We are living in America at the moment. We order suet online, it isn't too expensive. We usually get 6 boxes at a time and keep it in the freezer. When we had sheep we would make our own suet from the core fat. Lamb suet makes delicious dumplings, you do need to store it in the freezer.
Had the fluorescent light setup for years now down in the cellar, I have them on a 12 hour timer too. I find chains the easiest way of hoisting them up as the seeds grow.
Dear brother, from all similar education entrepreneur's on these subjects you are for sure the best one I've seen, thank you for all of your info !!!!!
When you built the new compost shelter I thought it would have been great to put a level at the top for a viewing platform over the garden. You certainly have the strength with the size of posts used.
Hi Richard noticed the creosote in your chimney, I would highly recommend a rocket stove mass heater for saving fuel and minimising the risk of chimney fires cause the burn would be so efficient. BTW can't wait to start my own farm reading your book was a such a pleasure, cheers for all your work. Kind regards, Szilard
Good to see you here Gianni! In northern climates we usually have start them as seedlings to extend the season. I am in the south of England and it's now into outdoor sowing time, but Sweden is still getting some frosts it seems. Hope you're well. Καλό απόγευμα και καλό Πάσχα!
You don't anywhere you have mice. We did find cutting milk jugs in half and sowing under the mini cloches pressed down firmly worked, but it was a lot of extra work.
For mice the the home gardener, make little round cages out of hardware cloth with window screen as a roof. 2” diameter circles. Put one over each seed. You can easily start beans, squash, radish and beets in modules, carrots and parsnips too but it is more complicated. I like to sprout them in a paper towel in a baggie. Treat with simmering water, then soak a few hrs then “sow” on the towel.
My carrots were stored in sand in my root cellar all winter at a consistent temperature of 4°C and still turned to rubber. How did you store your carrots?
Soaking seeds for 8 hours reduces the time it takes to harvest the resulting plant. This is very useful for farmers who live in areas with short growing seasons. And also fr farmers who want to beat their competitors to the market with produce while prices are still seasonally high. It also increases the germination as after 8 hours we will see which seeds appear to be dead. No point in planting them.
That would all be true if you sowed your seeds outdoors, and they were low enough quality that you had to go over them one by one to see which ones are actually alive. None of that applies if you're a competent commercial farmer, because you start your plants indoors, and you buy high quality seeds that don't need "looking over".
Why not only run the lights at night, but for a shorter time than you are running them currently? That way you get daylight then more light at night? ( Reduced intensity but longer). Would that help, or hurt?
leds are better; i v seen a lecture with some results and i think some publications are planned; LED lamps generating pulsed light of varying intensity have shown to be better than HPS lamps and older generations of LED lights
Richard Perkins: "I would like to send you a pdf copy, with the intention to share with you a deeper sense of my thinking and approach to life and farming, in the hope that it may be of real utility to you. Please be in touch if you would like a copy, and perhaps down the line you might share your thoughts here?" I'm down for it Richard. I already think I have a deeper sense of what you're about. How do I get this PDF copy?
@@regenerativeagriculture I've found at least seven ways to contact you directly. I can't be bothered, except for the thrill of finding out. You don't want to share that book, you just want to look nice to your followers. Good luck with that.
