would anyone else not mind living off the land?

Question

i personally wouldnt mind just being a farmer back in the old days working off the land and growing all my food and things like that i even tried it for a little while and yes i did enjoy it im fine with walking everywhere or using a bicycle or horse to get around people have forgotten that it just wasnt getting somewhere as fast as you can its also about the journey i would just rather live a simpler life but the way things are now its extremely hard

oh and im not against technology at all i would just rather live a simpler life thats all

Answer 1

You should do what I did 3 years ago. give it all up and move to where you can try to live your dreams
I traveled to Thailand for the 1st time 3 years ago and found the place of my dreams.
you can have the "Good life" or you can do the rural natural life. Be prepaired for it as it is an eye opener. There are NO "Supermarkets" refridgeration, running water, electric (except solar), flush toilets, and NO HOT SHOWERS, NO HBO, No Spagos, not even a 7-11.

You want food you grow it, catch it (butcher it too), or pick it from the woodlands (jungles). Want water dig a well, or collect rainwater to drink.
Don't get me wrong, IT IS HARD WORK, Once you have to cut your own rice by hand, dry it, shake the husk off it by hand, get the water from the well, cut the wood for a fire, steam your rice, then hopefull catch a frog so you have some meat to go with it. You will THINK twice before wasting food again.
I love it here and would NOT go back to Los Angeles.
hard yes, but NOW I am LIVING!

Answer 2

I'm a rancher (retired engineer running the family ranch) and wouldn't go back to commuting to a city job for any amount of money. We grow most of our vegetables & all of our beef. I could always shoot a wild hog or deer if things got bad so we feel fairly secure out here.
Living 20 miles from the nearest store & 30 miles from the nearest hospital does have a few drawbacks if one needs medical care though. Mustangs for working cattle cost me $125 to $150 each from the BLM (adoptahorse.com) & I've trained 3 of them for use here. We hire HS kids to fix fences, round up & sell cattle during the summer... chuckle, they work cheaper than illegal aliens, but not as hard.
Give it a shot, the work will keep you in shape.

Answer 3

I'll always admire the simplicity to ranch-life written by one of my favourite authors, Jim Dodge. He always made living in a cabin, mending fences, fishing and hiking sound so soothing.
Not to mention the home cooking and evenings spent whittling a branch on the porch.

Nice.

Answer 4

if you live in the city youneed to look into container gardening for greens and herbs

join a food co-p to try and cut your food cost and meet some like minded people
looking to the sububuran homesteading group on yahoo
look into community gardens
also the books of John Seymour

feel free to email me

regards
David Schultz, M.D.

im with you

Answer 5

I'd love if technology just shut down. Mostly the internet, I mean what "good" purpose does it serve? I mean technology in medicine I'm all for, but technology to improve entertainment is wasteful and damaging human relationships.

I'm with you, but can I still have my four-wheeler?

Answer 6

More power to you, but you might be romanticizing a farmer's life a bit. Personally, I like to wake up and take a hot shower and let my electric coffee maker do its thing. Also, I like computers.

Answer 7

I am dreaming of that too, I guess waiting and this life in the city is making me miserable now. I wouldn`t call it a simple life, but a quiet life, just that.

Answer 8

I've often thought about this. It would be okay but there are alot of things that I would miss..

Answer 9

would not mind one bit. we do that here a lot. a lot of hunting, berry picking, fishing, logging, camping, etc...
the best way of life