Paperchains and ancient grains...

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.

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 15 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.

[machinaprivada]

Richard, you're a great role model. Thanks!

[michellebarbour]

Great example of local, organic and in-season produce. We SO need this wisdom with potential food insecurity due to awful current events. Fastest hand sown seeds ever!

[alizayarden-cummings]

May y’all have a great spring season, & increase with everything ya put ur heart & hands to.

[carolewarner]

I never get tired of watching the most mundane, repetitive things that have anything to do with gardening. There's something so soothing and rewarding about putting such tiny little things into soil, knowing that they will literally transform into a year's worth of delicious veg sustenance!

[srantoniomatos]

This is great Richard.
One of the main no no s, missing solutions in permaculture world is grain producing, which is a giant essencial part of agriculture. Nice to see you do something.

Hope to see how fruit trees and bush goes this season too.

Happy new grow season.

[philipcantossiemers]

Loved the fast passted video editing with the funky music. Your editing skills are getting more creative.. 😂😊

[klaussemand]

Great to see you're experimenting with old varieties and I'm curious to see how that's going to develop. It reminded my of a Danish organic farmer, Camilla Plum, who grows a wide range of all sorts of old varieties of vegetables and grain on her farm.
Cheers

[georgeasgautr]

Thanks for taking us through the process 😁👍🏻

[canadiangemstones]

Fantastic system! If you don’t already have a nickname for your dibbler, I suggest Dirk.

[stalketelheide]

Hey Richard! I’m located in Belgium to. I was wondering who did the test with the wider spacings. I also heared about it at the regenerative agriculture podcast. I’m really interested in the results in Belgium. Thanks in advance!

[tgood]

Thank you again for showing us how to seed properly. You are an inspiration to us all. I’m starting my seeds now as well. It’s been very cold lately here in Utah. Interesting that I have two of my garden beds which the soil didn’t seem to freeze due to their location and whilst they were covered during the winter and the snow has melted so water is on the covers. That was quite a surprise to me. Again looking forward to following your new journey with this years plans.

[Grown-in-Tyrone]

Interested in your SRI experiments. Tried it myself a few years ago, as you say, as a bit of fun for myself. I planted Avena nuda and some Irish grown organic wheat. Worked well (though I didn't have any statistics). Only thing I hadn't thought of was how interesting it would be to local mice population! Also no sensible way of processing it at home. Maybe I could try again for hen food?? Mice will still be a problem though as owls were poisoned out of this area years ago. When you only have a small patch they can really impact a crop☹️

[sansomspressurecleaningpoo]

What are those yellow tomatoes you had in your greenhouse what’s the name of them and where can I buy them. thanks again for making the videos you met you rock God bless you and your family

[jasonseekoei]

Love this I wonder do you get this in smaller sizes just makes the whole process much quicker, easier

[annemiekevaneijkeren]

Hi, Richard, can you please sum up what types of grains you are planting? Thank you.

[lvee]

Those paper pot chains are super fast, what a great system. I assume you plant the whole thing in the ground and the paper breaks down? I would love to see that bit of the process down the track.

[mhr]

Hi Richard
As always I love watching your videos
Question for you can this dibbler be used with soil blocks and also where can I buy this dibbler, I am located in Canada
What sort of plastic dibbler tam plate it comes with meaning can we use it for all sorts of seeds .
Thanks

[Gromp]

How did the test go? I recently read the Harmonious Wheatsmith and the Bonfil method, I'm a Fukuoka natural farmer moving to Kyushu this autumn and i am planning on growing some ancient grains.

[km]

Off subject but hope you have some tips. Done courses and study got skilled up and moved onto land and have a PDC plan and now finding myself with massive overwhelm. Not a lot of resources available trying to start small and let it evolve with no heavy equipment so it’s me and a shovel.

[miriamneilson]

Great that you are trialling slightly wider spacing. I know a lot of farmers here in Australia getting incredible results and much more uniform seed head development/better yield with precision placement.

Best results for them also come with seed treatment (inoculation) of bare seeds. They have found Calcium is incredibly important and use a liquid calcium plus a liquid seed start (biological) that they make themselves.

They have been getting incredible soil conditioning/extra root development and tillering with spelt in particular. (From southern NSW to Central Qld)

Hope it goes well for you.