Growers Daily

Farmer Jesse

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.

  1. 7 HR AGO

    Saving the Soil for the Future + Soil Blocking Alternatives

    Welcome to episode 347 of Growers Daily! We cover: some soil blocking alternatives (with a fun AI question attached—you know how that goes with me), saving the soil for the future, and it's feedback friday!  We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Studies on rice desiccation: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4609533/   OpenAI testing ads at ChatGPT: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/technology/chatgpt-ads-openai.html   Order to boost Glyphosate: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/02/promoting-the-national-defense-by-ensuring-an-adequate-supply-of-elemental-phosphorus-and-glyphosate-based-herbicides/     MUSIC from this episode:  Slack Days by American Legion 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   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    23 min
  2. 1 DAY AGO

    Saying Goodbye to A Soil Legend + Don't Lose Your Nitrogen in No-Till Systems + Basil Tips

    Welcome to episode 346 of Growers Daily! We cover: we will put the N in no-till (see what I did there—N? Nitrogen), anyway we will also be keeping basil looking fresh, and talking about what to look for in a software.  We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Obituary for Dr. Ingham https://soilfoodweb.com/obituary-for-dr-elaine-ingham/     MUSIC from this episode:  TV by First Timer 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   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    18 min
  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    How to Know What to Grow With Five Tales Farm

    Welcome to episode 345 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are checking in again with our friends Mikey and Kez down there at five tales farm in Australia to see how the season has treated them so far. February is basically their august, so although things are winding down, they're still cranking and we chat about why they grow what they grow, and they also bring along a surprise topic to ask me at the end.  We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Five Tales Farm: https://www.fivetalesfarm.com/   Five Tales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fivetalesfarm/?hl=en     MUSIC from this episode:  Falling In by American Legion 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   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    43 min
  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    Foraging Season is Coming + The Great Rake Show

    Welcome to episode 344 of Growers Daily! We cover: getting hyped for foraging season, we'll talk about what 2025 taught me for 2026, and we'll discuss one of the most important family of tools on the market garden—the rake. We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Ravine Board Game: https://stellarfactory.com/products/ravine?srsltid=AfmBOopTPeT5nDyrAK6vDT_Hgj_IJ41o1jq6csPwv8TtRqISzBEtVrPm   MUSIC from this episode:  Waiting for You by Victor Lundberg 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   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    19 min
  5. 4 DAYS AGO

    Growing Spring Broccoli + Are "Lawn Care" Grass Clippings Risky for Gardens

    Welcome to episode 343 of Growers Daily! We cover: spring broccoli and the risks of lawn clippings.  We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Great Backyard Birdcount: https://bit.ly/GBBC2026   MUSIC from this episode:  Feels Like That by Victor Lundberg 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   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    19 min
  6. 13 FEB

    Improve Your Farming By Having Other Hobbies + A Wild Compost Conundrum

    Welcome to episode 342 of Growers Daily! We cover: hobby farming but literally, we are taking a WILD question about composting, and it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Great Backyard Birdcount: https://bit.ly/GBBC2026   Urea and Petroluem study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960852423015638#:~:text=The%20addition%20of%20urea%20altered,the%20structural%20stability%20of%20the   MUSIC from this episode:  Riverside Drive by Northside 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   Peaceful Heritage Nursery: https://peacefulheritage.com/   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    22 min
  7. 12 FEB

    Using Plants to Clean Soil + You Should Work on a Farm

    Welcome to episode 341 of Growers Daily! We cover: Working on a farm, about remediating the soil of chemicals with plants, and resources for midsize farms. We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Great Backyard Birdcount: https://bit.ly/GBBC2026   Bio-remediation potential of sunflowers: https://sci-hub.ru/10.2298/hel0746167p   Sunflowers and other bioremediators: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05239-7#ref-CR16   MUSIC from this episode:  Dandelion Road by Northside 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   Peaceful Heritage Nursery: https://peacefulheritage.com/   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    19 min
  8. 11 FEB

    Maintaining Living Soil + Applying the Three Principles of Soil Health

    Welcome to episode 340 of Growers Daily! We cover: Back in November, Hannah and I headed to Columbia South Carolina for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association's Sustainable Agriculture conference.  I recorded my talk on Maintaining Living Soils and Applying the Three Principles of Soil Health. Enjoy! We are a Non-Profit! 👇  🙌  DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666   Links for today:  Great Backyard Birdcount: https://bit.ly/GBBC2026   Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA): https://carolinafarmstewards.org   MUSIC from this episode:  Didn't Know Love by Sully Bright 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   Peaceful Heritage Nursery: https://peacefulheritage.com/   Certified Naturally Grown: https://www.naturallygrown.org/   Tend: https://www.tend.com/?utm_source=No-Till&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=warm_lead&utm_content=free%20trial     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

    1h 24m

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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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