The Humble Onion

1.25 – What prompted the move from successful careers as chefs in London to farmers in Tasmania

7.00 – Mike explains how their farm started

8.05 – Mike and Lauren explain the set up of their market garden

8.30 – We discuss and delight in the magnificence of endangered species and delight in biodiversity

10.05 – Recently moved sites – and explanation why

11.03 – How do you farm? What’s the set-up of the beds, and why?

12.10 – Discussion about turning over beds vs aerating with broad fork

12.50 – Why shouldn’t you use tilling/digging in your veggie garden, mimicking nature, building topsoil

13.45 – How to harvest your crops

14.30 – How green manure works

14.50 – Do you add anything to soil?

15.30 – Other benefits of no dig gardening

15.50 – Lauren talks about crop rotation

16.45 – Why do you grow you plants so closely together, and what is the reasoning behind bio-intensive farming?

17.30 – How to increase yield in the same amount of space 

18.00 – Other benefits of biointensive cropping

18.50 – How do you plan ahead with regard to crop rotation – how far do you have to plan ahead?

19.20 – Tips to planning your crops

20.30 –Books and other media that have informed your journey so farm

21.25 – Who are the people that have inspired you 

22.25 – What’s your favourite bit of produce that you grow and eat, and how do you best like to prepare it?

25.40 – Where can we access Felds Farm produce?

26.15 – Farming is hard work, but rewarding, and Lauren explains why.

27.00 – Mike asks us as consumers to better support local farmers

27.30 – How to find Felds Farm on social media.