Richard Perkins
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BREAKING A CANDLE IN HALF AND BURNING ALL FOUR ENDS

BREAKING A CANDLE IN HALF AND BURNING ALL FOUR ENDS

by Richard | Jun 15, 2025 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates, Restaurant

  I’m teaching our Pastured Poultry Masterclass how to slaughter broilers today, and then working at Sillegården until we finish the day with a concert! As you can hear it’s busy times, and of course that comes with a price....
A NEW COW SHELTER AND PLANNING FOR WINTER GRAZING

A NEW COW SHELTER AND PLANNING FOR WINTER GRAZING

by Richard | Nov 13, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates

I’m putting up a cow shelter today. Not that my animals really need one or will use it much, but according to regulations you have to have one and our old needed to be replaced. A bit challenging in the beginning, as the instructions were in a foreign language, but...
GRASS AND GRAZING… BEEF AND TROUT

GRASS AND GRAZING… BEEF AND TROUT

by Richard | Jun 2, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Interviews & Talks

Summer has come to Sweden! Part 3 in our free mini series on profitable regenerative agriculture is all about grass and grazing, and I’m giving away our beef enterprise spreadsheet, so that you can run the numbers in your context. To grab the spreadsheet and the other...
FREE ROLL-AWAY NEST BOX PLANS…

FREE ROLL-AWAY NEST BOX PLANS…

by Richard | May 29, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Interviews & Talks

Today I’m excited to give away 3D instructional CAD plans for our low-cost roll-away nest boxes. These are step-by-step, easy to follow instructions that will allow you to build Ridgedale-style nest boxes for yourself. I’m also going to tell you about how we run our...
PLANNING OUR GRAZING: FILLING OUT A HOLISTIC PLANNED GRAZING WORKSHEET

PLANNING OUR GRAZING: FILLING OUT A HOLISTIC PLANNED GRAZING WORKSHEET

by Richard | May 6, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates

We’ve had our first delivery day of the year, so now it’s officially spring despite the cool weather. The grass has just started to grow, which means it’s about time we make our holistic grazing plan. In this video I’ll share some of the thinking behind the...
IT’S NOT SO HARD TO FILL YOUR FAMILY FREEZER WITH REAL FOOD

IT’S NOT SO HARD TO FILL YOUR FAMILY FREEZER WITH REAL FOOD

by Richard | Apr 8, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates

In today’s video I’m killing, skinning and gutting a ram, so viewer discretion is advised. We don’t want the ewes to get pregnant again right now, so it’s time to take him out of the flock, and home butchering is the way we get food from farm to fork in the simplest,...
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