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...
by Richard | Mar 20, 2021 | Farm Updates, Starting a Farm
It’s here! Ridgedale Farm Builds is available on Kickstarter for the next 21 days. If you want to build something for this season, you can get the PDF. Of course you can also get the physical book and various bundles are available. The book contains 22 structures,...
by Richard | Mar 17, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
Here’s an update on the nest box project. While finishing the instalment of the Green Tools TECH prototype, I’ve been looking at little details and thinking about design changes that need to be made before the box could roll out as a commercial product (and be a...
by Richard | Mar 15, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
In today’s video I’m working on the build of our new professional roll-away nest boxes. They’re made by Green Tools TECH and should cost somewhere between €1,200 and €1,500 once they’re ready for market. I’ll also talk a bit about the bird flu situation and our...
by Richard | Mar 7, 2021 | Farm Updates
What a productive week! Today it was a challenge to get the timber to the sites and we also had to spend time putting in extra support on the 9m decks to stop them from bouncing. We’re starting to feel pretty worn out and sore, but it’s all worth it, as...
by Richard | Mar 4, 2021 | Farm Updates
So, today we were feeling all set up for getting started with decking in terms of tool kit; camo decking tool, long bits, screw drivers, special decking screws, a drill, spare batteries, a chalk line, a jigsaw, a circular saw… A few screws in, though, we realised that...
