RIDGEDALE FARM BUILDS
LOW-COST INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REGENERATIVE FARMERS
Step-by-step build instructions with materials lists, detailed CAD illustrations and handy tips and pointers to help you save valuable time in planning and money on materials. Think IKEA instructions for farmers!
Step-by-step build instructions with materials lists, detailed CAD illustrations and handy tips and pointers to help you save valuable time in planning and money on materials. Think IKEA instructions for farmers!
SAVE TIME AND MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE
The Ridgedale Farm Builds book is the exciting result of a collaboration between Richard Perkins and Moritz Reichartz; step-by-step build instructions of all the low-cost infrastructure created at Ridgedale Farm, Sweden, over the years.
Think IKEA instructions for farmers! With materials lists and detailed CAD illustrations and handy tips and pointers to help you save valuable time in planning and money on materials.
We show every piece, every angle, every connection and every step visually so you can’t go wrong! In fact, you’ll be able to build them more precisely than we did, as we originally designed everything in Moleskin notebooks!
Slaughtery
Egg-Mobile
CHAPTERS
BROODER SET-UP
LIGHT-WEIGHT BROILER PEN
A STURDY DOLLY
AN ALTERNATIVE DOLLY
ROLLER PEN
LOW-COST SILO
LOW-COST SLAUGHTERY
LOW-COST SMOKER
GOBBLYDEGO
RIDGEDALE EGG-MOBILE
ROLL-AWAY NEST BOXES
WINTER LAYER SET-UP
EGG PACKERY
LEAN-TO BARN
LEAN-TO NURSERY GREENHOUSE
MARKET GARDEN COMPOST BAYS
RIDGEDALE CATERPILLAR TUNNELS
MARKET GARDEN WINDBREAK
MARKET GARDEN TOOL BOARDS
WASH-PACK STATION
ESPALIER TRELLIS
9M YURT PLATFORM
9M YURT
MOBILE WAGON SAUNA
TREE BOG
ERGONOMIC STAIRS
CHAPTERS
BROODER SET-UP
LIGHT-WEIGHT BROILER PEN
A STURDY DOLLY
AN ALTERNATIVE DOLLY
ROLLER PEN
LOW-COST SILO
LOW-COST SLAUGHTERY
LOW-COST SMOKER
GOBBLYDEGO
RIDGEDALE EGG-MOBILE
ROLL-AWAY NEST BOXES
WINTER LAYER SET-UP
EGG PACKERY
LEAN-TO BARN
LEAN-TO NURSERY GREENHOUSE
MARKET GARDEN COMPOST BAYS
RIDGEDALE CATERPILLAR TUNNELS
MARKET GARDEN WINDBREAK
MARKET GARDEN TOOL BOARDS
WASH-PACK STATION
ESPALIER TRELLIS
9M YURT PLATFORM
9M YURT
MOBILE WAGON SAUNA
TREE BOG
ERGONOMIC STAIRS
Egg Packery
Lean-To Nursery Greenhouse
Wash-Pack Station
CONTENTS
This 650-page book (almost the same size brick as Regenerative Agriculture!) details how to build all the things we’ve developed up here at 59N in Sweden in precise detail.
From our iconic egg-mobiles to hernia-free broiler pens, Europe’s cheapest approved slaughter facility to a super-cheap approved meat smoker. From our earth-sunken lean-to greenhouse to our wash and pack station for the market garden, through to our improved Caterpillar tunnel design or yurt builds.
If you are handy with basic tools, you’ll be able to recreate any of the designs detailed in this work.
There are short written introductions to each chapter that explain why and how we came up with the designs, and how we use them. There are also regulatory submissions for the slaughter facility and smoker, that others in the EU can use to save them weeks of drafting their own.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
People who enjoy the creative process of building things themselves.
People who want to have a go, but want detailed guides for confidence.
New farmers wanting to build up infrastructure at low-cost.
Existing farmers interested in adding regenerative enterprises.
Homesteaders wanting practical build plans.
Anyone planning to build any of the structures included who wants to save a bunch of time and money in the process!
RICHARD PERKINS
EUROPE’S LEADING REGENERATIVE FARMER
Richard Perkins is a globally recognised leader in the field of Regenerative Agriculture and is the owner of Europe’s foremost example, Ridgedale Farm, Sweden.
He is the author of the widely acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture, regarded as one of the most comprehensive books in the literature.
His approach to no-dig market gardening and pastured poultry, as well as his integration of Holistic Management, Keyline Design and Farm-Scale Permaculture in profitable small-scale farming, has influenced a whole new generation of farmers across the globe.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Is the book available in a digital version?
Yes, the book is also available as a PDF. You can select your preferred format when ordering.
Do you ship internationally?
Yes, we ship worldwide. You can find more information about shipping on the order page.
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