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

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

FromFarm Small Farm Smart


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

FromFarm Small Farm Smart

ratings:
Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.
Released:
Apr 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Weekly insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably. The show is hosted by Diego Footer of Permaculture Voices. Each week 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 farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, post harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance.