It pays to keep on top of chores...

[@lauralindsay319]

'2 peas in a pod'cast.... it's a fabulous idea!

[@alexnizzardo5639]

Experienced weeder here. Would gladly fly over from the states to take care of that for you!

[@andrewwalton6535]

Last year my garden was as weed free and more beautiful than ever. This year after planting my crops I decided to attend massage school for the summer and was out of town full time. The weeds took a hold of the garden but I still got good crops. I consider it an experiment of how little I can put into the garden and still get a yield but not something I want to do again. Now for catching up and cleaning up this mess, at least there was food growing amongst the weeds! If it makes you feel any better Richard my garden looked way worse

[@Flippin_Crazy]

I'm both happy and sad. Your market garden was so fun to watch and learn from, but I am excited for the new venture.

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

Your tidy gardens are a dream to me :)

[@nancymcmillan3890]

For someone who has gained much experience, or has “been there, done that” the word ‘credible’ comes to mind. Your experiences make you very credible in your business and views on various topics. I’m a podcast junkie and subscribe to the idea of a podcast. Might I suggest: Cream of the Crops. Thank you for sharing your homestead/market garden with us!!! Respectfully, from the southern US

[@justignoreme7725]

I really like the name cream of the crops. If reflects that not just a market garden but also all of Richards animal husbandry

[@HuwRichards]

Looking forward to the podcast, sounds right up my street, especially it not being PC! Would make a refreshing change. How about 'From the Ridge' or 'Unearthed' or 'A Farmer's Perspective'?

[@przybyla420]

I was thinking Meat Eaters Guide to the Apocalypse

[@partidaportet27]

Black plastic works well a la Bryan O Hara's method. We dont have access to wood chips so we use this method. Everyone burns wood here and we dont make enough to cover everywhere ourselves sadly but WCC is rocking and makes an awesome addition to soil. Where we have used it in the past, further north, we have beautiful sponge like soil. Bring on clean air legislation here in the south, and may be tomorrow :-) Thanks for your videos and wisdom

[@TibtheBear]

perfect, this is the type of mayhem I can relate to. Also the woodchip trench for limiting grass is a good idea.

[@brianhildebran4351]

I do not have a Market Garden but I do have a 42 by 72 Ruth Stout deep mulch Garden that I rarely have to worry about weeds. Even if I get a weed I just cover with mulch. My routine is mulch plant mulch Harvest. Rinse and repeat. Going into my third year and I have dark rich soil that I neither have to water or weed or spend very very little time doing so. After two seasons I will never go back to any other way.

[@stephenb5595]

That's heart breaking with the weeds getting out of hand. 😞 Looking forward to the podcast!!!

[@drtootsi]

Your poor-poor heart, get better soon!

[@dwighthires3163]

On the annual seeds gone to seed; why not cut them off at the ground, carefully haul away the tops and seeds to compost and let the roots decay in the soil for onsite nutrients? Seems the seeds are less likely to fall into disturbed soil and annuals won't grow from roots. Seems faster too! Win, WIN

[@acctsys]

I think some weeds are quite quick to go to seed, and spread so much seed in one go. One slippage, and you're in deep danger which in the worst case, can spiral.

[@przybyla420]

If it is too thick, I just hoe or weed whip, then immediately add compost, walk on it to push it down to exclude light and bind it against the movements of animals and the elements, and then preferably, mulch. If not mulching, I’d put compost a bit thicker. IMHO when 2/3 of the area is weeds, it is time to make some compromises with ideal soil treatment practices and except temporary setback knowing that, with the proper care going forward, the soil will repair the damage you do itself.

[@przybyla420]

Cardboard is another route, if you are a toxicity freak and can’t have cardboard going in your soil, you can dress the weeds with compost, add cardboard and weight down with rocks or wood. Then remove the cardboard in a month or two and proceed as usual.

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

Podcast is a great idea!! So many interesting topics to discuss "Sky is Blue", perfect intro song aswell:)

[@lindakurtz2653]

I imagine every gardener hates seeing their clean garden space going to weeds. But, its context, right? You weren't there to oversee (and you set the standard). I don't imagine you would have made a different choice for your summer knowing this is what you'd come back to. My gar den went to weedy too, my husband broke his ankle this spring and life happened. That didn't allow for much garden time. Hate it? Yes. I can't think of anything different I could (or should) have done, so it is what it is and I did the most important things this spring and summer to keep it all together. Now, like you, I'll have to deal with it-not ideal but life. To me, this is a great real-life example of needing to choose priorities and stick with them even when it doesn't match up to our wants. Looking forward to the possible podcast!

[@НемањаКостић-ц2я]

He was overseas, so he really couldn't oversee...

[@conservativemovement]

Seems like you should just restart the no-dig in the beds that have so many weeds. Especially since you have extra beds that you're not sure what to do with, you could just make it easy for yourself by covering the weeds until they die, and using the other beds that don't have a purpose!

[@nathanallen4885]

Hello from N.C. I would listen to the podcast but you would have to be on a non censored platform like bitchute , brighteon , rumble , locals or a website . Too many people cannot speak freely about things on YT . I always enjoy your content . You have a great video presence and voice . A idea that is a little different . I bet there are great legends in Sweden . Maybe you could do some story telling about them or maybe just stories for children . It would be different for you to narrate or to tell a story . I understand about cover crops even though some people here with machinery and acreage use them , for me last year I let some winter wheat straw bales sprout in my tomato beds . I used the straw to insulate the ground somewhat from the intense heat on my southern exposure . It looked nice and blue green all winter but come spring time I had a heck of a time with it , lol . I had to dig it up and disturbed everything and had slugs in early summer . Keep up the great work . Nate in USA .

[@AW-yv9sq]

Spray weeds with all natural vinegar mixture

[@courtneyheron1561]

Great video Richard! Thanks for sharing the challenges you are facing, your thoughts and approach to working through the situation. Much appreciated! Using your book as a key reference to get a proposal together for an owner of a farm property, outside of Munich, that I wish to rent starting early next year. Struggling trying to figure out where to get chickens (broilers and layers) and how to get them processed. I’d like to get a Perkins styled slaughter facility put together but have to get that approved by the property owner, so trying to look for alternatives to start off with. Have more been successful as of now. Keep up the great work. You appear to have a peaceful easy feeling about you. Your summer away from the farm with the kids sure feed your spirit and soul. Grateful for that!👍😊

[@giancolabird]

I let ragweed get out of control in my backysrd and my dog ended up at the vet with allergies. Expensive lesson on keeping up with chores.

[@jeshurunfarm]

Matt from Canada 🇨🇦 Mmmmh Canada is a scary place these days, good thing Matt has a sense of humor 😀 Can't what to listen in on those conversations of yours. Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

[@arlok7445]

Hi Richard wich kind of podcast do you listen to?could you suggest us some of them?

[@John-fe4wi]

Greetings from Galway Ireland 🇮🇪, you’re content has fuelled a young farmer with ideas for the future

[@GardensforLife]

Galway you say. We're in Roscommon :D

[@garethaustin7412]

@@GardensforLife Roscommon you say. We're in Donegal ;-)

[@Ghhyuttgg]

Guess this years farm manager won’t be back 😂😂😂

[@lukelints9776]

Loved the video. Personally I am doing making home gardens for people doing the back to Eden method. We use the woodchip mulch, we grow in the soil beneath the chips as well,I make my own compost & bring some good stuff in.. Working on making a business starting these gardens for people, super excited about the new adventure and if there's anyway I could talk with you Richard to learn what you know better I would love that opportunity.

[@kokkoyaorganics3360]

Great video. We have been using rice husks here in pathways but they are too light and need constant reapplying. Will try experimenting with something else.

[@michaelgilbert1550]

I am loving everything that you have produced! Keep it up! You said a stage in a weeds life that is best to pull it. What was that stage? Just a naive guy trying to get make his family and friends better food. Thanks

[@jeshurunfarm]

I'll have to watch that again, there is much to comment on. 😀 Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

[@davidsmith663]

A Podcast would be great. Hope you go ahead and do it. Also, a shooting video of the roe would also be good. Thank you.

[@geoffrjjjjjjj]

taking a few liberties with that Ben Franklin quote I see. Nine! It's nine!

[@Prosper661]

What happened to the voles?

[@elizabethsansom6447]

Thank you so much for always taking your time to make these videos. I ordered your books wait for it to come in. Now I’m going to order a Korean hoe. I’m tickled pink. you finally took time out. For your family and yourself. You’re a hard worker. you deserve it. God bless you my friend. PS if you’re ever in USA Florida please look me up.

[@shaneswing2016]

I'm fighting a formative for here in Maryland, US. I believe its wild mint. The weed roots remind me of raspberries. I can pull a weed out and the root that comes out is three feet long. I put 6 inches of woodchips down hoping to smother it, but it only slowed it down. I feel your frustration. Onward!

[@TheKlink]

I'd love a conversation between you and Ice Age Farmer.

[@maartenvt]

I'm still wondering how people can have a market garden for ongoing years, without woofers or the income from a popular youtube channel... Is it possible to say, "and now only time for my children", or to build a beautiful farm, when you only have the income of the land? An even bigger question is: as a child of my time, having a lot of choices, being brought up with philosophical, political, psychological conscience, learned a lot of history and geography, knowing a bit what's going on in the world... But also as a result: not always satisfied with how things go, being very critical, getting bored rather quickly sometimes... Will I be able to live a life as a consequent part-time gardener of farmer? I sometimes look at people that have lived that life, and I sometimes think you have to be less interested in the world around you, be content more quickly with less, being happy to do the same things day after day, year after year... Almost like a buddhist monk... I think I'm too much of a restless mind to be able to live a life like that in a sustainable way... I see a lot of people like me desiring to step out of the rat race, but get confronted with their own rat attitudes by doing so... Hoping to find peace in mind and with others, but finding other confrontations due to their critical, allergic and conflictive minds... Although good at heart. I don't know.

[@stefanquarry1477]

hang in there!

[@richardmoustache]

It's true. The take away from this channel would seem to be, market garden till you're "rich", then quit. I think most the farmers who could answer your question, do not have youtube channels. There are many great books that would answer this, and I would highly recommend reading: Elliot Coleman, JM Fortier, Daniel Mays, Ben Hartman... hell, I could answer your question... we are closing season 13 here, and pay everyone $15/hour.... but I am certain one can find resources, in the good farmers around them. While I am a glutton for this channel, I find myself uncertain what Mr Perkins thinks his disciples will take away from his example...

[@Giovanni-gp2wl]

Yea do a podcast for certain 😎 maybe call it RP fireside chats

[@brockbrown4423]

The podcast is an excellent idea!!

[@annamarsch6091]

How a bout -Radix - as a name for the podcast. Its the word behind you in this video. And a radix is a great universal concept and it sounds great!

[@barnabyvonrudal1]

How long will the strawberry suckers last in the fridge? Never heard of doing that before

[@kabbak]

Sounds like leaving roots in the ground is key. Basically a cover crop for the most part

[@icryostorm3727]

what brand/supplier do you use (or would recommend for the uk) for the non woven bed covers?

[@francisbodine4710]

I search for podcasts you guest on! Start up your own!

[@MCallsen]

"Two Egghead Mobiles - Laying ground" (Podcast title) - Thanks for the video :)

[@modifiedtraditionalgardeni9938]

Why did you let the weeds get out of control and taking some beds out of production and turning more from market garden to home stead ? I just came across your channel and was very impressed now I see this video and I am thinking if you bit off more than you could chew. It’s been my experience weeds are a constant problem if you till or no till the only way you can come close to weed free is stay on top if it daily. Personally I farm 6800 square feet with one tunnel included in that and for one person to oversee that as a market garden ,bed prep, plating ,harvesting, wash pack, sell etc. is about all one person can do six days a week in a intensive setting 8 to 9 months a year. After years of grandiose plans at 60 years of age it is very true that less is best more manageable and less stressful the key is produce a nice product that the customer wants and comes back and still have time to have a tidy farm.

[@bildahome]

OMG, everything collaps when you are not arround!!! Hahaha

[@torbjornlundaahl7974]

Very interesting educational video - thank you Richard! And how do you take a year off from farming without things getting our of control?

[@timbushell8640]

"Matt the funny guy with, er, Richard" ; ))))) Sound like a great idea.

[@itslukkeee]

I'm definitely interested in your podcast, I'm a huge podcast fan!

[@GardensforLife]

Great video! Thanks! What perennial vegetables are you thinking of Richard? We've been growing quite a few near zero maintenance tuberous vegetables which i'm sure you're familiar with. For example Mashua, Apios, Jerusalem artichokes and many more. Good luck from Ireland

[@moderncancer3512]

get the golden one lad

[@jakesmith3017]

Hey Richard, Sounds like a great idea I’d deffo follow the podcast!

[@patrickbeamish-peters8958]

SIGN ME UP TO THAT SHIT!!!!!!

[@sarahktm]

Teatime with Dickie and Matt. I'm in. bwahahaha

[@carolwilliams5337]

Im so happy that you had time with your children. Appreciate your knowledge and hard work, but would hate to see you suffer personally for it. Its a juggle to keep balance, but worth it!

[@pilkyish]

“The Intellectual Green Web” You can have that for £50😉 I listen to a lot of podcasts and long form conversations, and look forward to hearing what Matt and yourself have to say. I’d also love to hear your thoughts on climate change and the politics/activism surrounding it.

[@milliegarrett8459]

Nice

[@anupamkumar9931]

Hi Richard, I have never seen that tool before. What is the name of that tool? I am located in USA and I am going to buy that for next season.

[@trishgreydanus7004]

It's a Korean ho mi. He called it a Japanese Hori Hori but that is not correct.

[@anupamkumar9931]

@@trishgreydanus7004 Thank you so much!!

[@paulyd7121]

be good to hear what you think about the world today! because we want to create the world of tomorrow !

[@willmcmanus1413]

Richard - you stand out because you are the expert. When you provide advice i know that it is born out of years of experience and evidence - it really does work. In contrast, many of the other channels that i've stopped following are people working things out for the first time but presenting it as 'how to' information, when personally i don't think they have the experience to provide that insight. My view (although i'm sure that there are many other views) is that for some of the new subjects that you've mentioned so far, your perspective would be thoughtful, interesting, but not expert. Please accept that as heartfelt feedback from a huge admirer of your work!

[@regenerativeagriculture]

I think that is part of the appeal to me; in regards to the podcast idea and just exploring things I'm interested in. Being an expert is also tiresome...

[@josi7836]

@@regenerativeagriculture I love mulling stuff over. It doesn’t have to be expert or perfect. I’m always slightly appalled when people take my ‘mulling stuff’ too seriously! Part of the joy of thinking, is not knowing. Having a good thinking buddy is just the best. They can be frank and funny and informative and challenging all at the same time. Cultivating ideas is one of the great pleasures of life. I wish you all the best with your Mulling Stuff podcasts.

[@willmcmanus1413]

@@regenerativeagriculture Nice - I just didn't want to keep that feedback to myself. Hearing from Matt again would be great!!

[@teresalindholm3166]

Hi love your gardening but trying to make my own compost a big plastic pool big filling it up all stuff . I do all my stuff my self for years plant to eat and sell but this I going do a alot different I've plant all thing this I what to do only do thing I need herbs I love but leaveing out cucumber are my thing chillis bottling is my thing I've just battling with water and tanks realy bad I get rain water I did do 500 lettuce rocket basil . But I started a big wedding veggie garden were I worked but no money in that teresa south africa

[@wardjanssen1893]

Thank you. I picked up some new interesting ideas. I still have trouble to find the right tarp to cover the beds for winter. What are the specifications?

[@arunachalvlogger9043]

Love from India 🇮🇳

[@pieteroosthuizen7182]

Well done

[@alexpachecodemarinoslucas8384]

good afternoon, alright 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@elledan]

entropy, man. it can be overcome by resonance in your systems (ie. self-feedingness) and all the machines in that system are well understood by the agents of the system, in a measurable and testable and consistent way. or it can degrade whatever resonance you currently got going on, until the echoes are silent.

[@kimlansing8123]

Next spring I'm doing a 60 by 90 plot I'm going to use chicken poop I have access to horse and cow manure should I use all three along with topsoil

[@przybyla420]

I’m almost as sure that cover crops hold enormous potential as I am that they are a sizable waste of time and resources for 98% of people (at the small-medium sized market garden scale and smaller).

[@lettucefarm]

ONE year’s seeding makes seven years’ weeding…..

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Yes, it won't go down lightly!

[@goldenbeast541]

For someone who has gained much experience, or has “been there, done that” the word ‘credible’ comes to mind. Your experiences make you very credible in your business and views on various topics. I’m a podcast junkie and subscribe to the idea of a podcast. Might I suggest: Cream of the Crops. Thank you for sharing your homestead/market garden with us!!! Respectfully, from the southern US

[@arnoschockaert]

Love to here what you have to say about life.

[@nicolas-laurenbernaberry2899]

I noticed that slugs habitat issue with crops that make a good canopy like zucchini, bush beans, etc. Their succession with young seedlings is getting a beating every time. Any tips to avoid hand picking tiny grey slugs that hide in the woodchips nearby ? :(

[@milliegarrett8459]

Growth mindset.

[@mcmac1814]

Is disturbance necessary for annual vegetables? Because I would like to grow low density vegetables under high density orchard. So, most of soil life would be fungal instead of bacterial, right? Thanks

[@Peterharte73]

So really you're going from market gardening to homesteading for next year will you still be making videos

[@llindeberg]

What podcasts do you listen to?

[@MegaToiletboy]

Will you be having guests in the forest next year?

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Only friends I think. I’m looking forward to a little more isolation!

[@LaVikinga108]

What podcast do you and Mat listen to!?!

[@alt-swe5503]

Are weed burners effective, and do they affect the seeds as well? The podcast name? Life 'n' stuff

[@justignoreme7725]

A question: food forests are they incompatible with high density farming? Until recently I would have said yes. But I am wonder with the advent of androids from Hyundi (Boston Dynamics) & Tesla combined with high density of soil based sensors leeching power locally from Sun & Soil Could we see big Data/Machine learnt/AI based farming that recreates how we gathered food prior to the invention of Till soiled agriculture but combined with the just in time/need production of modern food distribution. I mention it because I can see asking where do we go from here in farming, what is the next step towards taking everything nature has shown us & combining it with our increasingly capable semi-inteligent but hopefully not self aware machines. Would create any number of video, which with your connections could fill the cold winter months with only your family & 300Mb of SpaceX Internet for company I have no idea if you watch the limiting factor by Jordon Geesty but I can imagine an in depth style like his would be fascinating. I would do it but I am having a nervous breakdown right now so my functionality is limited. But yes a podcast would be fascinating as well

[@notflexing6609]

"non politically correct humor" Based!

[@angelacross2216]

Even your weeds are super juicy. All summer I had no weeds. This week quite a few perennial weeds I believed I had defeated popped up; something to do with the weather I think.

[@icaniwillgrow]

The Radix podcast?

[@dwighthires3163]

J.C. Penny said: "the secret to success in business comes from right decisions made from wrong decisions." We learn so much more from mistakes than from floating in the right direction without purpose. All of life is a balancing act and I believe you went the right direction by choosing your children over beautiful beds. Too bad that responsible help who could follow instructions without supervision was not in place. Clearly your expectations were known before you left because they were clearly on your KZbin channel.

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Yes to all that

[@chrislecky710]

having to maintain specific conditions in that way is what the world is now attempting to find ways around doing. If you step away for a week or so and all you hard work vanishes that's a good indication that your method of food production isn't sustainable. You will never grow enough food to off set the amount of time and effort your spending to grow it which is now an issue we are trying to resolve globally.

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Well, that's not quite how I'd put it. The gardens have been kept immaculate every year until now. And it won't happen again!

[@TheTrymsi]

call it Radix!

[@helenejohansen3866]

Dear Richard. I'd like to join your online training, but can't find anything about it here, nor on your website, can you help me out plz.? Thank you so much for all your fantastik videos, they have been a lifechanging inspiration to me. I have immense respect for the way you run things and im very greatfull for every video you have shared! Thank you so much again, you're amazing! 😉 Best wishes and greetings from Denmark 🏵️☀️😊

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Look at the links in the description. The Masterclass will be open for registration in November and run Jan-Feb

[@catalyticcentaur5835]

"Matt & Richard"

[@groddee8553]

How can your animal farming truly be regenerative when you bring in an external source of nutrients in form of chicken feed? Please explain this.

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Go back through everything I have put out, read my book.... I cannot possibly explain the nuances here. I'm up for a return to interdependancy within our communities, it's what makes a functional community!

[@groddee8553]

@@regenerativeagriculture Could you give some direction to where these answers are among your many videos?

[@groddee8553]

@@regenerativeagriculture Surely it’s possible to summarize it somewhat, or say which topics delve into that theory?

[@deborahcochrane2432]

How wide are your beds?

[@HerbHillFarm]

Please if possible we like to listen your podcast. :)

[@dodadodo25]

Strawberry wine then retire

[@David-gy6fv]

How big is your marketgarden and how many people work there in a one year season?

[@David-gy6fv]

@Mu Real thanks

[@djmoulton1558]

Sorry, but the hand-held Korean hoe you show is called a homi, not a hori hori. The hori hori is a Japanese gardening knife.

[@regenerativeagriculture]

You're right

[@JB-yg3ew]

Currant Affairs

[@akauerauf]

Yes to the podcast idea. Don’t give it a name, just use your name

[@thetessellater9163]

"Matt and Rich on...... everything" ?

[@louiseloranger7634]

I don't have an accent , you do !!! podcast name, i'm from Canada too ehh!!

[@fiendeng]

👉👉' Encompassing Growth '

[@cherylcarlson3315]

Hot Radishes

[@kenmahannah7509]

The MattRich .......so Neo red pill or blue pill it is your choice.

[@tireddad6541]

Can you explain a little about the community impact, downsizing to a homestead or up-sizing to support more local jobs. There are times and seasons and perhaps heartache, if you let some workers go. This was somewhat planned on your part, and you are so eloquent on these and passionate for the workers as well.

[@kenmahannah7509]

@@tireddad6541 you replied to the wrong guy Tired dad !

[@kenmahannah7509]

so your doing this work alone ...was there no one there who cared enough to keep the market garden up alone while you were gone ??? you might consider this a plea for a on site job!!!

[@sephblack]

The Hobbit Hole