Greetings Gustl,
We actually called our place: The Rose Colored Forest because we are a pair
of dreamers. While I had never farmed, I had survived survival training in
the Canadian military. I knew how to butcher, shoot and cook real food
before we started. I know we would be much richer and farther along if we
had known what we wanted when we bought our land, we didn't. I couldn't
find a house I wanted, so I bought land where there were no building codes
so I could build my own. I didn't know about sustainable living until
1998, when I had cancer and got on the Internet to prevent boredom. I
think being adaptable and being willing to think outside the box are key
ingredients to surviving and most of all, a sense of humor.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
At 12:45 PM 7/28/2005, you wrote:
Hallo Kim,
Yes, there is a lot of failure with back-to-the-land'ers and
particularly because they are ill prepared for the hardship and
sacrifice involved in getting started. They expect things to be
easier than they will be, things to go smoothly, problems not to
arise or to be easily and quickly overcome. But it can be done. Just
leave the rose colored glasses back in the city and if things turn out
to be easier than you thought be thankful for such favors. It is
better to expect the worst and have an easier time of it than it is to
expect gliding through and finding yourself disillusioned and
disheartened and giving up.
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