Tending Seeds: Adventures in Gardening, Homesteading, and Herbalism

Ep 63 - Seed Farming with Dan Brisebois


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Hey friends! Hope you’re doing well! Spring is poking its head up here but we’re still getting snow off and on as well, so we’re not able to start planting outdoors yet. We have lots of great stuff happening inside though! We’ve got loads of grow lights and heat mats set up and we have tons of seedlings already taking off! We’re really trying to narrow our focus this year to growing larger quantities of a fewer number of crops. Specifically we’re focused on the things that we need big amounts of in order to produce the things we make for our farm store – mainly our seasonings and our herbal teas. We’re also still growing vegetables for our personal use, and continuing to expand our perennial food forest of course. But we’re getting a lot more dialed in on prioritizing what we really HAVE to have versus all of the fun random things that I WANT to have when I flip through seed catalogs. Which sometimes is easier said than done, because there are just so many cool varieties out there and I want to try them all!

Speaking of seeds, that’s our focus today! My guest today is Dan Brisebois, a farmer who focuses on growing seeds. His newest book is The Seed Farmer and I was sooooo ridiculously excited to get to talk to him about it! I’ve been a bit of a fan girl about Dan’s work for quite a while now, ever since I learned about his worker co-operative farm and then got to go through his Farmer Spreadsheet Academy a few years back. Yall know how much I love a spreadsheet!

Dan’s book is absolutely fantastic and I think you’ll get a ton from it whether you’re wanting to learn to save seed and come up with your own plant crosses for your own personal garden use, or if you’re interested in selling seed someday yourself. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

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Connect with Dan:

Dan's website -- get a copy of Dan's book, check out his great blog, learn about the Farmer Spreadsheet Academy, and listen to the Seed Farmer Podcast!

Dan's Instagram

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As always, if you enjoy the podcast please share it with a friend or two and leave us a positive rating and review! You can also support our work by checking out our farm store at NordicFoxFarm.com. We have some great new tea blends up in the shop plus all of our delicious seasonings and smoked salts. Make sure to use the code PODCAST25 for 10% off your first order, and hop on our mailing list while you’re at it.

I hope you’re doing well and getting to have some planty fun this spring. Our next episode will be all about mushroom foraging!

Until then, keep your hands dirty and your heart open.

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