by Richard | Jan 21, 2021 | Starting a Farm
I’m super excited to announce the launch of my new book Human-Scale Regenerative Farming: Stories from the Pioneers on Kickstarter. It’s only running for the next 14 days, and all copies are at a discounted rate on the final published price. I thought...
by Richard | Jan 16, 2021 | Farm Updates
I’ve enlisted Cathal Mooney of Heather Hill Farm in Ireland to help with the automation of our egg-mobiles. He pioneered a low-tech, robust way to automate various functions, like turning the lights on and off, opening and closing the nest boxes, levelling the nest...
by Richard | Jan 12, 2021 | Farm Updates
An ode to the beautiful winterscape we’ve been gifted (at long last). Has winter arrived where you are? Join the conversation in the comments below. Thousands of people come here to learn, so please share if you have knowledge or experience that might benefit...
by Richard | Jan 5, 2021 | Animal Enterprises
Happy New Year! Today I’m updating you on our nest box project. Bruno has been tweaking the design and we think we’re ready to start building the first prototype, which I’ll hopefully be testing throughout 2021, so that we can further improve the design. The beauty of...
by Richard | Dec 24, 2020 | Farm Updates
It’s a wonderful day here at Ridgedale. The sun is shining for the first time in weeks, and we just had the best Christmas gift ever: our neighbours have decided to sell us the land that our no-dig market garden is placed on as well as the forestry behind it, which...
