A show about regenerative flower farming. Hosted by Jennie Love of Love 'n Fresh Flowers, a flower farm in Philadelphia.
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Tips for Wholesale Flower Sales with Scott Shepherd
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We don’t typically dive into business topics on this podcast as I like to keep the focus on regenerative growing practices. But today we’re going to go off theme a bit for a special guest. Many of you already know Scott Shepherd, the host of The Flower Podcast. Scott has such a unique position in our industry. He studied horticulture under the like…
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Storing Peonies and Tulips + How to Handle Cut Flowers After Harvest with Dr. John Dole
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There are some incredible nuggets of pure gold in this episode. You will definitely want to have a pen and paper handy! Joining me today is Dr. John Dole, cut flower researcher and professor at North Carolina State University. As you’ll hear in the episode, John has been immersed in flowers since he was just 8 years old, planting gladiolas at a nei…
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Welcome to Part 2 of a recent interview host Jennie Love had with guest Bryant Mason of Soil Doctor Consulting. If you haven’t already listened to Episdoe 37 or Episode 29, stop this one now and go back to listen to those first. In this segment, Bryant helps listeners understand what plant tissue testing is and why it is so valuable for farmers to …
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Organic Fertilizers, the Crucial Role of Calcium, Orchard Establishment and Much More with Bryant Mason
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Guest Bryant Mason of Soil Doctor Consulting returns to the podcast for another lively conversation about organic nutrients with host Jennie Love. If you haven’t already listened to Episode 29 in Season 3, stop this one now and go back to listen to that one first. In Episode 29, we introduced Bryant to the flower farming community and we had a dyna…
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Cool Flowers, Native Hedgerows, and Frost Cloth with Lisa Mason Zeigler
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Today’s guest needs little introduction in the flower farming world. Lisa Mason Zeigler of the Gardener's Workshop is an author, teacher, industry leader, flower farmer, podcaster, and also a good friend of mine. With 25 years of growing under her belt, Lisa brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to everything she does. Lisa has a new book, The C…
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Farming on Heavy Wet Clay + No-Till Lessons Learned with Jesse Frost
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Today’s guest needs little introduction in the small farm no-till world. Jesse Frost of Rough Draft Farm in central Kentucky has helped so many of us learn about soil health and diversified small scale production through the No-Till Growers YouTube channel, the No-Till Growers podcast, and his book The Living Soil Handbook. If you’ve struggled with…
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We're back with Season 4 of the No-Till Flowers Podcast! In this solo episode, host Jennie Love talks about regenerative spraying and how to boost the health of your crops with foliar feeding. Learn about the phyllosphere and what easy homemade inputs you can use to reduce pests and diseases with weekly foliar sprays. Mentioned in this episode: Joi…
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Curious about cover crops for a flower farm? Host Jennie Love walks listeners through a clear and concise overview of cover crops suitable for a small regenerative farm and why cover crops are such a valuable tool in the summer time for weed management. Included is a list of favorite cover crops for a small flower farm. Mentioned in the episode: Co…
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Part 2: Beneficial Insects and Natural Pest Control with Margaret Parks of Evergreen Growers Supply
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Here's Part 2 of my chat with Margaret Parks of Evergreen Growers Supply, an Oregon-based supplier of beneficial insects and microorganisms. If you haven't already, be sure to listen to Part 1 to get an introduction to using beneficial insects in your grow operation. Some important links to go along with this conversation: Evergreen Growers Supply …
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Beneficial Insects and Natural Pest Control with IPM Expert Margaret Parks of Evergreen Growers Supply
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I’m joined in this episode by Margaret Parks of Evergreen Growers Supply, an Oregon-based supplier of beneficial insects and microorganisms. We begin by discussing the big picture pieces of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) as they relate to small scale flower farming. Then we dive into spider mite control with three fantastic beneficial insects. We…
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Host Jennie Love walks listeners through a clear and concise discussion of what natural farming is and how to begin making natural inputs like JADAM Microbial Solution (JMS). If you've been intimidated by the host of natural inputs talked about in Korean Natural Farming (KNF) and JADAM, this is a great introduction that will demystify the process a…
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Nutrient Balancing in Living Soils with Bryant Mason, the Soil Doctor
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Guest Bryant Mason of Soil Doctor Consulting in Colorado joins host Jennie Love in a lively conversation about nutrient balancing and soil testing, including key nutrients for better flower production and stem quality. Follow Bryant on Instagram @soil_doctor. Bryant has developed an easy online tool to help you directly to interpret your soil tests…
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Seed Starting, Regenerative Style with Lisa Mason Zeigler from The Gardener's Workshop
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It’s seed starting time! I’d venture to say this is what we growers are live for! Watching seedlings grow in the depths of winter is the best mood lifter. Those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are likely gearing up for your late summer sowings for cool annuals too. So it seemed like a great time to do a deeper dive into seed sowing with my old fr…
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Finding Land and Evolving a Farm Business with Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm
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Guest Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm in Maryland joins host Jennie Love again to discuss building and rebuilding a successful farm business over the past decade. Covered in this episode are: - Finding land to farm - Pros and cons of renting versus buying farm land - Funding sources for land and infrastructure - Making infrastructure decisions…
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Host Jennie Love walks listeners through a clear and detailed description of how she has prepared no-till beds at her farm over the seasons. She goes into particular detail about the "deep mulch system" that many smaller diversified farms use for no-till bed preparation. Jennie also discusses her own journey to getting started with no-till farming …
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The Power of Pulse Watering: Effective Irrigation and Better Plant Health with Emma Horswill from Earthenry Farm
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Welcome to Season 3 of the No-Till Flowers podcast! Emma Horswill from Earthenry Farm in Tasmania joins host, Jennie Love, for a lovely chat that hits on several important regenerative farming practices. The primary focus of this episode is irrigation, particularly an approach to it called "pulse watering". Other topics include cover cropping, fert…
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Farming to Heal the Ecosystem with Dr. Doug Tallamy
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Do you view your farm as a production space? A landscape that should generate x number of stems in x square feet for x amount of dollars each season? Many farmers do. In this episode, host Jennie Love encourages listeners to look at their farms as whole ecosystems that serves millions of lives, not just your own goals. Jennie is joined by author, D…
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Bokashi and Worm Farming at Scale with Guest Matt Arthur of BLH Farm
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In this episode, host Jennie Love is joined by farmer Matt Arthur of BLH Farm to dive into bokashi and worm farming at a scale that can actually provide a large volume of high-quality compost and castings for a small farm. If you've struggled with making compost on your farm or finding well-aged, herbicide-free compost locally, bokashi could be the…
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Tackling Burnout and Farmer Well-Being Through Collective Selling with Amelia Ihlo
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Welcome to the first in a short summer series of episodes dedicated to farmer well-being. This is my 14th season flower farming and running a small business centered around such a stunning and stressful product. Every season brings its own set of challenges, most entirely out of my control. This year I broke a bone and strained a tendon in my left …
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The Magical BRIX Number That Stops Pests - An Exciting Conversation with Dr. Tom Dykstra
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In this episode, host Jennie Love is joined by Dr. Tom Dykstra, an entomologist with over 25 years of experience in academic and field research. Predominantly, he has studied insect olfaction (how insects smell) from the standpoint of bioelectromagnetics and has proven a new theory based on the fusion of biophysics and neurophysiology. Dr. Dykstra …
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Host Jennie Love is joined again Dave Dowling of Ball Colorlink. Dave was on Season 1 of the podcast to discuss tulips in detail. Check out that episode if you haven't already. This time we're talking for an hour about ranunculus cultivation. Because, you know, that's probably what you're doing right now! We cover a lot of ground in this episode, f…
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Breaking Down What Biochar Is and Why We Should Make It with Dr. Catherine Brewer
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Host Jennie Love sits down with Dr. Catherine Brewer of New Mexico State University. Dr. Brewer (Catie) is a chemical and materials engineer who has devoted a good portion of her professional scientific career to studying biochar, particularly as it relates to processing agricultural waste to create a valuable farm input. Biochar is a "fine-grained…
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The Ins and Outs of Intercropping with Denise Richter
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Joining host Jennie Love on today's show is Denise Richter from Pistil & Stamen in New Orleans. On her small urban flower farm, Denise has had to get very clever over the years with intercropping to maximize the number of harvestable stems. In this conversation, we dive deep into intercropping as well as urban farming, managing super wet soils, and…
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Exploring the Science Behind Natural Farm Inputs With Author, Nigel Palmer
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Host Jennie Love sits down with former aerospace engineer turned author, Nigel Palmer, to discuss his outstanding book The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments. Nigel has done a superb job of putting the science behind homebrewed natural inputs like those touted in Korean Natural Farming and JADAM practices. Nigel tells us how we can co…
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No-Till Flowers is a podcast all about regenerative practices to help flower farms be more resilient and our community to thrive. Flower farms can do so much more than just grow flowers! Through our work on our farms, we can build habitat for other creatures of all sizes, balancing soils, water cycles and ecosystems. If we e give back more than we …
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Teasing Apart the Woo-Woo: Biodynamic Farming with Teton Full Circle Farm
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Host Jennie Love talks with Erika Eschholz & Ken Michael from Teton Full Circle Farm in Idaho about what it means to be a biodynamic flower farm. We get into both the practical parts of biodynamics and the woo-woo. Erika and Ken were gracious enough to provide a long list of resources for listeners who want to learn more about biodynamics: Books Gr…
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A Little Goes a Long Way in Regenerative Flower Farming: KNF and JADAM with Tony Gaetz of Bare Mountain Farm
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And we're back! It's the premiere of Season 2 of No-Till Flowers!! Host Jennie Love talks again with fan favorite, Tony Gaetz of Bare Mountain Farm about making and using natural farm inputs for fertility and biology a la Korean Natural Farming and JADAM practices. The running theme is that a little goes a long way. Tony was on Season 1 of the podc…
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Breaking Down Compost w/ Jesse Frost
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Surprise! Welcome to the third of No-Till Flowers spontaneous seasonal series... To build on our last No-Till Flowers Summer short about improving meh compost with Ellen Polishuk, Jennie and Optimus... I mean, Jesse Frost (a hilarious, but unfortunate recording error), author of The Living Soil Handbook and host of The No-Till Market Garden Podcast…
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Surprise! Welcome to the second of No-Till Flowers spontaneous seasonal series... It may be a Summer short, but Jennie Love of Love N Fresh Flowers and Ellen Polishuk of Plant to Profit have a powerful conversation about what to do with less-than-awesome compost, modifying our approaches to soil health over time, and an important piece of advice fo…
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The Everything Tulips Episode w/ Dave Dowling of Ball Colorlink
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Surprise! Welcome to the first of No-Till Flowers spontaneous seasonal series... Jennie Love of Love N Fresh Flowers talks with Dave Dowling of Ball Colorlink about everything TULIPS! Because, you know, that's probably what you're doing right now. They cover a lot of ground, from considerations when ordering bulbs, to no-till planting, harvesting, …
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Joe Schmitt - Fair Field Flowers
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Legendary flower grower Joe Schmitt joins the show to talk ornamental grains and grasses, efficient tools for reducing wear on the body, and a bunch else from his lifetime in flower farming. Links: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/transplanters/paperpot-transplanter-7601.html https://www.pendragonfabrication.com/specialty-machinery/drange…
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Erin McMullen - Raindrop Farm
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Erin McMullen joins host Jennie Love to talk restoring soil, wholesale flowers, farming with kids, being a female farmer. https://www.raindropfarms.net Lacy Phacelia: https://greencoverseed.com/product/1076/ Follow Jennie: www.instagram.com/notillflowers Sponsors: www.growingformarket.com www.farmersfriend.com https://www.ascfg.org Brought to you b…
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Brenda and Andrew - Good Hope Blooms
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Brenda and Andrew of Good Hope Blooms join host Jennie Love to talk biodynamic flower farming in through a multi-year drought, smoke from wildfires, farm store management, and more! http://goodhopeblooms.com.au https://www.instagram.com/good_hope_blooms/ Links: https://www.youtube.com/user/livingwebfarms Pat Coleby book: https://amzn.to/2Y8B1Px htt…
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A bonus to this week's Dahlia episode––this one all about pest management! http://coseytownflowers.com/ trap discussed: https://www.mosquitomagnet.com/store/mosquito-magnet-trap/dynatrap?area_to_protect=46 www.instagram.com/notillflowers www.notillgrowers.comDi No-Till Growers
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LeeAnn Huber - Coseytown Flowers (The Dahlia Episode!)
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LeeAnn Huber joins the show to dive deep into Dahlias, everything from breeding to storage, over wintering, best varieties, fertility and more! https://coseytownflowers.com other links: https://coseytownflowers.com/dahlia-education/ https://lovenfreshflowers.com/2020/11/08/overwintering-dahlias/ https://lovenfreshflowers.com/2014/03/24/how-to-take-…
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Molly and Asher - On the Mountain Farm
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Molly and Asher join Jennie from Maine to discuss biodynamic flower production, general soil management, landscape fabric for weed suppression and more. www.onthemountainfarm.com https://www.instagram.com/onthemountainfarm/ Follow Jennie: www.instagram.com/notillflowers Sponsors: www.farmersfriend.com + www.growingformarket.com + www.ascfg.org Jose…
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Bronwyn and Chris - Island Flower Farm
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Permaculture and flower farming in windy conditions with no-till bed prep, fertility management and more. https://www.islandflowerfarm.ca Links from the show: http://www.growgreatvegetables.com/fertilizers/a-great-organic-fertilizer-mix/ https://stoneslinger.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAzsz-BRCCARIsANotFgMygzKh6oZx5X0jIjK6O1ud_jTvwfnFWc0Y1k7eInhyDWxg5V19iWca…
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Ellen Polishuk - Plant to Profit
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Jennie is joined by Ellen Polishuk of Plant to Profit to talk soil testing, soil health, adding microbes and more. Links: https://www.planttoprofit.com Book: https://amzn.to/2KCsP74 https://www.midwesternbioag.com https://www.fertrell.com https://www.7springsfarm.com/soil-amendments/ https://www.midwesternbioag.com/products/microhume/ Follow Jennie…
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Tony Gaetz - Bare Mtn Farm
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Jennie catches up with Tony Gaetz of Bare Mtn Farm in Oregon to talk no-till flowers, KNF, and more! site http://baremtnfarm.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baremtnfarm/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/baremtnfarm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/butterbee_farm/ No-Till Flowers: www.notillflowerspodcast.com Sponsors: www.farmers…
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Mimo Davis - Urban Buds
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Jennie catches up with Mimo Davis in St. Louis and chats about reclaiming city lots, bindweed, changes markets and more! http://urbanbudscitygrownflowers.com/ https://www.instagram.com/urbanbuds/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/butterbee_farm/ No-Till Flowers: www.notillflowerspodcast.com Sponsors: www.farmersfriend.com and www.growingformarke…
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Laura Beth Resnick - Butterbee Farm
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Jennie and Laura Beth Resnick talk about no-till flowers in the tunnel, employee management and more. Butterbee Farm: https://www.butterbeefarm.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/butterbee_farm/ No-Till Flowers: www.notillflowerspodcast.com Sponsors: www.farmersfriend.com and www.growingformarketmagazine.com and http://www.ascfg.org A www.not…
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