The Farm Like a Hero Experience is our 2020 special live event, running from June to November.
You’ll discover Europe’s blossoming regenerative agriculture scene, learn from 70+ of the continent’s best farmers, get your questions answered by me (Richard Perkins) and become part of a supportive community of change-makers.
To learn more, head over to farmlikeahero.com.
Here’s an excerpt of my conversation with Hendrik Henk & Judith Oeltze of Gärtnerhof Wanderup in Germany.
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Dear Richard,
I love to farm .The lockdown was an opportune time to revisit farming. I believe that I wish to make a living out of it. It was such a joy tending my garden during the lockdown. The harvest has been largely good with few concerns.
I have grown vegetables in flower tubs, empty containers of all kinds that `I could find with great success. I applied skills learned years ago in school – mulching ,raking, hoeing, thinning and pruning to grow tomatoes, Kale, Chard, broad beans, sweet corn , runner beans, Swiss Chard to name just these.
I grew two different tomato species, deep in the soil with great fruiting results . However, I observed severe tomato blight in one of the tomato species despite heavy fruiting, the other tomato species fruited heavy as well but ripened late ( my crop was generally a few weeks late I believe). Now the weather is changing and I am still having fun although I had to cut the blighted plants down and burn them.
Better planning could have definitely made me more productive! My concern is how would I have fared loosing so many tomatoes to blight if I had invested in a farm commercially? The fungicides I applied did not seem to help.
I am therefore rather concerned now, when an acquaintance suggested mushroom farming next year! On a semi commercial scale!
My first response was to look for literature- I have grown Oyster on a hobby level as a school teacher before. This science project was a hit with my students but that was many years ago in Ghana.
With the prospect of investment, it is clear I believe that failure, is an option to prevent with good planning and support.
I am now in England and wanting to explore farming again! Farming for a living. Make farming work out.
This is the reason I sought out your page. I need help and wish to ask for help with planning and preparing a proposal for a mushroom farming venture in England. Please help.