Adventures at Ridgedale Farm: My Swedish Farming Experience
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Visiting farms is always an enriching experience, but my time at Ridgedale Farm in Sweden was truly unforgettable. From the lush landscapes to the innovative farming techniques, you'll witness the true essence of farming in Sweden. Get ready to be inspired by the beauty and ingenuity of Ridgedale Farm and discover the valuable lessons that can be applied to your own farming endeavors.
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About Curtis Stone:
Curtis is one of the world’s most highly sought-after small farming educators. His book, The Urban Farmer, offers a new way to think about farming𑁋 one where quality of life and profitability coexist. Today, Curtis spends most of his time building his 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia. He leverages his relationships with other experts to bring diverse content into the homes of gardeners and aspiring small farmers from around the world. Learn more at FromTheField.TV.
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I’ve been watching Richards channel for a long time now. Not because I have any hope of ever duplicating it, but because it’s so beautiful and he’s so passionate about it. He’s really made it look easy to do something that must be difficult in that climate. I’m glad you’re getting a chance to see it in person.
I've been following ridgedale since you mentioned them. Their farm is incredible. Richard has an amazing knowledge base
He certainly does.
Hello from North Dakota! I watch both your guy's vlogs daily. I also have both your books. You guys really have helped me out. Keep up the great work!
Hope you had fun at the BBQ: Thanks so much for sharing this, bro! Love the wood chip in the walkway. Gonna implement that in my fall garden fo sho.
Come on Justin do The Great Swedish Farm Tour!
Awesome, welcome to Sweden, Andreas from Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪
Thank you Curtis! I love Richard and you Both - You guys are totally helping me get my home garden under control and better managed this year. Can't wait to see what the next few days brings. Have fun!
So great to see these two collaborate. Excited for the exchange of ideas.
really looking forward to watching all your vlogs this week. I was really surprised at my first impression of their farm. only need one word to describe what you have shown, BEAUTIFUL. I truly mean it. I have been to many botanical gardens and their farm gave me that same sense of work and pride. If you would please, pass on to them a compliment from me to them, again, beautiful. Thanks, enjoy your trip.
It is just incredibly fantastic to see the two of you collaborate. I absolutely have loved his heart and mentality, and your energy and ingenuity. Such a beautiful meshing of thoughts and ideas! ❤
So professionally filmed, and a pleasure to listen to you. Looking forward to experiencing more of your adventures in Sweden.
It's awesome to see both of you on the same farm! I follow both you and Richard Perkins on RUclips. Different farms, different contexts, but you both have extensive knowledge and experience to share.
So glad you made it. Thanks for the video! It's interesting to get your first impressions.
I've been subscribed to both channels for quite some time, and am thrilled you are collaborating.
I've love to know how the ram pump is working and if he has further plans for mitigating future droughts.
Welcome to Sweden. ;)
CRAZY. I WATCH YOUR CHANNEL, RICHARD'S AND CURTIS'!
Who doesn't 😃
3 out of 4 of my favourite youtubers in the same country! Thats so cool, Simeon, Curtis and Richard!!!!
Swedish Homestead
Can’t wait to see every part of ridgedale farm!
The video you did with Diego Footer about 10 farms to follow turned me on to Ridgedale. I've since watched all of Richard's videos. Super jealous that I'm not there to see both of you at the same time! I'm really looking forward to see if Richard has any thoughts on your "permaculture myths."
hear hear!
Few questions for Ridgedale Farm: What tool would you purchase if you had no worries about cost? (Coming from a Canadian) Is there chicken quota in Sweden? And what role do the chickens have in the nutrient balancing of the farm? Thanks! Keep up the great content, Curtis 🌱
It looks amazing!!
Welcome to our part of the world, thank you for sharing your amazing video. God bless you and your family
Richard's video from a couple of years ago showing how he covers his beds for winter remains my all time favourite RUclips vid. He's also done some other terrific videos about tools. I prefer not to watch his animal meat production videos, but is market gardening vids are second to none. I hope their drought breaks soon.
Cant wait for more...!!
Hi Curtis, I'm so happy you're in Europe for the first time. And what a place to get an introduction to this diverse continent. Great to think of both your entrepreneurial minds deep in collaboration. I'd love to be able to sit down with you both and hear you discuss so many things. Some questions I have. I know in the past you've been quite sceptical of human induced climate change. I wonder if your options on theatre changing and the influence you can have on the debate about what we should be doing to ensure the ecosystem foundations which will ensure our survival are managed in a robust way. What do you think are the most important lessons for new entrant farmers in terms of establishing their markets, calculating how much of each crop to grow etc? What are the best models you've seen for new farmers getting access to land and securing the often expensive infrastructure you need to make your farm profitable? What do people and governments need to be doing in the next 10 years to make sure the future of agriculture is sustainable, profitable, carbon neutral, affordable, fun, viable? Why are there so few small scale profitable farms in the UK compared to the USA? Thanks Curtis.
Fantastic course Curtis, learnt loads and was super enjoyable. Just digesting it all now :-)
Nice looking farm. Thanks
Really enjoying this style of videos you're creating!! It's obvious this is where your 💓 is. 💯🎯🔥👍
great footage wish i was there. I also use woodchips and hay in my walkways. It keeps the mud off your footwear after a down pour of rain. It also surpresses weed growth. Enjoy your stay.
Its sad that i have to look outside the US.for great content.but thanks to curtis,richard,and the Swedish homestead to name a few i now have a great template to go forward.
The Singing Frog's farm is in CA, they don't have all the animal enterprizes Richard (& Yohanna ) do, tho they do have some animals, chickens etc. but do amazing, awesome job with hedgerows & also do no-tillage & etc. like Richard. Then there's Mark Shepard here in WI , he's done it all, just not a garden like these, that I know of, but more field style, but very permaculturally & beyond organic. His tree business, from which one can buy his propagations for sale is called "New Forest Farms LLC" ... I think. There's lots more market gardeners getting into growing this way, too, I suppose by now u probably know of them too. One place to find them here on RUclips is the " No-Till growers" channel. But yes, some of my favorites to watch are from outside the U.S. ..these 2 & Charles Dowding & Geoff Lawton.
Hello from Norway. Hope you get a good week in Sweeden.
We live in vest in Norway.
Great video!! really looking forward to the next ones regarding this amazing looking farm :) Curious how much is the acre sold for in there, in that particular area. Greetings from Ireland and enjoy Europe :)
Great camera work! Loved your dialogue even more than ever! Maybe you can book a trip to Scotland next eh? I learned some new things from you about Richard's farm, so im glad you pointed them out.
If you know of a good place to go that might host me, let me know.
I was thinking of Roger and Gilly actually :)
Beautiful farm..
The thing I consistently see missing from all you wonderful farmers is flowers. I plant nearly 3:1 veggies to flowers. The flowers, if diverse in color, flower size, flowering time, etc., really will bring in the beneficial hover flies, wasps, and other parasitic insects and control the vast majority of pests. Not to mention creating the possibility for cut flowers, increased aesthetics, and greater overall ecosystem functionality. Thanks for the content as always!
I follow this guy. It was water over head sprinklers but it's a lot less then you do on your farm.
Really impressive gardens, especially for market type!
Wonderful I hope you visit your farm shortly
Hey Curtis, been looking forward to this visit for a while. I've seen a few of Richards videos, his farm looks amazing. I saw one where he was talking about his no till and the soil wasn't great but now it was about 8- 10 inches deep black good soil after about 3 years. also seen him do a composting class. as you know making enough good compost is very time consuming. Richard had got right into the science of making really good compost. It would be good to know how much of their own compost do they produce in a year, how much time is spent on making compost and Compare this to how much they buy in. Also like to hear more about this loo roll compost. never heard of that before. looking forward to these videos.
South of Sweden drought since mid April with three days of rain spread out in May and a couple of hours of light rain in July. Our house well that have been working since the 16th century is actually getting a bit overused.
The spring wheat is down 50 % in yield, whereas winter wheat is down only 30 %.
On a vegetable plot that were planted in mid May have not been watered at all. The flowers are only cm tall and already producing flowers, potatoes in the clay have had soil damage, leeks are not doing ok, pumpkin plants that did not set deep enough roots are now dying whereas carrots did not stand a chance.
In the greenhouse though things thrive. Just want to remind everyone who grow tomatoes in pots to get large enough containers otherwise end rot is much easier to get in a hot summer like this.
The lawn is essentially dead and only weeds with deep roots have survived but we had an enormous harvest of cherries.
On the bright side a very cold winter and a very dry spring and summer have reduced the amount of killer snails (spanish snail?) that wreak havoc otherwise. Nature needed a cold and a fever to get rid of that pest.
so beautiful and like a agriculture university , salute your job.
Beautiful farm.
BEAUTIFUL INTRO
You are straight west of stockholm curtis haha @2.40 Welcome here!
Very cool. Would love to know if Richard is doing anything special to sow those carrots. In our experience (in our context with our compost etc etc) we struggle to get good germination on similar no-till beds (low till beds do fine). Thanks for the videos!
6-row seeder.
Urban Farmer Curtis Stone interesting. I've never used the six row but we have the four row and it doesn't seem to work well in our no-till beds---specifically it bunches up the compost (dragging it off the soil) and doesn't quite get good enough grip to turn/drop seed (even after bed roller). I assume this is a compost texture issue for me, but maybe I should borrow a six row and test it out. Or maybe I just need compost closer to soil in texture, or to let me compost sit for longer. Thanks!
Who haven't struggled with that? Too coarse compost? Too moist when seeding?
Frode Haugsgjerd yep, too coarse. I might have to develop a specific compost blend for those beds. But we do a lot of carrots!
Rough Draft Farmstead A drum sifter might be a sensible investment or diy project.
great idea for recycling toilet rolls.What drought? Sweden looking awesome.
Hi. Curtis. I like this guy been watching his channel because he is using Mongolian Ger (Yurt) if possible show us inside the ger(Yurt). Thanks
lkhanaajav batbaatar Richard showed it on his feed when he interviewed Curtis.
Beautiful farm. I was wondering how many workers it takes to make the market gardens happen?
Wow, looks beautiful! How are these sold? I mean local markets or restaurants. Stockholm is one of my wish places to visit after retirement. Seems like I need to spend more time in Sweden.
LOL! You found one weed and you pulled it. Nice!
I would like to know how he managed so well with weeds control. What's the tip on that? Thanks.
my dad alwys told me about story houw his nabor had alot of worms on his crops and my dad dident since he did make hig quilty compost and had 100s of differend plants as reason given
Does he lay the composted cardboard directly on the beds or is there a process for that, like wetting it first or combining it with something else?
Thanks for the video
Can you ask Richard what cardboard can be use in a organic garden? welcome to Sweden.
Would love to know more about the carboard byproduct mulch.
Hi Curtis!! Welcome to Europe. I am wondering can you find out where Ridgedale Farm bought their caterpillar tunnels please as I am in Ireland and would love to buy one for us too. Thank you so much
I was thinking that the reason they leave their caterpillar tunnels up and covered is because their growing season is so short that why bother going through all that trouble taking it down when you will soon have to put it back up even if that is for the over night temperatures.
What is the most popular insect netting on the market that is durable?
I'm interested about how they use there abundance for use at home. Do they have an extensive root cellar for vegetables and caned or dried goods? Do they also have berries, fruit trees and nut trees? Do they follow a similar rotation of herds followed by foul much as Joel Salatin does? I'd also like to see their composting setup. Oh, and important, too, I'd like to learn more about the economics of running their operation including the vegetables (fruits?), animals, and forests. How many does it take to keep this operation afloat? What does a typical day in each season look like for this farming family/business?
Their book Making Small Farms Work has all the answers to your questions. You can also see it in action on their youtube channel
hi, what are the main crops where insect netting is used? thanks
The whole northern Europe has been into a hard drought
even western europe like belgium and netherlands are in a drought.
same here in the southern hemisphere, in the inland regional areas of New south wales Australia we have received under a 1/3 of our average rainfall and summer is yet to come, the last time we had drought conditions like this was in 1991, would that be the same for you?
1947 here
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Seven Sprouts Farmstead
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Hej Curtis, i have a very serious situation that needs imediate help. I have plantes 6 peanus In pots and now 3 of them have some sort of spiderweb and small insects on it and the leaves are turning white. Do you know of any homemade pestcontrol i can spray them with?
Can we call the production type intercropping?
From Google I could not find anything about compost made from toilet rolls. Please ask Richard how it is processed.
Apart from the market garden, what aspects of Richards operation could you see being profitable in an urban/peri-urban context? Lets say you had 2-5 acres of land that was not suitable for market gardening (due to slopes, soils and aspect). Would it be fruit/nut, pasture poultry, mushrooms (a la WTF)?
I would say only the market garden. Maybe mushrooms like you said, but to do animals this way commercially, you need space.
Also you said they grow onions and leeks. how does that work out money wise over a season. how many beds do they grow of them and with their long growing time, are they worth it. Most market gardeners that don't have a large acreage, like yourself stay away from growing these long growing crops. how does it work out money wise and why do they grow them?
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Are you going to discuss no-till vs. low-till and why you chose so in your different contexts?
I’ll make a video on that. Great idea.
Thanks for translating from the metric system, LOL, America is the only country still clinging to feet and inches, and so forth, I am training myself to think in metric and centigrade.
Wouldnt east of Stockholm be closer to Finland than Norway?
I follow Richard religiously, love his channel but I can’t for the life of me figure how the wood chips keep the weeds down. I’ve tried the same thing on my farm and the weeds came thru like it wasn’t even there. Perhaps you could ask him what his secret his in keeping the weeds down
Fashy Dad 2" of chips in the lanes stifles the sunlight to the weeds and mostly just makes a loose medium to pull the weeds out of while you exhaust the weed seed bank.
Q: what are your staple crops an where do you primarily make your sales.
If only the terrain of our land looks like this :\
2:35 I think you meant straight WEST of Stockholm! :)
Yes, I did.
Sir I can work with you?
Very nice farm presently am working in Arabian poultry farm in Dubai please let me know if you need any helper In the farm
So is this a place where no till will work
So annoying when people recommend companion planting for flea beetles, Japanese beetles, etc. for home gardens. Or marigolds. I say, you do that honey. Let me know how it works out for you.
Those things don't work on farms. They may in gardens, but not on commercial scale.
Urban Farmer Curtis Stone In my experience, they don't work in home gardens either!
I'm really curious what has made you so sour on Permaculture. It's kind of funny at this point how much you're straining to make your point. You produce fantastic content, and obviously know a ton, but you are at one of the absolute best examples of Permaculture working really well. You try to say they don't call themselves permaculture anymore, but it's pretty proudly right in their name, website, books, videos.... Permaculture IS NOT a set of dogmas (though it has been unfortunately treated as such by a lot of misinformed, albeit enthusiastic new practitioners); it is an overarching set of ethics and principals as a design methodology to use what is appropriate for your context, problems, needs, etc.
Nobody ever said you wouldn't have to use bug netting if you just had more biodiversity, but it helps. I see so many native bees, parasitic wasps, ladybugs etc all over my diverse set of plants. I see spiders hiding under leaves. I see plenty of slugs and wireworm and flea beetles and aphids and cabbage moths too, but I don't actually sustain a lot of damage. Anecdotally, I am seeing a good balance thus far. It's a buffer, not a magic pill. Again, just very curious about the origin of your bitterness and reasoning for your broad claims. Please prove me wrong
Good question. Maybe I'll make a video about it. Not looking to prove anyone wrong. I don't care what people think. In my consulting practices and traveling, being on so many farms, I see a lot of dogma in permaculture that has had a negative effect on many farmers operations.
That's a perfectly fair response. I tend to agree. In my opinion Permaculture courses shouldn't even talk about techniques, they should only focus on design thinking. Currently they spend about a day talking about design thinking, and the rest trying to cram in as many sexy techniques as possible. This gets people really excited, but not really understanding of how to use any of those tools appropriately.
Yes, and that is the best aspect in permaculture in my opinion. Certainly one that is reflected here at Ridgedale.
I would love to see a video series by you or anybody else who has seen lots of farms and examples of where they got it right, and where they got it wrong that really demonstrates the need for contextual, thoughtful analysis and implementation. Of course we all get things wrong sometimes, and we wouldn't ever get anywhere new if we didn't go out on a limb and try new things and fail, so that would be an interesting aspect as well. What was the thinking behind taking certain actions that led to success or failure? How did people adapt? What did they learn about their context?
I am turned off by the ideology that commonly accompanies permaculture, too. But permaculture isn't necessarily a set of practices. It is just a set of practices that abides by the core ethics. Therefore, what Richard is doing may or may not qualify as permaculture.
Um, WEST of Stockholm...
Yes.
Barbecue??? What is the point of growing healthy food then eating meat and destroy the whole body?
He didn't say he was cooking meat, could be doing corn on the cob, sweet potatoes etc.