Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Diego talks about how a market garden can substantially increase its income by 30% without adding more land. Afterwards, farmer Jodi Roebuck breaks down the nuances of winter growing: what winter growing in New Zealand looks like, how they keep up with their demand when the crop ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Diego starts off the conversation about perspective and learning to appreciate where you are on your own farming journey. Afterwards, farmer Jodi Roebuck jumps into the show with the nuances, economics, and logistics of growing, harvesting, and selling paperpot beets. Today’s Gu ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Diego breaks down and simplifies farm accounting and how it translates to profitability for the business. After that, Jodi and Diego parse the nuances of growing salanova—from the differences in hand transplanted vs. paperpot transplanted, to amendments, to the soil moisture, to ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Jodi and Diego talk about maximizing precious farm real estate by evaluating which crops make the most sense to grow profitability-wise and marketability-wise. They also dive into the economics and logistics of growing and selling one of the fan favorites on any farm: carrots. T ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Jodi and Diego break down the Jang Seeder. They talk about why a market garden would consider using a Jang Seeder, some efficiency tips and tricks for using the tool, as well as some common mistakes that are easily avoidable when using the seeder. Today’s Guest: Jodi Roebuck Jod ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Jodi and Diego talk about potting mix, also known as propagation mix. They dive into the importance of using good quality potting mix to ensure successful crops, as well as the pros and cons of making your own potting mix versus purchasing potting mix. Today’s Guest: Jodi Roebuc ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Jodi and Diego talk all about building great quality soil on the farm. Jodi also discusses their process of breaking in new beds, as well as how they let their soil and their markets dictate what crops they’ll plant in their beds. Today’s Guest: Jodi Roebuck Jodi Roebuck is the ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Jodi and Diego talk all about building great quality soil on the farm. Jodi also discusses their process of breaking in new beds, as well as how they let their soil and their markets dictate what crops they’ll plant in their beds. Today’s Guest: Jodi Roebuck Jodi Roebuck is the ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Jodi and Diego take a deep dive into low tunnels, specifically Redpath Hoops, known as Kwik Hoops in North America. They also talk about both the advantages and disadvantages of using low tunnels, as well as cost efficiency and how to set up Kwik Hoops on your farm. Today’s Gues ..read more

Listen to more episodes of Farm Small Farm Smart Episode Summary The Profitable Mini-Farm is a new series hosted by Diego Footer and Jodi Roebuck to take a deep dive into the technicalities of farming—from designing your farm’s layout to crop planning to treating your soil. In this episode of The Profitable Mini Farm, Jodi and Diego talk about important considerations to think about before getting a greenhouse. Jodi also talks about the “why” behind getting a greenhouse, as well as what it means for a market farm to invest in a permanent greenhouse structure. Today’s Guest: Jodi Roebuck Jodi ..read more