22040#:~:text=2007)%2C%20they%...

Welcome to episode 186 of Growers Daily!

We cover: prepping soil for heavy feeders, the wild world of rhizosheaths, and sowing a crop into a standing cover crop.

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Rhizosheath: Distinct features and environmental functions: https://www.sciencedirect.com/scie...

Welcome to episode 185 of Growers Daily!

We cover: what would you grow for cooking if you couldn’t eat alliums, we will discuss the perils of washing our hands of greenwashing, and what to do with excess produce.  

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 Vermont green FC:https://www.nytimes.com/

Welcome to episode 184 of Growers Daily!

We cover: if school teaches us what we will actually use, different types of packaging for produce, and what we’re up to headed into July.

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Brother ql-800 series printer:https://amzn.to/4etZuFy

 

Biodegradable packag...

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Welcome to episode 183 of Growers Daily!

We cover: garlic rust and what to do about it, how to tell if your soil is healthy, and it's feedback friday!

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Garlic Rust Info: https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/garlic/garlic-rust/

 

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Welcome to episode 182 of Growers Daily!

We cover: birds that cause problems in the garden, composters avoiding contaminants, and starting a market garden when you're sixty.

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Study on birds and brassicas, cucurbits and solanaceae: https://www.sciencedirect.com/

Welcome to episode 181 of Growers Daily!

We cover: the current state of farmer's markets, the ins and the outs of a market manager's day, and market tensions that arise. Catt Fields White from Farmer's Market Pros and the Tent Talk podcast joins us for a chat!

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Fa...

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Welcome to episode 180 of Growers Daily!

We cover: if natural dyes will become a market for small-scale growers, how to manage yourself in the heat, and then how to manage the garden. 

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Welcome to episode 179 of Growers Daily!

We cover: broadcasting cover crops into untouched ground, why no-till actually makes things harder, and the explosion of tick populations.

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Welcome to episode 178 of Growers Daily!

We cover: a potting soil horror story, how to understand your farmland, and it’s feedback friday!

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OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd

 

Data Centers, electricity and farming article: https://www.csmonitor.com/<...

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Welcome to episode 177 of Growers Daily!

We cover: if compost counts as a crop in a rotation, ants, and crop planning tips for a CSA.

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OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd

 

Compost and disease suppression: https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1...

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Welcome to episode 176 of Growers Daily!

We cover: garlic curing and storage, the overlooked relationship between manufacturing and farm land, and flower power. But the easy way. 

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OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd

 

The industral park story: https:/...

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Welcome to episode 175 of Growers Daily!

We cover: deficiencies versus diseases (or pests), public lands being sold for development, and just to shake things up, do hedgerows work?

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OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd

 

Nutrient Deficiency guide: https...

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