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@carolynmyers9891 4 года назад

I had not heard of no dig gardens until this week. I’m 60 years old. What you say makes so much sense. I’m setting my garden up as a no dig garden this years. Thank you young man. This is very exciting to me.

@przybyla420 3 года назад

How did it go?

@talkingjoseph5582 3 года назад

Yeah. How did it go?

@oli3096 3 года назад

@@przybyla420 I worry for her with Covid and everything God knows if she ever got to start her No Dig.

@oli3096 3 года назад

@walt czarman I don't see why not

@zerpblerd5966 3 года назад

he's using tons of microfiber coverings that do nothing but flake their microfiber toxicity onto the food and into the soil he's a hack

@etiennelouw9244 2 года назад

I live in Cape Town, South Africa and we have Kikuyu grass, this grass is tough and it will grow through everything. I am forced to dig it out and sift the soil to get rid of it. I then use concrete slabs and large cement bricks to form a barrier so I can grow my veggies. Not easy, but it is good exercise as I am 67.

@tonyelder3503 4 года назад

This has to be one of the most enlightened farmers that I've ever encountered. His philosophy on life, disease and our desire to offset natures order instead of harnessing it is astounding in its simplicity.

@cristinad5398 4 года назад

and yet his intro has plucking dead chickens and animal agriculture. Is that the grand plan? we are above all other animals and their pain and fear?

@NateH1984 4 года назад

@@cristinad5398 Is that really all you gleaned from this video?

@thecitizenfarmer7700 4 года назад

@@cristinad5398 they sustainably raise animals too

@Hellbillyhok 3 года назад

@@cristinad5398 what a moronic thing to say after watching one of the most sensible videos on you tube

@lordwise3539 3 года назад

@@cristinad5398 Yes, we are above the animals! If you do not understand that, I and the rest of the world pitties you!

@leo169 5 лет назад

"We try to keep alive things wanting to die and kill things that are trying to live." Very profound observation Richard. Great video as always.

@piotree53 4 года назад

Why do you pinch the tops of the tomatoes and when do you do it

@marieee562 4 года назад

@@piotree53 In the autumn it becomes too dark and cold for the tomatoes, it is better to top the plants so the energy goes to the tomatoes that can mature.

@sarahwiemken4658 4 года назад

Totally agree. We have the weirdest relationship with life and death and so many never want to talk about it even when there is a need.

@fahrenheitswe 3 года назад

OMG! So scary, as i read this comment Richard said it in the video...

@carlroberts7830 3 года назад

ILL GUARUNTEE HE DIDNT COME UP WITH THAT ON HIS OWN THAT WAS FORCE FED TO HIM BY SOME LIBERAL ARTS TEACHER HI ON POT

@MarkBoulders 4 года назад

As someone who worked hard for a degree in biology... Bravo! You hit the nail on the head. Especially when discussing life, death, and intention. You have a wonderful mind.

@fredonions2523 5 лет назад

I get it when he says he and his wife are always disappointed when eating out. You can't get the same quality and freshness of your home farm produce. Very inspirational video.

@davidb2206 Год назад

Same here. I've almost quit eating out in restaurants entirely, because it just gets more disappointing in comparison. It can't compare.

@123Goldhunter11 5 лет назад

Small decentralized farming will keep us all alive when the global financial system collapses. Our local grocery store now has a section for local organic produce so that's all we buy. Nice work.

@scoopyall2996 5 лет назад

How do you figure that, think outside the box for once in your life!

@bfacio1 5 лет назад

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@Gafferd8186 5 лет назад

I've noticed this year vegetables in your usual chain stores are shit, where as stores that are nearby and provide local small farm produce is much better quality.. I just hope the smaller farmers ar being properly compensated.

@1982MCI 4 года назад

Gold Hunter most of those grocery stores are only saying the produce in those sections is from local farms but in reality it’s the same stuff in the other produce section but at twice the cost! The local grocery stores in my area do the same thing but won’t buy produce from the local farmers and we have a relative that works there and they have disclosed what they actually do and they are lying to everyone and raking in your money and everyone is falling for it!! The only place you can get local organic produce and know that it truly is local organic produce is by driving straight to the farm and deal with the farmer directly. If you don’t do that then you deserve the pesticide ridden junk from Mexico, sorry.

@sebastienlaflamme6147 4 года назад

@@Gafferd8186 They are not, but they enjoy what they do and live a meaningful life. How many humans can say that nowadays?

@witness1449 4 года назад

This year I converted my garden to no till and a few raised beds. I'm 68 and have moved 12 tons of compost, wood mulch, and manure all by hand shoveling. It's looking fabulous but still have more to do. Incorporating vertical growing and companion planting. Your market garden is a master piece! Your gardening philosophy is what I am trying to accomplish. I have been tilling for years. NO MORE TILLING. I HAVE UNLIMITED FREE MULCH, LEAF COMPOST, AND HORSE MANURE. JUST HAVE TO DO A LOT OF SHOVELING! Really enjoyed your vision and video 👍.

@duett445 4 года назад

Witness 144 , I converted to no till 5 years ago , never looked back.

@thelister4910 4 года назад

Is there a good video on how to get started?

@witness1449 4 года назад

@@thelister4910 I have watched several different videos on no till Gardening most impressive was BACK TO EDEN GARDEN there are several other videos also. To get started just figure on lots of material. I used approximately 45 cubic yards that equals about 90 tons of compost, manu, and wood mulch. This covered 3,200 sf of garden. I used a ratio of 60 percent leaf Compost to 40 percent horse manure in rows 24" wide about 48" apart 8" deep. Between the rows was 100 percent wood Mulch about 24" wide 8" deep. We're harvesting every day now and I have had a bumper crop on everything so far with very few weeds. Our garden includes arched cattle panels for tomatoes cucumbers and beans. Also 4 large raised beds. We have harvested 350 onions 140 lb potatoes, 125 quarts of green beans, over 500 cucumbers, 40 quarts of tomatoes, and still Canning more, 200 lb of zucchini, 40 lb of carrots, 30 pints of beets, yet to harvest about 60 winter squash and about 150 lb of sweet potatoes. Our first sweet corn crop yeilded 275 ears the second one is about ready to pick. A separate garden tilled plot. It's been a great success with the new NO TILL GARDEN. It took me about 2 months to hand shovel the new garden. I would do it again.but glad I don't have to. I will be amending the soil each year with worm castings, and Compost and wood mulch. Good luck 👍 and happy Gardening

@thelister4910 4 года назад

@@witness1449 Thanks for that info, but that's a LOT more compost than I thought. I'm hoping maybe I can just do one or two 50 ft raised beds first to see how it goes.

@witness1449 4 года назад

@Jeffrey Tham Following up on the new NO TILL GARDEN. What a unbelievable year. We're not done yet but this is some of our harvest. 340 onions over 500 cucumbers, canned 45 quarts of pickles, 120 qts green beans, 36 qts of potatoes and 70 lbs for winter, about 200 summer squash and 50 winter squash canned tomatoes, sauce, juice, salsa, 150 total 36 pints of picked beets, 275 ears of sweet corn, picking 200 more in 2 days. The corn was a separate garden. Now picking our fall green beans, probably another 50 quarts. Still have to harvest our bumper crop of sweet potatoes. Estimating about 200 lbs based on my test digs. Not bad for a new 3200 sf garden. My carrots were my only failure. 300 carrots with no flavor. Gonna have to work on that for next year. Happy Gardening Jeffrey

@nickbeam5432 5 лет назад

This is one of the cleanest gardens i have ever seen !

@zerpblerd5966 3 года назад

no, it's covered in plastic microfibers from those sheets he uses disgusting!

@anthonyberens993 4 года назад

Richard you are the by far the most articulate person who explains no dig on you tube that i've seen so far, cheers for video, awesome farm btw :)

@dennisgalante6942 Год назад

I must compliment you on the neatest , healthy, and most organized gardens! So many articles/gardens I see on this subject are so messy. Thank you!

@bracebridgelionsclub5223 5 лет назад

I have a 10M x 10M in my yard I have grown for 2 years and from the start my motivating focus was my extreme dislike of weeding. I moved into a 6 year old home with a back yard that the previous owner had allowed to become extremely weedy which I decided to turn into garden. Knowing full well the weeds would sprout back up if I tilled it, I covered the prospective garden with heavy cardboard overplayed thickly with dead leaves. In Spring I had a layer of fresh compost to plant in. To avoid weeds invading, I covered planted areas with paper that is just heavy enough to survive the summer; thereby avoiding tilling and allowing weeds a foothold. In the meantime, I composted everything I could get my hands on and began raising compost worms in bins by feeding them household food waste. I applied a layer of compost and vermicompost mix and it's coming along quite well in its second season. So I discovered the benefits of no- till almost accidentally through my dislike of weeding and I just feel better and better about it as I listen to everything Richard has to say.

@busygirl2681 3 года назад

Good for you. It sounds like you're having a lot of fun. I have had to grow in pots too many trees at my house so I don't get a lot of weeds, but I helped my sister in law with her garden. So much work the old fashioned way, constant weed pulling, or watering. I hate those weeds also!! Started to research the different methods last year and my sister in law is giving me space to grow at her house. She will love this process so much healthier and less work. This channel pops up and I see what's possible for me on a very small scale, so exciting, can't wait to get my hands dirty. LOL, now if it would only stop raining.

@MarthaFaey 4 года назад

One of the most beautiful and organized farming I have ever seen. Great job!

@gee3883 4 года назад

You tube working its magic allowing us to discover people like this. Nice one Richard.

@swimant0 4 года назад

It’s only because you don’t have Bermuda grass. In the USA Bermuda grass is a freaking headache! It will takeover any bed!

@pbrezny 5 лет назад

Richard. Could you talk more about your garden crew management? What works what doesn't, how you coordinate and compensate your team? Thank you for sharing your knowledge, passion, and farm life.

@hubertyoung5571 4 года назад

Do you utilize swales and key line water retention?

@julyortega4895 4 года назад

I'm in love and jealous of this garden😍 Clean, productive, and delicious looking!! 👀👀😍👍

@staszekgolab9319 4 года назад

Tried in US same thing that you do. I was mechanical engineer so it was my hobby. At the beginning I used Roundup( Glyphosate) & within few years garden turned to dead field. No life in the soil, only moss, nothing wanted to grow, even weeds. I found that no till, wood chips , compost & walkway lined with cardboard boxes, newspaers, cartos cover weeds. Same results that You have. Good luck to You Man.

@Oliverrem101 4 года назад

If you ever have to kill a bunch (cluster) of weeds. Mix salt and vinegar together and pour onto weeds. They'll completely die off in a day or two

@davidb2206 Год назад

RoundUp is a carcinogen. Nobody should ever, ever use it, even on a grass lawn. It gets tracked into the house by kids, breathed, and the pets eat it. Just quit buying the poison, people.

@RockStudioLive 4 года назад

In the abundance of the garden, he spots a weed the size of a quarter! This man is a wizard!

@davidb2206 Год назад

THAT is a real farmer. Not these Ag Crooks that the U.S. food supply is full of, who claim they can't do their "work" without illegal foreigners. And he's a scientist, too. And philosopher.

@nannycaz1430 5 лет назад

I have an allotment here in the south of England and watching your video has inspired me to ditch traditional methods and focus on no dig.

@krisk255 5 лет назад

I've been no-till since I first heard about it many years ago. Your explanation of why to go no-till is the best I've heard yet! Thank you.

@herbgetty127 4 года назад

Richard, I am so glad I stumbled upon your Chanel. Ive been tilling oh for probably 25 years, stuck in the same pattern. I used your no till approach this year and my garden looks great and produced better than ever. I used to hoe the paths to get rid of the weeds. No more hoeing. Yay. I have that much more time focusing on my produce instead of weeds. Thank you for sharing your philosophy, knowledge, passion and educating me. I love your market garden. Probably the most beautiful and most organized farm I've ever seen. Would love to find a farm like that in the eastern US. Well done. You should be very proud.

@Sarah-zv8os 3 года назад

I absolutely love my no dig garden. My partner is old school and completely poo pooed it, so when he went away for the weekend i purchased extra compost and laid all my cardbord and compost when he was away. Result= ive weeded twice, high yield peas , beans and tomatoes. Just fab.

@deltafour1212 3 года назад

TOTALLY TOTALLY agree on your assessment of making everything look fresh and clean as a marketing piece and the over use of using plastic. Image is everything.

@Emiajtruk 4 года назад

“Not a good day to be a lettuce”.... loved that!

@beverleysaxophone 5 лет назад

I can testify that no-dig really does prevent perennial weeds - but you may need to give it some time :-) I am so grateful to you Richard for motivating us to keep going when we mentioned to you at your course in Stockholm last year that we were spending 80% of our time weeding our newly laid no dig beds. We had laid them directly on a field of couch grass in the Spring just before planting. In hindsite we should have done it in the Autumn and probably tilled the ground first. However, last September we put a new layer of cardboard and 5 cm compost on the beds and covered them with thick black plastic. We also dug a trench round the growing area and lined it with plastic to stop new couch grass re-entering from the surrounding field. We have not had a single strand of couch grass in the beds this year! And we have a lot of funghal growth which I believe is a good sign. Now we only have to remove the odd annual weed. This year I bought a tilther from you but only use it to break up the lumps in newly laid compost. It saves a lot of work - highly recommended!

@sarahfalconer1541 3 года назад

Thank you Richard, I am excited to do this with our medicinal/aromatic crops here in Quebec. When you spoke about disease taking people that are not robust enough as a mere way of recycling organic matter and nutrients back into the soil, that was disappointing in a way as it is not observing the healing and defensive allies we have in plants as a way to ward off pre-mature death and suffering. Be careful in holding the raw force of natures cycles against the human capacity to heal and make wise choices. The whole exists as an expression of unity between self and community, not only to serve the soil. Best.

@Braisin-Raisin Год назад

I am in Northern Germany. Our soil is sand. The apple trees were not doing well, when rain came it just rolled off the soil and took top soil with it. My neighbor has tons of old straw he was going to discard in his forest, so I asked him if I could have it and since then I have covered everything with a thick layer of straw. I am not a market garden but have 12 raised beds and live off the veggies I grow. the improvement in the soil is dramatic. I add a fresh layer every fall. Although I do have some weeds, there are very few. Of course, all my neighbors smiled kindly and thought I was nuts. Now the temperatures have risen dramaticall, nobody laughs any more! My shoes remain clean, the soil under the straw is alive with earth worms, I have tons of apples and veggies, even in this incredible heat. The straw soaks up the rain. The disadvantage: slugs hide under the straw and all raised beds have to be protected by wire against voles.

@derrickpitter8340 5 лет назад

My mind broke when I saw the flower cluster from those tomatoes! Well done.

@capitalgains4194 3 года назад

Yea me also wow

@johndon74 5 лет назад

simply the best regenerative RU-vid channel around. everything always looks immaculate. great reward for your efforts.

@royormonde3682 2 года назад

Keep spreading the word, you got a great place there. I switched over in 2018 to no dig and have seen a considerable difference in weeding on older beds and paths but I've been expanding every year and being on the edge of a forest and having to clear trees and brush to make new beds is my downfall to a perfect situation. This year was the last expansion and hope to just concentrate on what I have and maintaining a wide mow strip around my garden instead of always running into new weeds and native plants all the time, they are relentless.

@samueldarchibong9841 4 года назад

Rich so impressed by your beautiful garden farm, am from Nigeria but living in the beautiful Caribbean island of Jamaica and been trying my hands on little yard gardening and your view to farming has really set me thinking 😅😀🤣😂

@Maverick4841 5 лет назад

Richard, you are one intelligent fella. You sir could run a country.

@ryanhenderson8527 4 года назад

Watching the govt response to covid made me want to start gardening a good family friend (detail oriented engineer) suggested this natural approach with compost and organic mulch matter. Gone natural as I could and so far less complaints than most people I hear from. You sound the most like my friend so I hope it goes as well as I think. Just now feeling better about it.

@SugarCreekOffGrid 5 лет назад

Your farm is so beautiful the picture in my mind all the time as an achievement I'd like to have for my small farm. The information is always so appreciated!

@abigailcarriker3102 3 года назад

Your space is clean and beautiful. You are right, there are so many messy, weedy looking farms. I understand the struggle with weeds, but yours is beautiful.

@oby-1607 4 года назад

You are the most inspirational gardener I have seen. Everything you say is the truth. I have about an acre of land that I will be slowly be turning into no-dig because of your teachings. Thank you so much for sharing your insights.

@IanCrouse 3 года назад

Hello Richard. Beautiful video. I have been a chef for over 20 years then sold my restaurant and started prepping for a farm this next season. I have 5 acres of prime river bottom soil which was damed over 60 years ago. Thank you for your inspiration in this venture. I'll visit your channel often.

@sandrajohnson9926 4 года назад

Careful planning, for sure. Greatest veggie garden I've seen. Ruth Stout used old hay and continued adding to her garden year after year. She had an abundant garden! No weeds, very little watering, and all organic. I think she began the revolution of No Till Gardening.

@MrNicong 4 года назад

No till has never made more sense. 2and time watching this and now I really get it i.e. digging, weeds and pathogen connection. Had to take notes. Thanks for breaking it down so well.

@Ozipeter 5 лет назад

Great Aerial shots ...lovely farm.

@carribeproductions 4 года назад

Loved the video friend. The symbiotic relationship between nature and ourselves as humans can never be broken. Love the philosophy. Farming and gardening can truly balance one's spirit.

@nevillecreativitymentor 4 года назад

I just subscribed and have fallen in love with your work. I am from India and hope to emulate this project as a Social exercise out here. FREE WEED is great !!! LOL. Cheers

@riket79 5 лет назад

Hi Richard. Since tree years we are using your technic on our farm in the ouest of France. For now it was on a little surface because we where studying and discovering differents farms. We always get the same positive feeling than you we when we are coming back in our garden. It is insane to see all those farmer fighting all year versus the nature; so much hours seeding in there garden... We will make 5 times more garden this winter to start officially our production next season. Thanks for all your sharing who really make a big difference in our way to process farming.

@vincentmeyran8779 5 лет назад

Ciao Ricket. Je parle assez mal anglais. O Tu pourrais me donner des info sur ta ferme et sur les itinéraires twchniaue qu'il utilise.

@tiffinyharrington9307 5 лет назад

Your garden beds are a pure joy to look at and I agree that inviting your customers to visit is the best marketing you could do to entice more sales. I’ve seen so many small farms and homestead channels that are chaotic messes with bolted plants, weeds 6’ high taking over beds and disease and insect issues. These same folks use broad forks, or worse, rototillers. One channel plants cover crops along side his growing crops and ends up throwing most of his produce to his chickens and pigs. Nothing I’d like to replicate and nor would I want to eat from these gardens. But you and Charles Dowding have beds that are inspirational. Since I’ve gone to no-dig and began feeding my soil I’ve hardly had any weed issues at all. As with you, I’ve had mostly river birch seedlings and occasionally walnut seedlings popping up. I’m just a home gardener but it’s my passion and I grow food crops as well as flowers. But even small scale growers like me can save so much time and energy with the no-dig feed the soil approach! And I thank you and Charles for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience with us. This planet would be healthier if your practices become more widely adopted.

@duett445 5 лет назад

Your comments re homesteader who feeds his crop to the pigs. I know who you refer to. But they are not market gardeners, they grow and use the produce for their family and friends only . They produce, pork, beef and chicken and eggs from the garden not from bought grain. So in this context they are doing it right and - very commendable. A complete different set up to Richards. But a good one in their way.

@RaffiSosikian 4 года назад

I came for the farming tips, but stayed for the philosophy.

@seyingkevin2941 4 года назад

Me too

@Galv140577 4 года назад

I came for the FREE WEED but then I realised I just read it wrong.

@amyw6927 4 года назад

@@Galv140577 LOL

@aegorweizlee689 4 года назад

Start it now or never

@christenbaer2309 3 года назад

Right? I was like, damn....

@ZackAriah94 3 года назад

Amazing brooooo , but one thing I believe you should add is mushroom spawn to your wood chips !! 100 percent best idea , constant living compost bed

@capunkmelky 5 лет назад

Beautiful. I like it. From Kefamenanu-Timor Island-Indonesia.

@chrischandler3041 4 года назад

I would love to do it that way, but it sure seems like a daunting task to get that much compost to get started that big.

@raydee5865 4 года назад

One Step at a time, as time passes you will get a grip of it... I'm sure Richard also started small until He got to the level he's on today

@chrischandler3041 3 года назад

@@raydee5865 Thanks Ray! I am just so gung-ho, I want it yesterday! LOL

@vinagerie427 4 года назад

Loved the Life/Death relationship...A Continuance, a Constant Process.

@MarlonVanderLinde 4 года назад

Profits still cause doubt, so many large operations will not buy into it unless they can believe it wont affect their slimey pockets - but some do and they show promise. PS: Look up gabe brown - treating the farm as an eco system. It's a long talk that blew my mind.

@venkatasrinivaschadala1813 4 года назад

I am just beginner in farming, the way you have explained is very good for learners like me. Thank you for your efforts to save the eco system.

@StefanSobkowiak 5 лет назад

Beautiful job, your garden beds are fantastic. Bravo!

@maxchristianesteffan2321 2 года назад

Sir, this is a most inspiring video I've seen so far about gardening and no dig. I am not only amazed about how beautiful your fields and how alive your veggies are, I also appreciated how you explained the circle of life and death. Really great gardening philosophy. You are really blessed.

@caroladyrssen4579 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion - if we all acted like that what a wonderful world.

@homesteadtotable2921 5 лет назад

We have weedy pasture where there are rocks sized between my fist and my head under a layer of rock solid sod, and my way of dealing with it on a steeper slope has been to till it, do a round of rock removal, let the weeds sprout, add composted horse manure ('s what we've got access to) and till again, removing rocks, then shape into swales and hilled rows that follow the contour of the hill, and mulch with composted woodchips until I have a big, seemingly "level" (with the slope of the hill) area, without weeds. I weed my garden area when I walk through, but it's like a blade of grass here, and a dandelion there, and they pop right out of the soil with a gentle tug. The concept seems to work, so I'm scaling it up for next year.

@myungsookcha4324 5 лет назад

The Korean garden tool you mentioned is a Hoe Me. You can buy this at any big Korean grocery stores. The best weeding tool I have owned for many years. It is well made and cheap. HoeMe has been around for thouaends of years in Korea.

@FeelingShred 2 года назад

Hoeme Plow 🙏🙏

@FeelingShred 2 года назад

is that it?

@pereinarolsson3928 3 года назад

You sitting in the calendulas and centaurea - what a posterboy! Amazed by your work and knowledge.

@timothyortega5608 4 года назад

I love the flow, and harmony, connected with the land. I need to improve my garden practices. Thanks for the video, one of the most admired garden I've seen.

@monkeystank5241 4 года назад

A good way to keep your garden tools clean and rust free, is to build a wooden box wide enough for your tools metal parts to fit inside. Fill the wooden box with sand, and pour your used engine oil and mix it into the sand. When you are finished with your tool, jab it into to oily sand and it will clean and lubricate the tool to prevent rust.

@rorymacleod356 Год назад

Make it all toxic too

@bencowles2105 5 лет назад

Love your farm. Good information. I agree with your view of nature. Mother nature is the greatest serial killer in history. All life on earth depends on other life forms dying. The great cycle of life and death is ever present in nature. Farmers seem to recognize this more than other people less in tune with the land. Learning to work with nature is a lot easier than trying to fight against it.

@tehfuqizg0inon588 5 лет назад

Yeah, modern day farming techniques is all about man vs nature and conquering the land, doing it man's way, using big heavy machinery and not trying to simulate and work with nature

@fess71 2 года назад

Всегда знал, что огород может быть красивым, а работа в нём приятной. Теперь ещё и увидел) супер ферма! Привет из России.

@GreenHomeBuilderscom 5 лет назад

Great philosophy about farming! Thanks for educating me about small farming and sharing your video experiences with the no dig system!

@thomasswedlund1097 4 года назад

I'm happy to see young people so we'll informed and such successful at no till gardening. Your success is the best spokesman for our cause.

@davidb2206 Год назад

Salatin calls them educated, "white collar" farmers -- the best and brightest of a new generation are into farming and clean food.

@theword4501 5 лет назад

I'm in Love with this method. I have 6 acres to farm...and I have 2 bags of my favorite Mulch [need much more] and am going to go home (new place- forested/rather a nightmare of untouched forest for 100 years) and lay down a new - no weeding Market Garden. There are 2 sections that are open to sunlight. I will start with those for personal over winter use. Thank you so much for sharing your Garden. 😁❤

@ianmaxwell7525 Месяц назад

I’m in awe of your garden. How do you keep your insect netting and caterpillar tunnels so clean? Do you use new ones every year? I can’t imagine carrots that are so weed free! Truly amazing work.

@SpecialgiftsLA 4 года назад

Just found this..I really like the way you talk through and honesty and appreciation..

@sanhitadatta9447 Год назад

This is the best definition of weeds I have ever heard. This is my first time visiting your channel. I am so so impressed.

@MrFarmer1997 5 лет назад

Absolutely wonderful video as always. You keep me looking toward the future, this season has brought me down to a low due to poor management decisions on my part. But I can see where I have done wrong, and none of my problems are unsolvable with the information you give me. Thank you so much for all of your hard work, and smart work more importantly. Takr care and best wishes to you, your family, and team.

@JanineMJoi Год назад

This is THE BEST gardening video on RU-vid. You explain everything and do it well. We will listen again in order to know what to do in the fall

@chelinfusco6403 5 лет назад

Richard I was given a very rare USA wheat called Purple Straw Wheat. It can't be bought but I was fortunate enough to meet the right folks at the right time. I am in receipt of a pound. I want to try growing it no -till/ no dig. Any heads up you can give me would be appreciated.

@ladyclermont Год назад

Would love to see a video of you setting up a bed from start to finish

@gyorgyangelkottbocz9766 4 года назад

lovely video thanks! i would like to emphasize though the importance of weeds both as insect feeders, soilimprovers (when f.ex. composted or made into liquid fertilizer)´and especially as feed stocks in an integrated organic farm production system. Our rabbits and donkeys live on the thistles (it's their goody-stuff) nettles feed butterflies and give us great nutrient rich fertilizers while providing feed and accomnmodation to nettle butterflies and other bugs. We also eat the fresh young leaves! As you've said, everything has its own place in a biotop and a natural ecosystem, it's a closed loop environment! Great job! all the best from Ängelkottskompaniet at Badger's Creek Skåne and keepup the good work!

@sroberts605 5 лет назад

A fantastic overarching view of the many joined up ways of thinking, working, living that you have worked out and so tirelessly share. Truly inspiring, please don't tire of the speed of us catching on - the world is so overheated with growing populations and growing information that it's difficult to concentrate! But I like to think that there will be a slow growth of this dissemination...and then a sudden rush!

@yummyshrimpkebab6970 3 года назад

You have run such a productive farm, nice job!

@ProctorsGamble 3 года назад

You have discovered for yourself the wonderful homi. I wouldn’t trade mine for all the other garden tools that I have! The best kept secret garden tool.

@renovatiomom 5 лет назад

You might seek the flowers better in a pot rather than as a cut bouquet in an urban community. I think it would be money better spent knowing it won’t die after a few days if it’s in a pot when I I buy flowers. Just a thought. Beautiful gardens. Thank you much for sharing.

@strangetranceoffaith 4 года назад

You grow lettuce round the bottom of your tomatoes. It looks beautiful

@4philipp 5 лет назад

One of your best videos to jump start the market garden.

@berlysblossomgardening2816 4 года назад

Most beautiful garden I have SEEN 💚💚💚💚 Goals 👍🏽🌱🌱🌱

@tantrictami 5 лет назад

I wonder if you could plant Comphry or Turkish rocket at the edges of your garden as a rhizome barrier and a nice chop and drop mulch or secondary product for chickens. It works well next to my garden but I am zone 8. (Mississippi in the US.) Our southern grasses can be pretty persistent so its a good test.

@cindylepley206 5 лет назад

Tamara Rose yes, southern weeds. I get what he's saying, but I don't think some people know about our stubborn weeds. I can weed, go out the next day or two, and here they come.

@judyhowell7075 5 лет назад

Ditto from NW Florida

@cdadam22 4 года назад

Your gardens are stunning! The reason I have never created a no dig garden is because I lacked the information I did not know I needed until I watched your video. I have been doing everything wrong which is why my gardens never survive due to being choked out by the weeds! I thought tilling was the way to get rid of weeds, which obviously did not work, and now I know why. You are very informative video has given me new inspiration so thank you for that. I'll let you know how it works out.

@captainanthony1399 5 лет назад

Excellent explanations... Looking forward very much to purchasing your book Richard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge,experience,& perspectives.💚

@herringtonfarms5927 3 года назад

We live in a cyclical world. My 86 year old mother has lived through the Great Depression, WWII, Dust Bowl, and economies that have devastated many families. When I decided go do a no dig garden this year, she didn't understand the concept. She did understand growing your own food and making your way in life and hopefully changing it and helping others. The stories of sleeping in a one room home with her 5 siblings and snow falling through the cracks of the roof to having left over biscuits with sourgum for dinner (supper) leave an impression of how lucky we and those after us have had it. There is coming a time when society will have to reply on the many market gardens to survive. We are setting the world up for an easier journey through the hard times ahead. Spread the world and motivate friends and family to raise a small no dig plot and enjoy the growth of food and themselves.

@cqammaz53 5 лет назад

Thank you for sharing You have a beautiful farm. I hope to see more videos of your farm in the future.

@kristinparish2834 4 года назад

I like how you don't need to wash salad greens. That's pure natural goodness.

@GardenBandits 5 лет назад

Amazing tomatoes in the tunnel! Great video overall. I am in Texas, horticultural zone 8a. Happy gardening!

@vanissaberg5824 Год назад

I wish this was something my family knew years ago when they'd till up a big garden and made us kids slave away at pulling weeds and watering every single day in 100 degree heat. I hated gardening when I was younger because of that, but now I love to garden because now I know how to do it right using wood chips and cardboard mulch and composting to place. I'll even compost vegetable scraps, lawn clippings and tree leaves directly in a foot paths that later gets raked up onto the garden beds at the beginning of each season instead of having a separate compost heap that needs turned. Saves so much time and energy, plus I imagine every time it rains all those liquid nutrients are already in the garden where I want them to be creating as little waste as possible. I've even made compost living in the city for our potted plants on a very small scale just using an old cement bag and "kicking" it to mix the kitchen scraps and newspaper shreds. It worked really well lol.

@theapplesfoodforestfarmacy1233 5 лет назад

Beautiful information & the most beautiful farm I have ever seen. Thank you 🙏

@somethingbeautiful2212 3 года назад

Richard, I have been enjoying your videos very much! Thank you!

@sinogir 4 года назад

It's so refreshing to watch your videos. I love it!

@BrookDesHarnais Год назад

My mom has been using woodchips for years and is having wonderful results. She is a lifelong gardener and I have seen the tremendous impact that this natural barrier has on reducing 'weeds'.

@padminikoka961 4 года назад

Wow... You just inspired me to... No dig gardening... From now on... Love the way you connect with the earth and the rest of the environment... With life in general... Awesome... Lots of luck and wish you a tsunami of success for your closeness to mother earth.

@Arthur.H.Studio 5 лет назад

My wife and I are so grateful to have found you and your channel! Thank you for sharing your farm wisdom and experience. We will eventually take your courses, when we find some land. Does your training information cover the best crops to start with and general basic for getting a new garden started?

@PhilKJames 4 года назад

Every video I watch of yours, I leave inspired. Thank you

@NWHomesteader 5 лет назад

Thank you for one of the most inspirational videos I’ve ever watched. I love your thoughts and philosophy!

@erichnagy1216 3 года назад

So true what you said about weeds and compaction. I'm impressed with you work. Cheers colleague

@PrairieJournals 4 года назад

Lovely presentation. I'm doing this on our acreage this year. Here in southern Alberta we have a lot of thistles and burdock so hoping the cardboard way will kill these. Thanks for your time.🇨🇦💪

@Sunnyclearing 2 года назад

Do you know what I’ve realized? I live about an hour drive from your farm and I will be visiting! Many thanks for all the inspiration. It’s truly the dream.

@scottjamesleeparker4686 4 года назад

Very informative. We bought our 12 acre homestead here in Norway late last year so we haven't started properly yet. Big plans though. Thanks for the inspiration.