BEST OF// Rose Creek Farms, The Lettuce Masterclass, & Their Story
On this week’s episode of the No-Till Market Garden Podcast, we had a wonderfully nerdy conversation with Ray Tyler of Rose Creek Farms. Ray, his wife Ashley, and his family are very generous and have shared much of their work—as well as their story—on other podcasts and on Instagram (follow if you don’t already), so we focused on recent no-till developments at Rose Creek. In case you missed it… the protip on flipping baby greens with landscape fabric is gold AF!
Here’s a hard and fast rundown of everything—at least everything we know of—Rose Creek Farms, from his stellar lettuce growing masterclass—we’ve had a look around ourselves—to the family’s harrowing journey through serious illness and dedication to farm and family balance and fulfillment.
The Lettuce Mastclass
Rose Creek has broken down their year-round lettuce growing into a comprehensive Lettuce Masterclass. We we’re fortunate enough to get a look inside and it has significantly informed our lettuce growing on our respective farms. It’s updated regularly with real-time trails and developments. Read our full take on the course here.
You can hear the full story of his farms inception, his families journey though cancer, and coming out more devoted to regenerative farming and family with the late-great Chris Blanchard on the Farmer-to Farmer Podcast. Make sure you’re in the right place for this one, it’s heavy.
Last, but not least, he was recently on the Thriving Farmer Podcast, where he goes more in-depth on Rose Creek’s marketing and labor. A great listen in tandem with last week’s no-till episode to get a good overall snapshot of their current farm operations.