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)…
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…
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…
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It’s almost ridiculous. Everyone is talking about the world changing, things getting worse, pollution, waste, crime and economy. The largest part of the world is circling the drain, and we are far over the maximum number of human beings that our earth can sustain. We are consuming more than the earth can supply in terms…
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How animals and our human systems cooperate, by accident or design, deserves an entire book. Technically, even insects fall under the Animalia kingdom, and I will touch on some of them. What’s important is that you get a good feeling about using your happily employed animals and insects to help your production, without putting them…