Singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov joins Jesse to talk about market gardening in tandem with a creative profession—being a musician—and practical approaches to the market garden that support both vocations.
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Jennie talks with the charming Bronwyn and Chris of Island Flower Farm about permaculture in a temperate climate, transitioning from veg to flowers, a simple approach to amendments, and an easy way to move compost (see notes).
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Considering getting into protected growing? Need an easy, affordable way to increase your covered growing area? Josh talks with Jonathan Dysinger—Founder of Farmers Friend—and they get real nerdy about caterpillar tunnels.
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Jesse talks with Eric and Nate about their collaborative farm and field management on 3 acres: field preparation, cover crops as test crops, mechanizing bed setup, the ABCD’s of a bed flip, no-till seed production, and WHOA.
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Jennie talks with Ellen Polishuk of Plant to Profit about no-till and some of the challenges beginning farmers encounter “going no-till” without proper soil testing and land preparation. Check out her book, START YOUR FARM.
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Jesse talks with Zach and Kasey of Prema Farm outside of Reno, Nevada about what working in a co-op taught them about vegetable quality, high-desert farming, rock-solid cold chains, fertility philosophy, and farming with kiddos.
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Jennie talks with Mimo Davis of Urban Buds about urban flower farming, the process of reclaiming city lots, how to kill bindweed!, and how the pandemic lead them to adopt a now beloved delivery model: Porch Petals.
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Jennie talks with Tony Gaetz of Bare Mtn Farm in Oregon about no-till flowers and gets down and dirty about the specifics of applying Korean Natural Farming to growing flowers on a small-farm scale. #letsdothis
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Jennie talks with Laura Beth Resnik about tunnel production, weed challenges in a no-till context, practical employee management tips, and cultivating the special relationship between farmer and florist.
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Jesse talks with Jennie Love about her 3-acre flower farm, no-till out of necessity, lisianthus from seed to harvest, and her NEW UPCOMING PODCAST! #cantwait
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Jesse talks with Beau and Paul about their farm partnership, the benefits of operating a tree service alongside a market garden, and transforming marginal land into something growable.
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Jesse talk with Jeff Lowenfels, the author of the "Teaming with" series: Teaming with Microbes, Teaming with Fungi, and Teaming with Nutrients, about the importance of balancing bacteria and fungi in annual crop production.
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Richard Perkins is back to talk about his new farm, a brief bout of burnout, and some philosophy on proper scale and interdependence. RichardPerkins.Co, the Farm Like a Hero project, an his book Regenerative Agriculture.
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Jesse talks with Jodi about doing high production field greens and roots in New Zealand, building soil from scratch, a simple approach to fertility, harvesting, marketing, and growing lots and lots—and lots—of micro greens efficiently.
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Jesse talks with Matthew and Nancy Kost of Buffalo Seed Company about small-scale seed production, naturally selecting for specific growing conditions and practices, regional adaptation, and resiliency.
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[Frith farm] is elegant, efficient, and Daniel excels at detailing it. It is an owner’s manual for Frith Farm, and there are few farms to which I’d rather have a manual… this is the book I wish I’d had starting out. No hyperbole.
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Jesse talks with Dr. Jones about how the human microbiome not only reflects, but is effected by the soil microbiome, microbial quorum sensing within those biomes, and some practical implications for the market garden.
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Jesse talks with Kip and Angelique of Smarter by Nature about hay mulch—super into hay mulch right now, can you tell?—and it’s effects, bed building process, and using as many of the resources they have freely or cheaply available.
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