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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
by Richard | Mar 21, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
Getting egg-mobile #2 ready has been quite the challenge, and it’s not exactly as if I have time for unforeseen challenges right now. There’s still a lot to prep before the season starts, and the first crew members have just arrived. Remember that the Ridgedale Farm...
