Great work! Good People! I ran across a few of your videos a few years back, can't fathom why I didn't subscribe then. But I have now! If you'll excuse me, I've got another 147 videos catching up to do... 😉 Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thanks for sharing! You have NO GOPHERS?!?! Here in Northern California (SF Bay Area) we have to plant all of our berries and trees in cages, so it blows my mind that there's a magical land where you can plant directly into the ground and not come back the next day to find the scattering of gnawed sticks or a hole where a bush once grew :o Any pests you do have to look out for, besides an escaped goat?
@4:20 You can see a large worm emerge from the ground near the bottom of the screen and make significant progress over the surface of the soil in a matter of seconds due to the accelerated footage :)
Great to watch your video and see 'tap O noth' in the back ground. I myself am a Rhynie loon but live in North Thailand, was back over last year first time in 5 years due to Covid was so sad to see the decline in Rhynie over that time, not the place i was born in 1960, i still have family that lives in Rhynie my daughter and grandkids and my son plus more , will be looking forward till your next video.
Great to see progress. Do you have any concerns about surface water running down the slope? I assume not as you obviously know the ground well having grown on it for some time. Guess it's a trade-off against some shading if planted across the slope. Looking forward to following progress.
Hi, that is the sort of question we've thought over a lot ;) With the currants we have chosen N to S rows to actively help drain water as there's quite a high water table area above the plot. The beds are raised with mini drains running down each side of the beds. In other areas of the farm we have chosen on contour plantings, so it just really depends on each individual area on the farm.
@@TapoNothFarm Yes I thought you might have done :-) ... I get obsessive about water movement on a site and wish I had a more interesting - less flat as a pancake - place to work on. Great to have a connection to a piece of land from knowing it well. Thanks for the reply.
Have you considered a small pop-up cafe/shop for weekends during the summer? If you can create enough interest on the farm that people can wonder around for 30-45 minutes before sitting down for some tea and food made from your own produce could be very popular (spicy goat sausages?), especially if plenty of stuff for kids to do. Also might get additional customers from people after climbing the hill behind you. Would depend a lot on your infrastructure though (outbuildings, parking, etc). For an indoor sitting space a greenhouse or polytunnel can be good. Suggesting this as there are many of these types of seasonal smallholding cafes where I live now in Sweden and always seem popular/profitable
Hi, yes we have...potentially something we may do in the future one day. We have a building (an old smithy) but it will take quite a bit of work to bring it back from its ruinous state. Thanks for the thoughts.
@@TapoNothFarm Yeah, that is why would be best to do more of a pop-up first with little financial investment to see if there is the interest/customer base before making significant investments.
Great work! Good People!
I ran across a few of your videos a few years back, can't fathom why I didn't subscribe then.
But I have now! If you'll excuse me, I've got another 147 videos catching up to do... 😉
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Great, thanks so much for the support!
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Great content, thanks for sharing, where do you buy the trees?
The fruit trees from Walcot Organics or Martin Crawford and the shrubs from James McIntyre and sons amongst others. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing!
You have NO GOPHERS?!?!
Here in Northern California (SF Bay Area) we have to plant all of our berries and trees in cages, so it blows my mind that there's a magical land where you can plant directly into the ground and not come back the next day to find the scattering of gnawed sticks or a hole where a bush once grew :o
Any pests you do have to look out for, besides an escaped goat?
Thanks for watching! Nope, no gophers in Scotland. Voles, rabbits, deer...and yes, those goats!
@4:20 You can see a large worm emerge from the ground near the bottom of the screen and make significant progress over the surface of the soil in a matter of seconds due to the accelerated footage :)
Great to watch your video and see 'tap O noth' in the back ground. I myself am a Rhynie loon but live in North Thailand, was back over last year first time in 5 years due to Covid was so sad to see the decline in Rhynie over that time, not the place i was born in 1960, i still have family that lives in Rhynie my daughter and grandkids and my son plus more , will be looking forward till your next video.
Hi! Thanks for saying hello. Rhynie to Thailand? Quite the change in location! It was certainly sad to see the pub go. Thanks for watching!
Great to see progress. Do you have any concerns about surface water running down the slope? I assume not as you obviously know the ground well having grown on it for some time. Guess it's a trade-off against some shading if planted across the slope. Looking forward to following progress.
Hi, that is the sort of question we've thought over a lot ;) With the currants we have chosen N to S rows to actively help drain water as there's quite a high water table area above the plot. The beds are raised with mini drains running down each side of the beds. In other areas of the farm we have chosen on contour plantings, so it just really depends on each individual area on the farm.
@@TapoNothFarm Yes I thought you might have done :-) ... I get obsessive about water movement on a site and wish I had a more interesting - less flat as a pancake - place to work on. Great to have a connection to a piece of land from knowing it well. Thanks for the reply.
great stuff! I am wondering what you bed widths are? also how wide are your pathways? Thanks!
They range from 75cm wide in this plot with 2 m alleyways between rows.
Have you considered a small pop-up cafe/shop for weekends during the summer?
If you can create enough interest on the farm that people can wonder around for 30-45 minutes before sitting down for some tea and food made from your own produce could be very popular (spicy goat sausages?), especially if plenty of stuff for kids to do. Also might get additional customers from people after climbing the hill behind you.
Would depend a lot on your infrastructure though (outbuildings, parking, etc). For an indoor sitting space a greenhouse or polytunnel can be good.
Suggesting this as there are many of these types of seasonal smallholding cafes where I live now in Sweden and always seem popular/profitable
Hi, yes we have...potentially something we may do in the future one day. We have a building (an old smithy) but it will take quite a bit of work to bring it back from its ruinous state. Thanks for the thoughts.
@@TapoNothFarm Yeah, that is why would be best to do more of a pop-up first with little financial investment to see if there is the interest/customer base before making significant investments.