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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] An Experiment in Country Living by Peter Goodchild
  • Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:46:29 -0600


A lot of us probably wouldn't have made it through all that, yours truly
included.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 8/30/2010 at 10:29 PM John D'hondt wrote:

>>
>> An Experiment in Country Living
>> by Peter Goodchild 01 August 2010
>> http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/668/1/
>
>Interesting story Paul. Our own transition to land life was no doubt even
>rougher. We had about two months to decide where we were going to jump to
>having given up the job and sold our house in Belgium. We bought a farm in
>Ireland of about 40 acres we thought. Then we found out we had to take the
>full available 80 acres or lose our down payment and when we calculated we
>might just have enough money the seller raised the price and stripped us
>bare.
>So we arrived here with three small children (between 1 and 4), a van load
>of tools and about $400 cash with no way to another source of income.
>Furniture was on it's way in a container on the high seas and took 7
>months
>to arrive. So for 7 months we had no table or bed.
>First thing we did was start making hay with our scythe under normal rainy
>autumn conditions and after a week or so we bought two goats. We have
>never
>stopped working since.
>But we are still alive and well almost 25 years later. And the children
>grew
>up fast and strong and there are now a few grand children who seem to go
>the
>same way.
>john
>
>
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