Ep. 62 Planning Your Photo Harvest

Today’s minisode is all about getting ready for the season- farm photo season, that is!

Whether you want good visuals for the crops on your online store, or you want to document your breeding selections, or you’re writing up standard operating procedures for your crew; having the right images makes all the difference.

Those pictures don’t happen by themselves, you need a Farm Picture Plan!

In this episode, we’ll get into…

• How to use your photo archives to understand your farm

• Figuring out what pictures you’ll wish you had this fall

• Setting up your Picture Plan spreadsheet

• Tips for making sure you actually take the shots you need

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Tourne-Sol’s new sweet corn variety

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Ep. 61 A Suitcase Full of Seeds – Charlie Watt, Homecoming Seeds

Charlie Watt runs Homecoming Seeds in Northfield, Vermont. His seed journey began in Montana under the mentorship of John Austin, a connection that eventually led Charlie back to his roots in the Northeast with a suitcase packed with high-altitude adapted seeds.

In this episode, Charlie shares the logistical challenges of scaling a seed business from a home garden to a production farm. We discuss the steep learning curve of his first year, including winning a venture capital pitch competition and the logistical hurdles of seed contracting. Charlie also reflects on the meaning of his seed company’s name, and how seed work is a homecoming for anyone looking to deepen their relationship with the land.

In the deep dive, Charlie and I get into growing eggplant seed, a crop that has frustrated both of us. We cover when to harvest, how to speed up eggplant seed extraction and the mysteries of eggplant germination rates.

Enjoy the conversation!

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Episode links Homecoming Seeds Website https://homecomingseeds.com

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Charlie’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@charliewatt22

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Ep. 60 ASMR for Seed Fermers

Today’s minisode is an audio immersive tour of our seed warehouse.

We’ll start in the cleaning room to hear the distinct seed rain of different types of seeds. We’ll then put the fleet of seed cleaning machines to work and listen to their different rhythms, from the cascading acceleration of the spiral separator to the roar of the Winnow Wizard.

From there we’ll step into the chilled hums of the seed cold room to hear the sounds of storage. Finally, we head to the pull room to follow the tactile journey of fulfilling a seed order, wrapping up with the unique sounds of our different fulfillment options.

Enjoy the minisode!

And Happy April 1st.

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Stay in Touch

Follow the Seed Farmer on instagram https://www.instagram.com/danbrisebois.farm/

Get my weekly seed newsletter https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com/seeds

Order Tourne-Sol seeds (Canadian orders only) https://fermetournesol.qc.ca/

Get my new book The Seed Farmer https://danbrisebois.com/seedfarmerbook/

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