Welcome to episode 94 of Growers Daily!

We cover:    clearing snow from tunnels, will higher food prices help local, organic food sellers, and It's feedback Friday

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Links from this episode: 

Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources

Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID

Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID 

Growers Daily MLS Fantasy Soccer League ⚽️ : https://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/#classic/leagues/25574/join/H9SY94WY

Tolerance range in the US for packing lettuce: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Lettuce_Inspection_Instructions%5B1%5D.pdf

Winter Squash Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMJeFiTql7U

Egg prices: https://civileats.com/2025/02/18/op-ed-egg-prices-are-soaring-bring-out-the-backyard-hens/

Why US not using Bird Flu Vaccine on chickens: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/bird-flu-eggs-vaccine-poultry-usda-outbreak-rcna192781

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Welcome to episode 93 of Growers Daily!

We cover:   today we’re gonna talk about growing vining crops (winter squash, Hedge Wedges, sweet potatoes, etc) on permanent beds, and field tips for getting the season started earlier.

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Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources

Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID

Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID 

Growers Daily MLS Fantasy Soccer League ⚽️ : https://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/#classic/leagues/25574/join/H9SY94WY

Sage Hill Slope Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53KKV4paafo

The Velvet Teen: https://thevelvetteen.bandcamp.com/music

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groSMART: http://www.Grosmart.com (CODE: daily)

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

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

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Welcome to episode 92 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  Hunting woodchips, growing starts without a greenhouse and Pets vs gardens (cats, dogs). 

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Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources

Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID

Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID 

Growers Daily MLS Fantasy Soccer League ⚽️ : https://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/#classic/leagues/25574/join/H9SY94WY

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 “I would give anything” by Roy Williams 

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groSMART: http://www.Grosmart.com (CODE: daily)

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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Welcome to episode 91 of Growers Daily!

We cover:  managing poorly draining clay by raising beds? Making lettuce mix more efficient to produce  and leaf mold FTW!

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Links from this episode: 

Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources

Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID

Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID 

Leaf mold paper from Purdue: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/uar2.20022

Growers Daily MLS Fantasy Soccer League ⚽️ : https://fantasy.mlssoccer.com/#classic/leagues/25574/join/H9SY94WY

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Nocturnalized By Pär Hagström

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Show Sponsors: 

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groSMART: http://www.Grosmart.com (CODE: daily)

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)

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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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We cover:  Starting Tomatoes from Seed + Hugelkultur + hello from a flooded state  

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Support Flood Victims Link : https://governor.ky.gov/flood-resources

Venmo a few bucks to: EKYMUTUALAID

Cashapp: $EKYMUTUALAID 

Grafting Vid: https://youtu.be/5o4ZXWqh2Qk

Tomato Vid: https://youtu.be/FKfDyQ7mBOs

Grafting Episode of Growers Daily: https://youtu.be/GJR3E3LTaVE

A good hugelkultur guide: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/sustainable-landscapes-creating-a-hugelkultur-for-gardening-with-stormwater-management-benefits.html

Jadam Micoorganism solution video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Uuy8DxGjA

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Show Sponsors: 

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Farmhand: http://gofarmhand.com 

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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

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Today, Alex Ball has conversations with two of his favorite farmer friends and mentors, Adam Mitchell and Lindsey Steele, who have both helped over the last few years develop his individual business, become a better farmer, and grow his understanding of what it means to be feed his community. They dig deep on soil building through deeper woodchip application, scaling-up and fine-tuning a greens business, and aggregating fresh produce from and for other farmers in your local community. So any further ado, let's have Alex's last interview with Adam Mitchell at Country Valley Farm and then Lindsay Steele of Garden Fort.

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ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) will offer the Business of Farming Conference on Saturday, February 22, in Asheville, North Carolina. Find out more at asapconnections.org.

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... and, as always, our work is powered by the individual growers who support us every month over at patreon.com/notillgrowers. You can pick up a copy of The Living Soil Handbook if you don't have one already, as well as a No-Till Growers hat or other merch, check out our YouTube channel, and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our free growers forum at notillgrowers.community.chat

We cover:  Lasagna gardening, why farming is the great mingling space, and it's feedback friday (farmer Grant freeze, farmer business plan, farming with kids, holding farming to a different standard). 

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Links from this episode: 

Tesla Cotnract for $400 milliion : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-tesla-musk-cybertruck.html

Farm Business Book: https://amzn.to/3X1JQK1

MUSIC TODAY

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Show Sponsors: 

Rimol: https://www.rimol.com

Farmhand: http://gofarmhand.com 

groSMART: http://www.Grosmart.com (CODE: daily)

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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We cover:  how to raise kids on a farm, how to grow peas? 

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Links from this episode: 

NTMG Episode with Mastodon Valley Farm:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000690779742

NIFA family farms: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/family-farms

Trampoline (pretty sure this is the one): https://amzn.to/4aX7soM

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Show Sponsors: 

Rimol: https://www.rimol.com

Farmhand: http://gofarmhand.com 

groSMART: http://www.Grosmart.com (CODE: daily)

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 👇

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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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We cover:  What I am good at and bad at in farming + Farmers Market Etiquette  

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Links from this episode: 

What is a farm ACTUALLY link: https://youtu.be/G8Ifq7vQeCo

Caset Piscura Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-market-garden-podcast/id1441886206?i=1000465133464

MUSIC TODAY

"You Make Me Feel" By Staffan Carlén

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Show Sponsors: 

Rimol: https://www.rimol.com

Farmhand: http://gofarmhand.com 

groSMART: http://www.Grosmart.com (CODE: daily)

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

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We cover:  Making the most of Your Spring Lettuce + Managing Excess Phosphorus 

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Links from this episode: 

Asheville Chef GoFundMe:https://www.gofundme.com/f/honor-brian-canipelli-support-his-loved-ones?qid=0b259da83aececec7674dd54b819c1bb

Great article on P and compost: https://www.biocycle.net/phosphorus-compost-use-dynamics/

Head lettuce video:  https://youtu.be/0_kG14pFPpw

Summer Lettuce Viideo: https://youtu.be/589sGmOhKlE

Nversink gridder: https://neversinktools.com/collections/gridder

MUSIC TODAY

 https://www.epidemicsound.com

Show Sponsors: 

Rimol: https://www.rimol.com

Farmhand: http://gofarmhand.com 

groSMART: http://www.Grosmart.com (CODE: daily)

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)

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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

Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com

👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers