Episodes

  • The Customer isn’t Always Right + Can I Plant Perennials Amongst My Annual Beds?
    Jul 11 2025

    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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    MUSIC from this episode:

    Breaking Walls by Erik Fernholm

    Sweet Lemons by Ludlow

    via www.epidemicsound.com

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    19 mins
  • Did Bokashi Bash my Tomatoes? + Making the Perishable Harvest Last
    Jul 10 2025
    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! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sunn Hemp Episode: https://youtu.be/keIoyt8ZfGI Root-knot Nematode episode: https://youtu.be/cNeHJJZw9Pc RKN study with sunnhemp: https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/pd-32.pdf Study of Sunnhemp and effects on RKN eggs: https://journals.flvc.org/nematropica/article/view/132616 Washing Produce episode: https://youtu.be/uVqMeIlohfg MUSIC from this episode: Bad Dream by Wildflowers Preparations by Steffan Carlan via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    20 mins
  • A Soil Test that Measures Biology AND Nutrients with Dr. Patrick Freeze
    Jul 9 2025

    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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    Ward Labs: https://www.wardlab.com

    MUSIC from this episode:

    Wallow by Nevin

    The Cold Shoulder by Kylie Dailey

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    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

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    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

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    32 mins
  • A Melon Worth $400!? + How I Started Making Videos (and why it has changed)
    Jul 8 2025

    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 article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/nyregion/hamptons-grocery-prices.html

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    via www.epidemicsound.com

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    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

    German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374

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    ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

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    Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat

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    21 mins
  • Mulch Causing Tomato Issues? + The Fall Garden Starts Now (Yes, In July)
    Jul 7 2025

    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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    Spinach video: https://youtu.be/ubY_gUm5VA8

    MUSIC from this episode:

    Just in Time by John Runefelt

    Hearts in a Handshake by Kylie Dailey

    via www.epidemicsound.com

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    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

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    ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

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    21 mins
  • “Help! I Buried Wood Chips!” + Safe Seed Storage
    Jul 3 2025

    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%20can%20still%20make,2021).

    MUSIC from this episode:

    Not Dreaming Anymore by Got Happy

    Green Hills by Ten Towers

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    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

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    19 mins
  • Preparing the Garden for Heavy Feeders + What the Heck is a Rhizosheath?!
    Jul 2 2025

    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/science/article/pii/S0016706123001775?via%3Dihub

    Rhizosheath Formation and Its Role in Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stress: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/10/2368#:~:text=Abstract,aluminium%20stress%2C%20and%20salinity%20stress.

    MUSIC from this episode:

    Steamtown Shuffle by Roy Edwin Williams

    Call it a Day by Tommy Ljundberg

    via www.epidemicsound.com

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    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

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    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

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    18 mins
  • What to Do With Excess Produce + What to Grow When You Can’t Eat Garlic
    Jul 1 2025

    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/2025/06/24/climate/vermont-green-soccer-climate.html

    Forest Green Rovers: https://www.fgr.co.uk

    National Gleaning Project: https://nationalgleaningproject.org/gleaning-map/

    MUSIC from this episode:

    The Lone Traveler by Will Harrison

    Run the Race by Martin Hall

    via www.epidemicsound.com

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    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

    German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374

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    ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat

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    19 mins