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Publisher |: The Modern Grower Podcast Network

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Farming,; Food,; Gardening,; How To

Categories Via RSS |: Home & Garden,; Leisure,; Natural Sciences,; Science

Insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably.

In each episode, I talk with a beginning or experienced farmer, diving deep into their story to find out what makes their market farm successful. I focus on in-the-field farming. Soil preparation, weed management, post-harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm tools and equipment, and growing crops.

Hosted and produced by Diego Footer's Modern Grower Podcast Network.

People |: Diego Footer
Premiere Date |: 2015-04-01
Frequency |: Biweekly
Explicit |: No

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350 Available Episodes (350 Total) / Average duration: 00:51:41

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350 Available Episodes (350 Total)Average duration: 00:51:41

Apr 19, 2023

00:22:04

Episode 5 in The Lettuce Grower Series explores the different options for watering lettuce crops - drip, overhead, and mister irrigation. What are the pros and cons of each type? When is one more beneficial than another? How much water does lettuce need?

Diego Footer hosts this 10-part series from @paperpotco, and the presenter is farmer Ray Tyler from @rosecreekfarms.

Get Ray's book, The Farmers Guide to Growing Organic Lettuce. You can get the book here.

Ray also has an online course dedicated to growing lettuce. Learn more about the course here.

Protect your valuable crop from rain, wind, cold, and insects using Kwik Hoops.

Apr 12, 2023

00:26:19

Episode 4 in The Lettuce Grower Series is a dive into protected growing. What are the benefits, and why you should consider growing under cover. Ray discusses the various ways to protect your lettuce crop from the elements and the advantages of doing it.

This 10-part series is hosted by Diego Footer, from @paperpotco, and the presenter is farmer Ray Tyler from @rosecreekfarms.

Get Ray's book, The Farmers Guide to Growing Organic Lettuce. You can get the book here.

Ray also has an online course dedicated to growing lettuce. You can learn more about the course here.

Get tools to help you grow lettuce at Paperpotco.

Apr 05, 2023

00:24:36

Episode 3 in The Lettuce Grower Series focuses on the importance of potting soil. The key to having a great lettuce crop is getting the seedlings off to a great start in the nursery. Ray will discuss what he looks for in the perfect potting soil and how you can get your seedlings off to a fantastic start.

This 10-part series is hosted by Diego Footer, from @paperpotco, and the presenter is farmer Ray Tyler from @rosecreekfarms.

Get Ray's book The Farmers Guide to Growing Organic Lettuce. You can get the book here.

Ray also has an online course dedicated to growing lettuce. You can learn more about the course here.

Get tools to help you grow lettuce at Paperpotco.

Mar 29, 2023

00:34:22

Episode 2 in The Lettuce Grower Series focuses on selecting the correct lettuce variety to grow. Ray will give you some guidelines on what to consider when choosing the appropriate lettuce variety for your climate and the time of the year.

This 10-part series is hosted by Diego Footer from @paperpotco, and the presenter is farmer Ray Tyler from @rosecreekfarms.

Get Ray's book, The Farmers Guide to Growing Organic Lettuce. You can get the book here.

Ray also has an online course dedicated to growing lettuce. You can learn more about the course here.

Get tools to help you grow lettuce at Paperpotco.

Mar 22, 2023

00:29:18

This is the first of ten episodes in The Lettuce Grower Series. Diego Footer, from @paperpotco, hosts the series, and the presenter is farmer Ray Tyler from @rosecreekfarms.

Episode 1 is all about why market farmers should grow lettuce. Ray will explain how lettuce can contribute significant cash flow to your farm. It's a valuable crop that can be grown year-round in most of the US. Most customers like it, making it an easy sell. The hard part is mastering how to grow it consistently. In this series, Ray will get into details to help you do that.

The series follows Ray's book The Farmers Guide to Growing Organic Lettuce. You can get the book here.

Ray also has an online course dedicated to growing lettuce. Learn more about the course here.

Get tools to help you grow lettuce at Paperpotco.

Mar 01, 2023

00:10:02

This week, Diego talks about crop rotation: what it is, why consider implementing it, and some effective strategies to implement it on your market garden.

You can also read the article using the link below:

https://moderngrower.co/principles-of-crop-rotation-for-the-market-garden

If you'd like to receive these helpful farming articles every week, you can subscribe to our newsletter using the link below:

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Feb 22, 2023

00:12:59

This week, farmer Seth Davis writes about how Steadfast Farm simplifies their day-to-day farm operations by implementing standardization.

You can also read the article using the link below:

https://paperpot.co/standardizing-systems-at-steadfast-farm/

If you'd like to receive these helpful farming articles every week, you can subscribe to our newsletter using the link below:

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Feb 03, 2023

00:34:32

In Episode 10 of The Profitable Mini-Farm, farmer Jodi Roebuck @roebuckfarm talks about selling to restaurants: the pros, the cons, and how to keep restaurant customers happy.

Learn more about Jodi:

https://www.roebuckfarm.com/

@roebuckfarm

Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment at https://www.paperpot.co/

Follow Diego on IG https://instagram.com/diegofooter Follow PaperpotCo on IG https://instagram.com/paperpot

Get high-quality farm tools in Australia and New Zealand at https://www.activevista.com.au/

Jan 30, 2023

00:55:24

Tony Barlow of Barlow Roots Market joins me to talk about balancing an off-farm job, homeschool and running a successful farm on the side.

If you are interested in following Tony and learning more about the things we spoke about today he has just started a new channel called Homestead Money. He is looking forward to sharing more on homesteading, market gardening and finance. Specifically, he hopes to help homestead dreamers purchase their homestead, and current homesteaders manage their finances wisely. You can join his email list here: http://eepurl.com/ijcC61.

Or follow him on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/homesteadmoney/

Want to learn more? My new book Ready Farmer One - The Farmers' Guide to Create, Design, and Market an Online Farm Store is finally out!!! Get it on Amazon.

Jan 27, 2023

00:35:40

In Episode 9 of The Profitable Mini-Farm, farmer Jodi Roebuck @roebuckfarm shares his approach to selling to retail stores, as well as their unique arrangement of managing dedicated refrigerators for his produce in each store.

https://www.roebuckfarm.com/

@roebuckfarm

Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment at https://www.paperpot.co/

Follow Diego on IG https://instagram.com/diegofooter Follow PaperpotCo on IG https://instagram.com/paperpot

Get high-quality farm tools in Australia and New Zealand at https://www.activevista.com.au/

Apr 19 | 00:22:04

Drip, Overhead, and Misters - Crop Irrigation Basics - The Lettuce Grower Series - Episode 5

Apr 12 | 00:26:19

Protected Growing - Growing Under Cover - The Lettuce Grower Series - Episode 4

Apr 05 | 00:24:36

The Importance of Potting Soil - The Lettuce Grower Series - Episode 3

Mar 29 | 00:34:22