by Richard | Apr 24, 2026 | No-Dig Market Gardening
Our New North beds have been covered for the last 4 years because they weren’t needed for production. But we’ll be growing wheat in them this year and doing a System of Wheat Intensification trial. So lets find out what shape their in!...
by Richard | Mar 11, 2022 | Farm Updates, No-Dig Market Gardening
Big seeding day! I have six old varieties of grains that I want to grow out in the market garden beds. I’m going to test growing them at conventional spacing and in spacing inspired by the System of Rice Intensification method. Have you tried growing ancient grains?...
by Richard | Nov 23, 2021 | No-Dig Market Gardening
I loved this idea of Yves’ from Vum Greis CSA in Luxembourg. My guess is hundreds will copy his Lego crop planner! To join my Regenerative Agriculture Masterclass, head here (enrolment is about to close). To learn more about Vum Greis, visit: www.vumgreis.lu...
by Richard | Jun 5, 2021 | No-Dig Market Gardening
In this video I’m going to share what I think are the 5 keys to success with no-dig market gardening. This is the last part in our mini series, and if you sign up you can grab my crop profiles guide detailing how we grow our crops here at Ridgedale. You can sign up...
by Richard | May 24, 2021 | Farm Updates, No-Dig Market Gardening
I actually came into farming through organic crop production and horticulture. But not finding what I was looking for at ag school, I luckily came across the work of Charles Dowding, and this year it’s been 20 years since I built my first no-dig beds. Things have...
by Richard | Feb 18, 2021 | No-Dig Market Gardening, Starting a Farm
After a short Brexit break, our caterpillar tunnels are back on sale again! The tunnels are designed by me and manufactured from high-quality steel in the UK. They’re 4.26m wide (covering 4 standard-width beds), have 2.5m headroom and are available in 20m, 30m, 40m...
