Building no-dig/no-till beds. BEDS.PATHS.EDGES

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Richard Perkins is a globally recognised leader in the field of Regenerative Agriculture and is the owner of Europe’s foremost example, Ridgedale Farm, Sweden. He is the author of the widely acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture, regarded as one of the most comprehensive books in the literature, as well as Ridgedale Farm Builds and Farm,Fish,Hunt,Pick,Bake.

His approach to no-dig market gardening and pastured poultry, as well as his integration of Holistic Management, Keyline Design and Farm-Scale Permaculture in profitable small-scale farming has influenced a whole new generation of farmers across the globe. Garnering more than 16 million views on his blog, and teaching thousands globally through his live training at the farm and online, Richard continues to inspire farmers all over the globe with his pragmatic no-nonsense approach to profitable system design.

[victoriaman]

Everyday videos like these from innovative farmers are going to help launch the localized farm movement we need around the world. Thank you for putting this into the universe!

[irishcottagerenovation]

Absolutely brilliant, instantly prepared beds on a large scale. Doing something similar on a small scale so thank you for sharing. I believe your doing a course in Southern Ireland soon which is where I have just moved to so hopefully will get see more hands on. Thanks

[micam.]

"Optimizing" - this made me smile, because its so Richard! ❤

[permieforlife]

I live in a semi arid, hot-dry-windy summer area. We get 22 +/- centimeters of rain, usually Oct to April, then nothing for summer. I lay down deep mulch around all the plants in March or April to retain as much winter moisture that I can - wood chip in the orchards, straw in the veg beds. I even have straw mulch in the decorative pots I have. Evaporation has decreased dramatically. I have drip irrigation that I run when the soil is dry at about 3 inches down, and deep water less frequently because my soil is now retaining more moisture. I don't have a market garden, but perhaps this will work for them for those months when water is scarce. Also, the farm looks lovely. Hope we can see an update later in the season.

[elwood]

I’d LOVE to have the budget and Perfect land to follow this process. Farming this way looks so luxurious. A pleasure to watch.🙏💕🇦🇺

[helenlatimer]

Much easier than digging. Love no dig that’s how I garden now especially as I have a disability. Thank you and thanks to Charles Dowding the knowledge of no dig.

[jagsmith]

This is an amazing way of doing no dig. I am really digging it👏

[KerryG-SA]

Thanks for teaching us about air pruning. Great concept.

[carolewarner]

WOW! That's amazing to get all that in in a matter of days... Fantastic!

[fiendeng]

This was excellent information and a fantastic project to watch!

The real testament to this way of growing, is that a brand new just built today farm looks just like Richard's four or more years later 😆👍

[rnupnorthbrrrsm]

That little piece of machinery is amazing !!!
This whole video is so satisfying, it’s a dream for me :)

[razor_beamz]

Love the eye for clean and beautiful look with sharp edges. Makes it look a lot more appealing and advertise able!

[michaelheins]

So smart using a bed template. Really like the efficiency of this approach!

[dougreynolds]

that was sweet to watch, we'll be building our beds much like that, only with recycled boxes; your beds looked terrific, the wood frame is not something i've been doing but i sure see the benefit. i'm making a frame, i think i'll make the beds 20 ft long; start making that standard on our small farm. thanks for the instruction and the insiration.

[lindaferguson]

Love your method of making a frame for the formation of your beds!!

[fouroakfarm]

That loader is awesome, would love to have one. We have skid steers mainly in the US and this seems better

[BernardMcCarty]

Eighty beds in two days! Amazing! No dig rocks :)

[ADAWC]

Amazing! You made it so simple to prep!!! That would save a lot of time! LOVE to see real work in ACTION! 👍👍👍

[petersterling]

This is Fantastic to Watch all the Beds being Created quite quickly really by a Very Motivated team being advised by One of the Top experts in the World! Great Work!

[mikeybyrne]

Pretty much the exact same method I use as well.
I use a wooden template for the beds, a bucket for the woodchip etc.
just don’t use machinery because I’m doing it on allotment plots and not small farms.
It’s time consuming and expensive at the beginning but you save so much time with regards to weeding that it makes it worthwhile a hundred times over.
Not to mention anything you grow will grow really well.