Well it works for me! Having lost the will to live taking over the inlaw's homestead I scrapped tillage (much to their disaproval) and implimented the 'ridgedale method' with a helthy dose of Charles Dowding and now we have a beautiful 30 bed no dig vegetable garden. Thanks Richard (credit given on our transformation video).
I've just found you Sir! I'm just starting my second year in a small allotment I West Norfolk UK. I'm almost 68 and I'm a beginner to veg growing, but just from this one vid I can see how hard you have worked, researched, invested of your time and energy. I'm truly very impressed Richard. Thanks for sharing your brilliant common sense. I shall certainly be gleaning what I can. Best Regards.
Love hearing Ruth Stout's name around. I grew up down the road abit and worked at the house across the street from where she was. Just to let everyone in on a little secret, her soil was and still is very rich black, next to a little river with tons of worms. ;)
When a video actually physically warms your heart and gives a strong sensation of gratitude, there's a struggle to find the words to write a comment to match it. Thanks!
Excellent video!!! Charles Dowding is arguably The Godfather of no dig. His work with video and his books are excellent as well. Good of you to acknowledge him. Ridgedale is by far a much larger commercial operation. It is amazing the work you guys have done and your accomplishments. I am too old at this point in life, but I do hope that your work continues to inspire and ultimately produce more farming operations like yours. Well done and we wish you continued success. Cheers!!!
You guys are sharp and your game is on point. Thanks for all the knowledge and inspiration. Homesteader from Northern Vermont (not as cold as you guys, but plenty cold enough).
I raise sheep, cattle, the occassional pig and have a 1/5 acre no dig garden. Hoping to become self-sufficient in compost from here on out. Thanks for you work richard, you videos and books have played a large role in my farm's development.
I really appreciate your expierence and knowledge on no till beds, I use this method for my little home garden and I credit you for you knowledge on this matter... so I know I have alot to learn, even if Im 57 this year and I look forward to learning more from you... my family history is rich in conventional ranching and farming but Im 1 generation removed from it.. my ancestors are looking down on me thinking Ive lost my mind but in time they will see how better this method is.. thank you and blessings from Texas.. yes I got your book a few years ago and constantly refer to it..
Went to no dig this year I love it I'm 70 years old I have several plots of raised beds wanted to expand this year and really didn't want to purchase lumber no dig is so much more sensible.
Congrats to 20 years. I am 4 years in to no dig. Have grown almost everything in it with success. Carrots, onions and my favorite of all this year growing watermelons. Not a market garden just for a hobby but that keeps it fun for me:] It has been a challenge but gardening always is and abundance has been my biggest issue with this style. I might need to net next year my cabbage and such always need help.
Just watched this video on the big screen... how motivational! I love how you have taken the brilliance of Elliott Coleman and Joel Salatin, made it profitable, and have taken it a step further! Cheers lad!
I recall the 1st fall in Arizona, and stopping and picking up every hay/straw bale that a truck shed, and just wore out trying to get something to grow, stumbled across a feed pellet plant, and now it's alfalfa pellet scrap(spills, dust,etc) and being bold enough and getting the tree service fellows a restaurant gift card to dump their chips, last year got 4 huge loads, spread it around, and let it decompose, the I tilled it in for the 1st couple years, it created a layer of soil, the worms love it, now I plant Diakon, vetch, flax, mustard, after I take the chips aside, I am like a tourist stop lol, people come and ask How do you do it, so I do a bit different, but added this as a twist, for each to choose, lol, like a buffet bar at meal time.
I’m always thinking about this method for our stone filled ground here.. when considering a new bed.. I need more muscle.. I have the inclination and you inspire me! Thank you!
I am starting my first garden this year and all I can say is WOW I am so glad I found your channel! I really enjoy listening to you and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Your farm is absolutely beautiful and the way it all works together as one unit is even more so. Thanks again
I’m having fun interplanting this year, using wood chips since they make the garden prettier and softer, and seeing pollinators going nuts over all the blossoms. Best advice we’ve used from you has been to buy a Korean hoe. What a game changer. Charles Dowding recommended a manure fork for the compost bin. Now we feel like farmers, but your farm is many strata above our backyard experience. All good. 👍
It's so refreshing to hear him say that what he had learned from agriculture school was an outdated method of market gardening. We need to always explore new methods of doing things and no dig certainly seems to be working at your market garden. It looks absolutely incredible and the produce looks delicious. Kudos to you and your team, thanks for sharing your knowledge 😍😁
This such satisfying news about your peat moss use. I am so relieved to hear that no dig gardening doesn't mean loading with compost every year, forever and ever. I am still just starting my conversion to no dig gardens and was feeling overwhelmed with finding enough compost.
Glad I came across your TH-cam today! Long time no dig gardener myself (smaller scale than you!) I'm 58°N myself & also surrounded by peat. 😄 Agree with your comments on peat. I'm also crazy on woodchip! I use woodchip on my paths as well. I also use leaf chip as mulch straight on my beds & also grow King Stropharia in the chip. 😄 Instead of intensive compost making, I use tons of seaweed layered into the beds reduce the amount of compost I need. Will need to check out your book. Great video. 👍
Maaaan, found you on the Symposium 21 of Die Gemeinschaft, and you keep impressing me in any video since. And I am eating your videos as my daily diet since couple of days. It’s amazing what you do and especially how you do it in such a clear vision, every detail thought through like hell. Astonishing. 🤩👏👏👏
I am sure that every once in a while you and Johanna take a moment to just breathe; and reflect on what you have created together. You both know it's pretty remarkable. Especially at the most frantic and yet most inspiring time of year. Peace, karma, good wishes to you all and thanks once again for sharing.
I wonder about the voles. I had those things burrowing all over, especially along drip lines. Then the neighbor got two cats and the voles disappeared. I'm sure the barred owls nesting on my place helped too.
Very informative and inspiring. Thank you. I love the no till method even more now and am so glad to learn of all its benefits! I have physical limitations which require me to find maximum output with lowest physical input. Thanks again!
I have admired the neatness and order of the wood chip pathways and the compost beds for a long time. Yours are really great looking. I am going to give it a try next Spring. . . . thank you! Great video.
Excellent as always Richard 👍 an extremely useful resource piece. Looking forward to diving into Regenerative Agriculture over the coming “quiet” months 🥴 Many thanks from Kilkenny, Ireland
I hear about all your tools and wonder why no one talks about the most important tool in any growers hand is the pruners they use every day for their entire career. let me say that that çhoice is very easy for me as it is evident from the moment you pick them up and wrap your fingers around the handles you know why they have been the # 1 choice by professionals the world over , and for good reason. They are the very finest pruner that money can buy . Felco #2 is my personal choice and their are several other models to choose from . Left handed models to rotating handles, small hands model made to fit your hands better , to pneumatic powered by compressed air , they are hands down the best .
The irony of it all is that I of course get an Roundup commercial midway thoughout the video...... Jokes aside, amazing content as always and loving the book, invaluble to me that want to start growing commerically
Going through the Regenerative Agriculture book atm and learning so much. Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience. Ever since stumbling upon your channel, we've been planning to start our farm. Planning and putting a business plan together atm and dreaming how that will change our lives forever. Also big thanks for sharing the free mini videos and book. Can't wait for the live session on 6th of June👍
I am just getting voles along the edge of the beds....and with all the undiscovered ww2 armaments in our area, blowing up might be a bit exciting. Have ordered traps recommended by someone below the line previous video as losing trees now. Paths mostly leaves ..very interesting mushrooms..but mostly inadvisable to eat.
castor oil and dish soap sprayed along edge will work!! and won’t harm plants. our property was infested with them. we sprayed a solution of 1 part dish soap to 4 parts castor a few initial times and no moles or voles, all gone. Now, we reapply twice a year to keep at bay. so far so good. castor oil from cosmetic suppliers is way cheap. too expensive from garden suppliers.
Dear Richard, thank you so much for your videos. I learn so much and they are so good. I have been a fan of you for years. We have now bought a little homestead here in DK and we do like you. I use your book a lot aswel. Have a good day. kind regards Torben Gram DK
Thank you Richard for this amazing video!! I've gleaned so much from Ridgedale in the past two years and it's been a blessing to our family's mixed homestead/farm here in Northern Alberta, Canada. I'm now starting to help our neighbours to find the freedom that comes with a no-dig system. Wishing all the best to you, Johanna, Regnar and your team. You all do a great job. Best regards, The Biegel Family
Love this overview, great for people who may be new to rhe channel or the subject matter. I am a backyard gardener in Boston, MA USA, and inplementing the 30" beds with wood chip here.
Dear Richard, great work! Would like to see an energy calculation of your system. Probably one of the biggest problems in 'modern' agriculture. Fear, I am not able to do that...
I'm doing this with my home garden. I have 12, 20ft beds. I have chickens on deep bedding that I'm going to use for future fertility and my neighbor had a horse that has offered me his manure. I should be set going forward. But I've got to finish taking over areas of tenacious grasses like bermuda
Thanks for the info. We have had a discussion about that and graze on already. He doesn't use anything during the summer on his land. But he bought treated hay in the winter
@@shanemillard608 ok. Good thinking. I have seen cattle, sheep, and horse manure that will last for a whole season in the pasture on neighbor's places where I have worked where fly killers are used. I wouldn't want that on my garden, or my pastures. Probably would be fine after a serious rot down I guess. Our flock's manure breaks down in 20-40 days during the growing season depending on rainfall and health of the sward.
Richard. You need to come to Bermuda. My name is Greg and I am a no dig gardener doing my very best to influence others of the benefits of no dig. For the last 5 years you along with Charles and dr Elaine Ingraham have inspired me immensely. All the farmers are still stuck on tillage. I am trying to encourage them to convert but it seems impossible. Your insight and a visit may be just what is needed to encourage them to convert. Plus it would be a great vacation spot. I have beautiful accommodations on our private beach where you can stay. Check out gemstones vacation villas on fb and have a look. Either way I will continue to encourage everyone who will listen to use the no dig method. It is truly sustainable. Hope to hear from you.
Magnifique. Si tu sous titre les vidéos en français (comme Mr Dowding) tu deviens mon héros. J’ai une question, sur les gros résidus de cultures (choux, blettes…) comment les gères - tu (broyage, laissés dans la planche)? Merci
Another great informative video Richard, well done. I love seeing how your farm is progressing and growing. I am in the process of creating a one half acre market garden, and between you and Charles I have learned so much. A far better way of farming than the tilling and back breaking weed control method I used to use. I am hoping for better compost next year , as I have used up my stash of horse compost. I had to settle for commercial fish compost and am not happy with growing results, plus this spring has been darn cold. I look forward to many more lessons from you and wish you happy growing this year. Thanks.
I use pebbles in pathways, but also have areas that are sheet mulched w chips… I prefer walking on the pebbles, but I want to shift to more wood chips.
Eloquent as always, Richard, and a real inspiration. Would digging a deep trench (1m) between the forest and the gardens and burying one, two or even three layers of meshed chicken wire below ground solve the vole problem?
straw in my context makes the most sense as im only 2 hours from one of the most productive wheat growing areas in the US so straw is abundant affordable and close and 3ish hours from where all my compressed pine shavings are harvested
Hi Richard Could you please tell me how wide are the woodchips pathways between the sections ( i know they are wider than those between the beds) Thanks, you are doing great job with your videos. God bless you 🙏
Splendid! One thing I would love to see as part of your no dig videos is a whole bed turnover. I.e. taking out lettuces and sowing carrots. How do you go about the root stumps of harvested veg... Rock on! Moritz
@@thegoodoldways Shure. But I was talking about an intesive commercial setup, where beds will be planted multiple times a season. And my guess would be, that sowing i.e. carrots and the bed prep needed for that will not work with cale stumps in the ground..
Pull them up. "No dig" doesn't mean the top of the soil is never disturbed - he says so in the video. It's that you're not turning over the soil layers. Pulling up the roots doesn't turn over the soil layers.
@@caitzsThanks. Shure, but he says that he keeps many roots in the ground as soil food and just cuts the plants. Was thinking how the root grid in the ground influences the next planting or even seeder utilization. Maybe a 2cm compost layer or so.
Hey Richard, thanks for all your great work. I'm curious what you think about incorporating biochar as a component of your animal bedding? Cheers from BC, Canada!
Hi I think your channel is very inspiring. Just 1 comment why not get many species of mulch (green leafs small twigs) to help nutrition cycle that you mentioned
I've been following you for a while now, and love your Vlogs which are always very informative. Have you thought about doing a kindle version of your Regenerative Agriculture book?
Just wondering: every year 3-4 cm compost is added to the beds, the compost comes from the animal bedding: peet-moss + chicken manure, right? How many chickens are needed for 3-4 cm compost for lets say 1000m2 of vegetable beds? About the nutrient cycle; what are the animals feeded, where does the chicken food come from?
Seeing as the rice is experimental for now, have you considered the Fukuoka method (I assume on your small experimental beds, the seed pelleting is not absolutely essential), but brief flooding for 1 to 2 weeks for germination, and then primarily a dry cultivation? with your small beds, I think you are perfectly positioned to pioneer an awesome extreme northern climate method. Once the technique is perfected, one can also incorporate grass carp species or possibly eels(yes the beds would have to expanded in size). The correct species of rice is also obviously of critical importance. Possibly a small caterpillar tunnel over the beds to extend the growing season a bit? Rotation with winter rye? Intercropping with water chestnuts? My mind just went into creative overdrive when I saw the rice...
Newspaper doesn’t make good compost. A bit in a heap is fine. And mills don’t produce shavings do they? Sawdust is crap for compost and crap for bedding.
Your land is clay which is high in nutrients and holds moisture so benefits from wood chips to help mitigate flooding. My soil is the exact opposite. Pure sand with little organic matter and no nutrients. I've been building the soil for ten years by bringing in animals, rotted wood from the forests, compost etc. and I've made a lot of progress. However, my well water is high in salt so using it adds sodium saturation after the water evaporates. Last year was my worst gardening year ever and I believe it's because I had to water so much the prior year in the hot, dry plus 45C degree weather. That year was actually highly productive due to sun and our watering system, but I believe it left the soil with too much salt for the following year. I'm trying to mitigate that by recycling gypsum from our build, but it is labour intensive. What else can I do?
I am planning a very small market garden in Southern Missouri. There are several local sawmills in the area. Since my soil is very rocky and sandy, I am planning to dump truck loads of old sawdust to till in initially to help retain water. My question is should I continue to use sawdust in the paths or use the wood chips. Thanks.
Well it works for me! Having lost the will to live taking over the inlaw's homestead I scrapped tillage (much to their disaproval) and implimented the 'ridgedale method' with a helthy dose of Charles Dowding and now we have a beautiful 30 bed no dig vegetable garden. Thanks Richard (credit given on our transformation video).
I just subscribed to your channel.
Awesome short story 😎. Keep going....
Always enjoy watching both your channels Gary and Richard. They are so educational and uplifting.
Happy New Year from north east Scotland.
I've just found you Sir! I'm just starting my second year in a small allotment I West Norfolk UK. I'm almost 68 and I'm a beginner to veg growing, but just from this one vid I can see how hard you have worked, researched, invested of your time and energy. I'm truly very impressed Richard. Thanks for sharing your brilliant common sense. I shall certainly be gleaning what I can. Best Regards.
Love hearing Ruth Stout's name around. I grew up down the road abit and worked at the house across the street from where she was. Just to let everyone in on a little secret, her soil was and still is very rich black, next to a little river with tons of worms. ;)
When a video actually physically warms your heart and gives a strong sensation of gratitude, there's a struggle to find the words to write a comment to match it. Thanks!
Buy his book, it is excellent and I am loving it!
What the title
@@mkamalnoor1 it is in the discription above ;-)
You, Richard are a gift to all mankind. ❤️🇺🇸
Excellent video!!! Charles Dowding is arguably The Godfather of no dig. His work with video and his books are excellent as well. Good of you to acknowledge him. Ridgedale is by far a much larger commercial operation. It is amazing the work you guys have done and your accomplishments. I am too old at this point in life, but I do hope that your work continues to inspire and ultimately produce more farming operations like yours. Well done and we wish you continued success. Cheers!!!
You guys are sharp and your game is on point. Thanks for all the knowledge and inspiration. Homesteader from Northern Vermont (not as cold as you guys, but plenty cold enough).
Love your work all the way from Botswana Sir.
Your farm is what inspired me to leave the city and move our family to the country. We have a family garden based on your market gardening principals
I raise sheep, cattle, the occassional pig and have a 1/5 acre no dig garden. Hoping to become self-sufficient in compost from here on out. Thanks for you work richard, you videos and books have played a large role in my farm's development.
I really appreciate your expierence and knowledge on no till beds, I use this method for my little home garden and I credit you for you knowledge on this matter... so I know I have alot to learn, even if Im 57 this year and I look forward to learning more from you... my family history is rich in conventional ranching and farming but Im 1 generation removed from it.. my ancestors are looking down on me thinking Ive lost my mind but in time they will see how better this method is.. thank you and blessings from Texas.. yes I got your book a few years ago and constantly refer to it..
Went to no dig this year I love it I'm 70 years old I have several plots of raised beds wanted to expand this year and really didn't want to purchase lumber no dig is so much more sensible.
Congrats to 20 years. I am 4 years in to no dig. Have grown almost everything in it with success. Carrots, onions and my favorite of all this year growing watermelons. Not a market garden just for a hobby but that keeps it fun for me:] It has been a challenge but gardening always is and abundance has been my biggest issue with this style. I might need to net next year my cabbage and such always need help.
Just watched this video on the big screen... how motivational! I love how you have taken the brilliance of Elliott Coleman and Joel Salatin, made it profitable, and have taken it a step further! Cheers lad!
I recall the 1st fall in Arizona, and stopping and picking up every hay/straw bale that a truck shed, and just wore out trying to get something to grow, stumbled across a feed pellet plant, and now it's alfalfa pellet scrap(spills, dust,etc) and being bold enough and getting the tree service fellows a restaurant gift card to dump their chips, last year got 4 huge loads, spread it around, and let it decompose, the I tilled it in for the 1st couple years, it created a layer of soil, the worms love it, now I plant Diakon, vetch, flax, mustard, after I take the chips aside, I am like a tourist stop lol, people come and ask How do you do it, so I do a bit different, but added this as a twist, for each to choose, lol, like a buffet bar at meal time.
don't give up yet Richard, I can hear the passion in your voice
Смотрю ни одного слова не понимаю, кроме ком пост, но восхищаюсь, какие красивые трудолюбивые люди 👍
You are an inspiration for so many people Richard. 🙏🙏🙏
I’m always thinking about this method for our stone filled ground here.. when considering a new bed.. I need more muscle.. I have the inclination and you inspire me! Thank you!
Excellent teaching. I keep coming back to learn from Mr. Perkins.
Intro music leaves me in no doubt that Richard is on the team. 🤣 bought our 1.5 hectare farm in Denmark a couple months ago... LET'S AVE IT! 😙
I am starting my first garden this year and all I can say is WOW I am so glad I found your channel! I really enjoy listening to you and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Your farm is absolutely beautiful and the way it all works together as one unit is even more so. Thanks again
No till all the way, Love this one!!! Things are looking good !!!
We couldn’t farm without wood chips in California our never ending drought is so bad Keeps soil covered And moist thank you for the inspiration
I’m having fun interplanting this year, using wood chips since they make the garden prettier and softer, and seeing pollinators going nuts over all the blossoms. Best advice we’ve used from you has been to buy a Korean hoe. What a game changer. Charles Dowding recommended a manure fork for the compost bin. Now we feel like farmers, but your farm is many strata above our backyard experience. All good. 👍
The best educative content on the no-till garden I've come across. Thanks a lot.
It's so refreshing to hear him say that what he had learned from agriculture school was an outdated method of market gardening. We need to always explore new methods of doing things and no dig certainly seems to be working at your market garden. It looks absolutely incredible and the produce looks delicious. Kudos to you and your team, thanks for sharing your knowledge 😍😁
This such satisfying news about your peat moss use. I am so relieved to hear that no dig gardening doesn't mean loading with compost every year, forever and ever. I am still just starting my conversion to no dig gardens and was feeling overwhelmed with finding enough compost.
Glad I came across your TH-cam today! Long time no dig gardener myself (smaller scale than you!) I'm 58°N myself & also surrounded by peat. 😄 Agree with your comments on peat. I'm also crazy on woodchip! I use woodchip on my paths as well. I also use leaf chip as mulch straight on my beds & also grow King Stropharia in the chip. 😄 Instead of intensive compost making, I use tons of seaweed layered into the beds reduce the amount of compost I need. Will need to check out your book. Great video. 👍
Maaaan, found you on the Symposium 21 of Die Gemeinschaft, and you keep impressing me in any video since. And I am eating your videos as my daily diet since couple of days. It’s amazing what you do and especially how you do it in such a clear vision, every detail thought through like hell. Astonishing. 🤩👏👏👏
I enjoy all of your vids. However, this one was particularly good because it gave such a comprehensive overview. Thank you.
The greens look great.
I am sure that every once in a while you and Johanna take a moment to just breathe; and reflect on what you have created together. You both know it's pretty remarkable. Especially at the most frantic and yet most inspiring time of year. Peace, karma, good wishes to you all and thanks once again for sharing.
Huge thanks for sharing your knowledge. We inspire on no dig gardening and we are learning more and more every year.
Thanks Richard. Great ideas, well shared.
Enjoying your book immensely too. Keep up the good work.
Yours is definitely the most beautiful farm I've ever seen - you don't even have any close competitors :-) Thanks for the information and inspiration!
I wonder about the voles. I had those things burrowing all over, especially along drip lines. Then the neighbor got two cats and the voles disappeared. I'm sure the barred owls nesting on my place helped too.
Very informative and inspiring. Thank you. I love the no till method even more now and am so glad to learn of all its benefits! I have physical limitations which require me to find maximum output with lowest physical input.
Thanks again!
I have admired the neatness and order of the wood chip pathways and the compost beds for a long time. Yours are really great looking. I am going to give it a try next Spring. . . . thank you! Great video.
14:41 proud of you man
Excellent as always Richard 👍 an extremely useful resource piece. Looking forward to diving into Regenerative Agriculture over the coming “quiet” months 🥴 Many thanks from Kilkenny, Ireland
One of your best..... didn’t want it to end
I hear about all your tools and wonder why no one talks about the most important tool in any growers hand is the pruners they use every day for their entire career. let me say that that çhoice is very easy for me as it is evident from the moment you pick them up and wrap your fingers around the handles you know why they have been the # 1 choice by professionals the world over , and for good reason. They are the very finest pruner that money can buy . Felco #2 is my personal choice and their are several other models to choose from . Left handed models to rotating handles, small hands model made to fit your hands better , to pneumatic powered by compressed air , they are hands down the best .
The irony of it all is that I of course get an Roundup commercial midway thoughout the video...... Jokes aside, amazing content as always and loving the book, invaluble to me that want to start growing commerically
Going through the Regenerative Agriculture book atm and learning so much. Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience. Ever since stumbling upon your channel, we've been planning to start our farm. Planning and putting a business plan together atm and dreaming how that will change our lives forever. Also big thanks for sharing the free mini videos and book. Can't wait for the live session on 6th of June👍
BEAUTIFUL GARDENS!!!🌻🌞🌻
Powerful teachings Richard
I am just getting voles along the edge of the beds....and with all the undiscovered ww2 armaments in our area, blowing up might be a bit exciting.
Have ordered traps recommended by someone below the line previous video as losing trees now.
Paths mostly leaves ..very interesting mushrooms..but mostly inadvisable to eat.
castor oil and dish soap sprayed along edge will work!! and won’t harm plants. our property was infested with them. we sprayed a solution of 1 part dish soap to 4 parts castor a few initial times and no moles or voles, all gone. Now, we reapply twice a year to keep at bay. so far so good. castor oil from cosmetic suppliers is way cheap. too expensive from garden suppliers.
Dear Richard, thank you so much for your videos. I learn so much and they are so good. I have been a fan of you for years. We have now bought a little homestead here in DK and we do like you. I use your book a lot aswel. Have a good day. kind regards Torben Gram DK
Discusses use of peat moss-based animal bedding , which is turned into annual compost used (9:00) and integration of fungi into wood pathways (16:00).
Thank you Richard for this amazing video!! I've gleaned so much from Ridgedale in the past two years and it's been a blessing to our family's mixed homestead/farm here in Northern Alberta, Canada. I'm now starting to help our neighbours to find the freedom that comes with a no-dig system. Wishing all the best to you, Johanna, Regnar and your team. You all do a great job.
Best regards,
The Biegel Family
Does it matter what type of wood chips? Walnut ok? hard or soft or what ever?
@@Melicoy We've used poplar, willow, as well as spruce sawdust in our walk ways and we've had good success. Happy gardening!
@@fourseasonsnorth AWESOME thank you for telling me all your secrets !!!
Love this overview, great for people who may be new to rhe channel or the subject matter. I am a backyard gardener in Boston, MA USA, and inplementing the 30" beds with wood chip here.
Dear Richard, great work! Would like to see an energy calculation of your system. Probably one of the biggest problems in 'modern' agriculture. Fear, I am not able to do that...
Thanks for the video!
I‘d like to see your view about disease management in one of the next episodes. Powdery mildew, downey mildew, brown rot, scab, etc.
Excellent, detailed video. Thank you for your good work
Great summary of how to get things done.
I just had my offer accepted for a place in Tarragona. Nothing sure. Nothing signed. But my planty adventure may soon be beginning
THANKS FOR SHARING
I'm doing this with my home garden. I have 12, 20ft beds. I have chickens on deep bedding that I'm going to use for future fertility and my neighbor had a horse that has offered me his manure. I should be set going forward. But I've got to finish taking over areas of tenacious grasses like bermuda
Your neighbour's horse offered you his manure - a talking horse - that's a gold mine!
Ha. I guess it could sound like that..
Ask him what he uses on his horses. Horse owners often use a lot of chemicals.
Thanks for the info. We have had a discussion about that and graze on already. He doesn't use anything during the summer on his land. But he bought treated hay in the winter
@@shanemillard608 ok. Good thinking. I have seen cattle, sheep, and horse manure that will last for a whole season in the pasture on neighbor's places where I have worked where fly killers are used. I wouldn't want that on my garden, or my pastures. Probably would be fine after a serious rot down I guess. Our flock's manure breaks down in 20-40 days during the growing season depending on rainfall and health of the sward.
Proud owner of three pairs of crocs and a wonderful set of no dig beds, Dowding is a genius, one of his best traits is his KISS principle.
Thanks for your time
Richard. You need to come to Bermuda. My name is Greg and I am a no dig gardener doing my very best to influence others of the benefits of no dig. For the last 5 years you along with Charles and dr Elaine Ingraham have inspired me immensely. All the farmers are still stuck on tillage. I am trying to encourage them to convert but it seems impossible. Your insight and a visit may be just what is needed to encourage them to convert. Plus it would be a great vacation spot. I have beautiful accommodations on our private beach where you can stay. Check out gemstones vacation villas on fb and have a look.
Either way I will continue to encourage everyone who will listen to use the no dig method. It is truly sustainable.
Hope to hear from you.
Brilliant video and channel. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and experience. Very inspiring and helpful.
Always love your market garden vids!!
Magnifique.
Si tu sous titre les vidéos en français (comme Mr Dowding) tu deviens mon héros.
J’ai une question, sur les gros résidus de cultures (choux, blettes…) comment les gères - tu (broyage, laissés dans la planche)?
Merci
Man I have learned so much from this video. I have to get the book.
Another great informative video Richard, well done. I love seeing how your farm is progressing and growing. I am in the process of creating a one half acre market garden, and between you and Charles I have learned so much. A far better way of farming than the tilling and back breaking weed control method I used to use. I am hoping for better compost next year , as I have used up my stash of horse compost. I had to settle for commercial fish compost and am not happy with growing results, plus this spring has been darn cold. I look forward to many more lessons from you and wish you happy growing this year. Thanks.
I just came across your channel and I’m happy to know there’s others that share my passion for this kind of growing. I will definitely be subscribing.
I really enjoyed this video, very informative. An excellent resource to educate people on how to make gardening even more enjoyable!!
Aaaawesome inspiration! Thank u!
How do you give water in de polytunnel ? Tomato ? Salade leaves ? With irrigation system ? Using driptapes ? Thanks
Beautiful!!
I use pebbles in pathways, but also have areas that are sheet mulched w chips… I prefer walking on the pebbles, but I want to shift to more wood chips.
Eloquent as always, Richard, and a real inspiration. Would digging a deep trench (1m) between the forest and the gardens and burying one, two or even three layers of meshed chicken wire below ground solve the vole problem?
straw in my context makes the most sense as im only 2 hours from one of the most productive wheat growing areas in the US so straw is abundant affordable and close and 3ish hours from where all my compressed pine shavings are harvested
Thanks for your video and method. I hope my farm look like yours in the futur. Regards.
The only problem with this is that Richard is not getting near the attention he deserves.
He tell ya, "quality, not quantity."
Progress isn’t always competition. But, I agree.
Discussed how winter animal bedding used (peat moss) to creat next year’s compost (9:00).
reportage très intéressent et très bien expliquer je vais essayer de reproduire certaine de vos idée
Hi Richard
Could you please tell me how wide are the woodchips pathways between the sections ( i know they are wider than those between the beds)
Thanks, you are doing great job with your videos.
God bless you 🙏
Splendid! One thing I would love to see as part of your no dig videos is a whole bed turnover. I.e. taking out lettuces and sowing carrots. How do you go about the root stumps of harvested veg... Rock on! Moritz
Worms and fungi love roots in ground over winter.
@@thegoodoldways Shure. But I was talking about an intesive commercial setup, where beds will be planted multiple times a season. And my guess would be, that sowing i.e. carrots and the bed prep needed for that will not work with cale stumps in the ground..
Pull them up. "No dig" doesn't mean the top of the soil is never disturbed - he says so in the video. It's that you're not turning over the soil layers. Pulling up the roots doesn't turn over the soil layers.
@@caitzsThanks. Shure, but he says that he keeps many roots in the ground as soil food and just cuts the plants. Was thinking how the root grid in the ground influences the next planting or even seeder utilization. Maybe a 2cm compost layer or so.
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So very helpful and inspiring!!
Hey Richard, thanks for all your great work. I'm curious what you think about incorporating biochar as a component of your animal bedding?
Cheers from BC, Canada!
Hi I think your channel is very inspiring.
Just 1 comment why not get many species of mulch (green leafs small twigs) to help nutrition cycle that you mentioned
Fantastic info rich video, Richard! Thank you.
Really good refresher
How do you get your tomatoes pollinated in the tunnels?
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing
There is so much to learn. Thank you for sharing!
Richard, do you have any videos on how you recommend flipping a bed, no dig style? Are you cutting plants out at soil level or twisting?
I've been following you for a while now, and love your Vlogs which are always very informative. Have you thought about doing a kindle version of your Regenerative Agriculture book?
Just wondering: every year 3-4 cm compost is added to the beds, the compost comes from the animal bedding: peet-moss + chicken manure, right? How many chickens are needed for 3-4 cm compost for lets say 1000m2 of vegetable beds? About the nutrient cycle; what are the animals feeded, where does the chicken food come from?
Seeing as the rice is experimental for now, have you considered the Fukuoka method (I assume on your small experimental beds, the seed pelleting is not absolutely essential), but brief flooding for 1 to 2 weeks for germination, and then primarily a dry cultivation? with your small beds, I think you are perfectly positioned to pioneer an awesome extreme northern climate method. Once the technique is perfected, one can also incorporate grass carp species or possibly eels(yes the beds would have to expanded in size). The correct species of rice is also obviously of critical importance. Possibly a small caterpillar tunnel over the beds to extend the growing season a bit? Rotation with winter rye? Intercropping with water chestnuts? My mind just went into creative overdrive when I saw the rice...
What about wood shavings from lumber mills instead of peat? Or newspaper shredded?
Newspaper doesn’t make good compost. A bit in a heap is fine. And mills don’t produce shavings do they? Sawdust is crap for compost and crap for bedding.
Your land is clay which is high in nutrients and holds moisture so benefits from wood chips to help mitigate flooding. My soil is the exact opposite. Pure sand with little organic matter and no nutrients. I've been building the soil for ten years by bringing in animals, rotted wood from the forests, compost etc. and I've made a lot of progress. However, my well water is high in salt so using it adds sodium saturation after the water evaporates. Last year was my worst gardening year ever and I believe it's because I had to water so much the prior year in the hot, dry plus 45C degree weather. That year was actually highly productive due to sun and our watering system, but I believe it left the soil with too much salt for the following year. I'm trying to mitigate that by recycling gypsum from our build, but it is labour intensive. What else can I do?
Thank you for this video! How do you control slug population? Do you have a video about that?
I am planning a very small market garden in Southern Missouri. There are several local sawmills in the area. Since my soil is very rocky and sandy, I am planning to dump truck loads of old sawdust to till in initially to help retain water. My question is should I continue to use sawdust in the paths or use the wood chips. Thanks.
Very informative, thanks for the enlightenment 🙏🏾