Natural Swimming Pond, Training Days and Painting Barns...

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.

[carolewarner]

Gosh, this summer is flying by! Hard to believe all the families that have spent the summer there will heading for home in a few weeks already. It seems like the summer hardly got started not too long ago. No doubt it will be a summer everyone will remember the rest of their lives! I bet your kids absolutely LOVED having all the other kids there this summer to play with and go exploring with. I can't think of a more wonderful childhood experience to have.

Really respect your authenticity and presence Richard; the way you regularly pause to take stock of your life and determine what direction your heart wants to take you in the present and near future. It's so much more common that folks make decisions and allow themselves to basically be trapped in following those decisions until they die, regardless if they are still what is feeding their soul or making the contribution they want to make to the community and to Mother Earth. Great respect and admiration for you in that regard, and really appreciate your being willing to share that process.


As we are in the process of setting up our own homesteading operation, we're most excited that you're heading in that direction yourself, and looking forward to continuing to learn from and with you along the way of that journey. Thanks so much for sharing!

[stChaCha]

Was wondering if you could put together a playlist for the pond build alone.
Your family and farm are beautiful!

[torbjornlundaahl]

Amazing project - may this be the farming of the future!
Hope you will be continuing to pass on inspiration and knowledge!

[Rhapsody]

Thank you for all the videos and the meticulous book keeping you have done over the years that has led to your books and this channel etc
Hope to see the swim pond when it's finished, im still hoping to convince my husband to put one in instead of a traditional pool 🤞

[janbroekhuizen]

Would be a shame to leave that place. There is a lot people can still learn there. By the sound of it, you need a lot more hands on the farm. I've been (silently) following for years now and there are more and more enterprises being added every year. You are at a very typical business point now, either grow with people/colleagues or reduce to be able to manage everything. This process hurts, going either way. You, and those involved, will learn a lot as a person while doing so.
Doing the 'consultancy' part by doing the trainings is considered a full time job in many industries. Running a marketgarden, 4x meat production enterprises (cows, sheep, chicken and turkey), having multiple families (and thus running a kids care enterprise too) on the farm whilst renting out tents to visitors and having a big catering / cooking operation going on, is a lot. Get a couple of Niklas's and Matt's (S4) back on the farm, give them proper mandates and freedom. I think you'll be fine after learning to let go on trying to managing every single bit.
Just a wild shot; call JM on how he and Hélène are doing this stuff on their farms (the big and small one).
Best of luck and wisdom.

[ValeriaVincentSancisi]

aww com'on do the ditch...I am sure you will find and create an amazing project..

[VinceSalzer]

Change is good...Someone will take what you have built and develop it more...

[Irishjay-gupb]

Yes!!! I love new videos from you! Awesome!!!

[sherribarlow]

We so enjoyed the class in Ireland 🇮🇪 hoping you’ll keep teaching in the future; maybe doing a class for our communities in southern Utah.

[markbaumgardner]

Keep in mind if you have a group to manage the farm, someone needs to be in charge or it will just get out of control, in my humble opinion.... Someone has to take ownership, if it's going to be kept immaculate as you have done. You need to find someone who is driven like yourself, that will take the training and Farm to the next level. Thanks for the tour!

[srantoniomatos]

Seems like your are fed up and ready to go. Its ok, was a delight to follow this journey, and sure there more to come.

On the other end...you could just add a bunch of cow sheep and pigs and relax a few years there with less people, less market gardens, less birds...

[silvertonguedaywalker]

Hi Richard i love pools with plants in that one ca swim in, k saw abiut 10 years ago on a Gardening series that one coukd seim in. How many Actes do yoh Guys have ?. Love frim England x

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Hope someone buys the farm and keeps it going. Such a diversity of fruit and such.

[nathannalgene]

Could you please share the name of those amazing tent/teepee structures you have on your farm? They look like big beautiful hats for the earth.

[AndreasIreland]

Richard, how do you ensure that all your pumpkins in the greenhouse are well pollinated?

[eddeetz]

I hope you keep the farm, add people and let them carry the heavy lifting. For sure until the kids can decide to work with you. Time to make some dry hay, use the money to restock in the spring to keep the system going. The upgrads will definitely bring top dollar. If you do sell, I hope former students buy in on a lease to own deal. Good luck

[makeroomtogrow]

Hi Richard, thanks for sharing your journey yet again. Love seeing the farm and the lush growth, so different from the current farming practices all around me. Just wondering what type of E bike that is? I'm sure you mentioned it in a previous video but there are so many I get lost now.

[commentarytalk]

Your farm is paradise or Eden on Earth right now. With honestly, I've always felt your farm is too far North: Meaning that, the beauty of living is in this fecund period of long day light, high vegetative growth, frolicking (literally) animals and the humans/people all celebrating "The Green Man"/Gaia or whatever majestic sense of nature's bounty fundamental changes our behaviour and makes people much more positive and upbeat about the world and our "station" in life - and it's too short, surely?

Apparently in the UK we're suffering a "heat apocalypse" and yet, people look extraordinarily happier in the warm haze and pulsating heat of the sun's rays... so long as some rain comes soon after!

With that said, I'm sure more people living a small farm life would lead a much much more fulfilling and encompassing life suitable to human biology. I'll toast a drink to that eventual outcome one day in the future!

[martenlundin]

Question: Have you seen any change in your neighbours attitude through out the years? Are they getting interested in what you are doing or are they still stuck in the same old ways? By now they must have observed the many positive changes to your farmland compared to their own?! I wish you were located closer to sthlm I would pop by all the time.

[TheFlametalon]

Leasing the land to farmers to use is something that happens a lot in the States, not sure if that's an option where you are.