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You made some good points. Interesting fact, it was a Japanese farmers book that started me off on my path towards owning this property. I too was living in a

You made some good points. Interesting fact, it was a Japanese farmers book that started me off on my path towards owning this property. I too was living in a big city and felt the pull back to nature, then I read a tiny book called "One Straw Revolution" and I was sold on the simpler life. I guess it's kind of a grass is greener situation as I have recently been missing living in the city with all the services offered there but when I was there I wanted to live in the country. I think I will take the day off tomorrow (after my chores) and go for a couple hour walk through the bush, maybe it will refresh my attitude if I take a break from the grind.

donw 6y ago
> I guess it's kind of a grass is greener situation as I have recently been missing living in the city with all the services offered there but when I was there I wanted to live in the country. Emotions matter. You're feeling that way for a reason, and should probably dig a bit into that. Maybe it might help to sit down and list out what it is you miss, and why? That'd give you a good starting point to see if you can't fix some of those things. You can also book an AirBnB in a city and go spend some time there, which might help you gain a better sense of perspective.
vram22 6y ago
>then I read a tiny book called "One Straw Revolution" and I was sold on the simpler life. Good book, I have read it. Check out Krishna McKenzie of Solitude Farm, Auroville, India. An Englishman who studied at a J. Krishnamurti school in England, read that One Straw book by Masanobu Fukuoka while still in school, was so influenced by it that he went to Auroville and started a farm there (with a few others), based on Fukuoka's natural farming and permaculture's principles - all this, 25 years ago, and he is still going strong there. He has many videos on his Youtube channel about his farm work, edible weeds of the area, their farm cafe where they sell/serve healthy organic food made from their farm products, food and medicinal values of the 140-odd species they grow there, making permaculture circle gardens, hedgerows, mulch trenches, growing with high biodiversity, etc.
- vram22 6y ago
  A few of his videos: The incredible values of edible weeds. https://youtu.be/Ne39EwOffOU https://youtu.be/Ne39EwOffOU 20 types of Greens to eat during Lockdown! https://youtu.be/g1_omHjjdMs https://youtu.be/g1_omHjjdMs LOW EFFORT, Easy To Grow Plants in a Permaculture Food Forest, Circle Garden & Perennial Hedge https://youtu.be/eq7ASQSVjGQ https://youtu.be/eq7ASQSVjGQ The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka ~ CHAPTER 7 & 8 read by Krishna McKenzie https://youtu.be/Ow4vqB1uODY https://youtu.be/Ow4vqB1uODY

donw 6y ago

> I guess it's kind of a grass is greener situation as I have recently been missing living in the city with all the services offered there but when I was there I wanted to live in the country. Emotions matter. You're feeling that way for a reason, and should probably dig a bit into that. Maybe it might help to sit down and list out what it is you miss, and why? That'd give you a good starting point to see if you can't fix some of those things. You can also book an AirBnB in a city and go spend some time there, which might help you gain a better sense of perspective.

vram22 6y ago

>then I read a tiny book called "One Straw Revolution" and I was sold on the simpler life. Good book, I have read it. Check out Krishna McKenzie of Solitude Farm, Auroville, India. An Englishman who studied at a J. Krishnamurti school in England, read that One Straw book by Masanobu Fukuoka while still in school, was so influenced by it that he went to Auroville and started a farm there (with a few others), based on Fukuoka's natural farming and permaculture's principles - all this, 25 years ago, and he is still going strong there. He has many videos on his Youtube channel about his farm work, edible weeds of the area, their farm cafe where they sell/serve healthy organic food made from their farm products, food and medicinal values of the 140-odd species they grow there, making permaculture circle gardens, hedgerows, mulch trenches, growing with high biodiversity, etc.

vram22 6y ago
A few of his videos: The incredible values of edible weeds. https://youtu.be/Ne39EwOffOU https://youtu.be/Ne39EwOffOU 20 types of Greens to eat during Lockdown! https://youtu.be/g1_omHjjdMs https://youtu.be/g1_omHjjdMs LOW EFFORT, Easy To Grow Plants in a Permaculture Food Forest, Circle Garden & Perennial Hedge https://youtu.be/eq7ASQSVjGQ https://youtu.be/eq7ASQSVjGQ The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka ~ CHAPTER 7 & 8 read by Krishna McKenzie https://youtu.be/Ow4vqB1uODY https://youtu.be/Ow4vqB1uODY