The Meadow Creature broadfork for those who can get them in NA are quite superior to the classic Coleman broadfork Richard is using here. They don't have the weak point between wood handle and base which is where these break.
lots of information on how you prepare the beds here but do you have a video on how you actually set up the cardboard and compost. Also how long does it take for the cardboard to break down? does it happen over the 1st winter. I guess I want to ask if the cardbord is problem when you at "forking" the bed to airate it. How deep is the compost over the cardboard. Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Are you aware that Charles Dowding's recent trials show that beds with no use of broad fork are producing better yields than beds with use of broad fork?
Wouldn't that depend on the soil? If you had compacted clay soil, a broadfork would not destroy mycorrhizal fungi because there are none below the surface. I would spray with compost tea and add compost.
Thanks Richard for the useful info. One question I have is in regards to your compost planting. Are the plants growing directly in the compost? Or do the roots grow down into the topsoil? Again thank you for your efforts and knowledge.
What's with the woodchips in the walking paths Richard Perkins? Is this a Back 2 Eden Garden / Market Garden Farming Hybrid? I hope so because that's what I'm attempting.
Just been told about you from Northern Ireland gardener Barry - well impressed, this is really rather good!! AND you are a rock dust convert.... 5.16 minutes in!
Johnny Seeds in the US? Cant find anything in Germany as well, but I heard you find them in France called grelinette, but doesnt seem to be the same quality.
I was looking for such a rake as well, bought a really expensive one with iron tines from wolf garten and it sucks. Now im using a cheap hay rake (hooihark) with large plastic tines and it's perfect for raking in compost and fertilizer and leveling out the beds. These rakes are also tilted so it's perfect for using while not standing on the beds. @ Dobimar The grelinette is a broadfork and you can find very good quality ones around here.
what a beds :) like a dream.. i would love to see you working with that broad-fork in our garden where roots from old wallnut tree were so shallow that i accidentally bent my fork countless times. good approach though!
The cardboard is put down in the autumn after you have done your first broad forking. By the following autumn when you come to broad fork again the cardboard has done it's job and disintegrated.
no names of the tools or where to find them/what to look for.. from the videos ive seen of this guy hes an advocate for doing farming in this way because its better but yet locks any information behind a $150 pay wall..
He probably doesn’t specify because it’s going to very by region. He did say the names of the tools as he went through them, but it’s going to depend where you live, where you get them and prices. No one is going to give you a play by play when is comes to this stuff. Write the names down as he goes through, and do the searching at farm stores available to you. I hope you found what you were after. Best of luck!
He has visitors from all over the world. It's more reasonable to just give a good description and have people hunt them down locally as even the names will vary region by region.
What's with the woodchips in the walking paths Richard Perkins? Is this a Back 2 Eden Garden / Market Garden Farming Hybrid? I hope so because that's what I'm attempting.
Wood chips used as a mulch to prevent weeds creeping inbetween beds, replacing grass much easier to maintain and less chance of grass creeping onto the beds
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The Meadow Creature broadfork for those who can get them in NA are quite superior to the classic Coleman broadfork Richard is using here. They don't have the weak point between wood handle and base which is where these break.
how wide do you run your beds to optimize for these forks?
@@ryancoatney6926 30" to 40"...
gotcha. looks like they're quite a bit narrower than the coleman ones, so i wondered if you're running narrower beds. doesnt sound like it!
Great tip about installing new no dig beds in autumn.
We need this in The Netherlands. Current farmers kill everything, and start to deny that they killed everything. Really no good situation.
lots of information on how you prepare the beds here but do you have a video on how you actually set up the cardboard and compost. Also how long does it take for the cardboard to break down? does it happen over the 1st winter. I guess I want to ask if the cardbord is problem when you at "forking" the bed to airate it. How deep is the compost over the cardboard. Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Are you aware that Charles Dowding's recent trials show that beds with no use of broad fork are producing better yields than beds with use of broad fork?
Jod Rodgar from virgin ground?
Wouldn't that depend on the soil? If you had compacted clay soil, a broadfork would not destroy mycorrhizal fungi because there are none below the surface. I would spray with compost tea and add compost.
On all soil types?
Where did you get these trays!?!?
Does anyone know where I can purchase the rolls of cardboard Mr. Perkins is referring to-(the cardboard he covers his beds with). Thank you
I like to know too.
Do you have some links to toolshops?
is it counter productive tilting the soil then compacting it back down?
Where are the notes mentioned in the video
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Richard, is planting directly into the compost not too "hot" for some plants? Too much nitrogen?
What about if your soil has termites would you still encourage cardboard give advice
Where can we buy strong trays in Europe?
Herkuplast is where I'm getting mine...
love your work... pray to god for your progress and if i could also follow my passion in India... which is farmiy like you do...
When you are first building the beds do you pull cardboard under the wood chips or just under the compost.
Thanks Richard for the useful info. One question I have is in regards to your compost planting. Are the plants growing directly in the compost? Or do the roots grow down into the topsoil? Again thank you for your efforts and knowledge.
plant into compost and the roots will go into the soil, how far depends on the plant of course
What's with the woodchips in the walking paths Richard Perkins?
Is this a Back 2 Eden Garden / Market Garden Farming Hybrid?
I hope so because that's what I'm attempting.
Just been told about you from Northern Ireland gardener Barry - well impressed, this is really rather good!! AND you are a rock dust convert.... 5.16 minutes in!
All of Richard's tools can be purchased here: www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/
so far the best shop to be found! Any in Europe by any chance???
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I don’t understand the purpose of the cardboard under the beds, anyone know?
Its to help weed suppression, if laid out at the start of autumn should have degraded enough for planting in spring.
What website did you buy the packaging cardboard? im also based out of Sweden
I really want your book Richard, am in the uk
Thank you.
Richard, where do you buy the tools in Sweden?
I don't Alex
Of course. Do you buy them online or do you have to bring them home during trips?
Both, sometimes pay the shipping, sometimes I pick up stuff on my annual UK trip
Great Info.
What great info. Thanks1
Richard. Can you tell me where you bought the rake? I can't find anything like it in The Netherlands.
Johnny Seeds in the US? Cant find anything in Germany as well, but I heard you find them in France called grelinette, but doesnt seem to be the same quality.
I was looking for such a rake as well, bought a really expensive one with iron tines from wolf garten and it sucks.
Now im using a cheap hay rake (hooihark) with large plastic tines and it's perfect for raking in compost and fertilizer and leveling out the beds. These rakes are also tilted so it's perfect for using while not standing on the beds.
@ Dobimar The grelinette is a broadfork and you can find very good quality ones around here.
what a beds :) like a dream.. i would love to see you working with that broad-fork in our garden where roots from old wallnut tree were so shallow that i accidentally bent my fork countless times. good approach though!
This is awesome. Looking forward to your online training. Is your book online? I am in the U.S.
Greqt technique. Doesnt the broadfork mess up the layer of cardboard?
The cardboard is put down in the autumn after you have done your first broad forking. By the following autumn when you come to broad fork again the cardboard has done it's job and disintegrated.
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no names of the tools or where to find them/what to look for.. from the videos ive seen of this guy hes an advocate for doing farming in this way because its better but yet locks any information behind a $150 pay wall..
He probably doesn’t specify because it’s going to very by region. He did say the names of the tools as he went through them, but it’s going to depend where you live, where you get them and prices.
No one is going to give you a play by play when is comes to this stuff. Write the names down as he goes through, and do the searching at farm stores available to you.
I hope you found what you were after. Best of luck!
He has visitors from all over the world. It's more reasonable to just give a good description and have people hunt them down locally as even the names will vary region by region.
What's with the woodchips in the walking paths Richard Perkins?
Is this a Back 2 Eden Garden / Market Garden Farming Hybrid?
I hope so because that's what I'm attempting.
Wood chips used as a mulch to prevent weeds creeping inbetween beds, replacing grass much easier to maintain and less chance of grass creeping onto the beds