Hello friends of Simple-Earth It’s been a while since the last post, or at least for you guys on the public-side of the web. I thought it well to give some information about that in this post. Let’s get into it with a sort of FAQ’like format, because it feels good for the mood today.…
Friends of Simple-Earth, Although this website seems to be in a sort of quiet state, be assured that it is not the case. Simple-Earth is going on, moving forward and as always making progress towards simplicity and self-reliance. As you may know from watching our YouTube channel (our journey show, so to speak), we are…
Hello! There’s something to be said about that feeling of learning a skill that sets you ahead of your former self. Looking back one week, a day or maybe a year; realising that you have grown and improved. I could not help but think about this again over the last weekend. We had a quiet(er)…
I had a bit of a reminder a few days ago when I walked into our goat kraal. I noticed the grass in there was lush and all the compacted clay from last season is absent. Folks have been telling us about how bad the goats would be for the place, not to mention that…
Hello friends of Simple-Earth. It feels good to reach out and write another post again after several weeks of having my hands full. We have been working on the sale of our small, fertile little homestead in the Tulbagh area. At the same time we’ve been grafting through the purchase of our 80ha piece of…
Realising that land stewardship is culture and relationships, makes the difference between carving out a future that works, or leaving behind ruins. The plan to find an amazing piece of land and evolve from it, our own tradition and paradise the way we wanted it, has been in the making for many years. It would…
When I worked as a software engineer, we always had a way of drilling some things into juniors, newbies and even upper management. One of those things was to always surround yourself with people that are better than you; with management: always hire people that are better than you. This ensures that you will not…
I think it is about time to revisit this topic casually. There is a lot of misunderstanding and, frankly, weirdness, when we have visitors outside of the off-grid/simplicity/subsistence community. Opinions and interpretations are like beards. Not everyone’s got it, but those who do won’t admit that theirs frequently has some pastry crumbs in it. So…