Living Off The Land

[maggies88]

The only thing that is odd is that the adult children still live there. Other than that, it's pretty cool.

[GPakz]

I hope day, this family will teach their neighbors and tell them that once they know, they must teach the same. These people are absolutely amazing. What a beautiful family.

[8Voc]

"Is it neat or odd?" It's beautiful, that's what it is!

[OldPhartbsa]

What I find most disgusting is the newscaster pushing the point that what they are doing is somehow WEIRD!! But...it's LA, and that city is full of puzzies of every shape and fashion.

[Chris9183]

You can expect this video to disappear at some point in the future. The civilized world is almost completely owned and dominated now, and the elite don't want this type of life to be revived. YouTube is owned by the elite now, by the way. It's no longer your personal video share website.

[Snordelhans]

Thank you for this ray of sunshine.

[Sennanchie]

Just stumbled upon this video by accident. I think they should all be arrested for dodging the system as we know it and their place of conducting crimes against the government be shut down immediately. Haha. Seriously, these guys rock! I honestly envy them and their laid back "in-touch" with nature approach to life. This is what life is all about in my book. Everything about what they are doing is so totally awesome. How do I get started? Please let me know! 

[brendahodgins]

I love what you have done with your front gate!

You must make it very appealing in order for the neighborhood to accept something besides lawn or gravel!!!

Bless the kids! Bless you all... xoxo

[sbflash311]

This is common in Germany. A Michigan lady has been threatened with arrest for doing this in her hometown.

[thesonnyboy017]

living off the Land - whata new concept

[GulpTheRedPill]

I applaud this man!! He is actually using his lawn space for good use. Who cares about a bunch of flowers and mowing grass. GIVE ME ORGANIC FOOD!

[GorillazGames]

Dude, I wish I had my own property like that, where I can say "FUCK YOU" to formal education, shit jobs and high rent.

I should totally jump off the grid

[esabek00]

My dream right here.. respect for this family!! And it really amazes me that the children decided to follow the same path, father must have done a good job bringing them up..

[xSaphiredust]

This needs to be the future, there's nothing more that our planet needs. God I wish I could trade in my laptop, IPOD, cellphone for a beautiful scenery of farmlands, animals, and working with your hands for a lifetime.

[psbzu]

Beautiful!

This is the way to go

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@itubenowplease You hit no nerve my friend, and I say you don't speak very well because your grammar is horrible. Also I'm still waiting for your take on mood pills. Oh and not everyone lives in America my friend please could you Americans stop thinking the world is ending just because you live in a glorified third world country?

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@itubenowplease and do tell what the true intentions of mood pills are bub, also keep telling me how bad society is while you post from your computer and speak a language you wouldn't know without it. Not that you speak it too well.

[DelilahClark]

I want my yard to be just like this. HOw do I get started?  Seriously!

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@iReturnVide0tapes Oh and almost forgot, he's selling his food FOR MONEY.

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@iReturnVide0tapes As he eats with knifes and forks, and lives in a house on American land.

[lusterwings]

true inspiration, i love you and your family. I really really do.

[dewayneyork]

I think it's fantastic. This is what I wnat to do. I love it. I am a single dad fo two little girls , and I would love to get completely off the grid. I would like to learn more about the way these people live. thank you

How may I contact them?

[dewayneyork]

I think it's fantastic. This is what I wnat to do. I love it. God Bless you

[halopa246]

Thank You for this family, thank you to the random user who posted this inspiring clip. It shows that we can all live much more simply, much more healthy and rewarding lives even within the confines of city limits. There are no limitations on what we can do, it all starts with you! Yes you! Be true to yourself and what you know in your heart and find a way to make it happen...that's the lesson I see here. God grant me the courage to believe in myself and make my dreams come true too.

[supercooperdeville]

Homegrown Neo-hippies! Great model of a family.

[supercooperdeville]

Homegrown neo-hippies! Great model of a family.

[saiyanson5500]

This is a beautiful thing, but I fear too much damage has been done to the planet already. Mass extinction is coming far quicker than most would like to believe.

[bluebron1]

awesome. you people are doing things right. It's what I'm trying to do now.

[0rhy]

Hell yeah! Sick ass lifestyle. Congratulations!

[AnarchoSyndicalistt]

I understand consumerism I have done extremly stupid in my life on choices of buying.

[cleverfeller]

The ground we walk on provides what we need to live. Industrial advancement is a con. It has benefited those who coral others to do the hard work whilst they reap the profits of it and pay those who create those profits less than they are worth. Why don't executives roll their sleeves up every day and do the work that makes them rich? Because they can pay less to a mob of underpaid men and women who do whilst they take the lions' share of the profit.

Fuck lazy, corporate rats. Let THEM work.

[newjersey02]

@cleverfeller GREATEST QUOTE I EVER READ. you are 100 percent right, society is pure bullshit, nature is heaven. politics think life is a fcuking joke

[newjersey02]

@cleverfeller In the end times, mother earth will take us back to the nature world, the way humans are suppose to live and evolve

[interfaceone]

I just acquired some land and have all intension of living like this.

[Bookwirm]

If people were smart all their yards would look like this!

[GaryNull]

Where is he hiding the weed?

[wigon]

Long before I saw this video my family did the same thing after living in Indonesia. Over there on Java (the most densly populated island on earth), every tiny bit of land has something edible growing on it. It's amazing. When I came back here I realized that we had these massive lawns and backyards that were totally going to waste. So I encouraged my mother to get back into gardening and helped her build a bunch of raised gardens that we're still expanding. It's not hard and it's fantastic!

[georgel19841]

YEA how cool is to live in their parents house at 30.how inspirational

a family of gays and lesbians

all thise people ho comment here in a favor5able way ,and don't know how hard works is in reallyti ,on a farm

[wigon]

@georgel19841 Dude, that is how most of the world is and how traditional America used to be. Unlike you, many of us realize how important family is. It's only modern yuppie culture that tells us to abandon our parents and run like hell because of modern dysfunctionality in families and high divorce rate. What this family does is pure traditional family values and I salute them for it. Don't be jealous because they have found balance and happiness in a crazy modern world.

[Bookwirm]

@wigon I love how your mind works :)

[wigon]

@Bookwirm THanks! Do you do the same kind of urban gardening? I've been also trying to start a "guerilla gardening" movement where I live by planting herbs, veggies,and fruits that need little watering/care in otherwise wasteful apartment complexes (where they get irrigated by sprinkler systems) or in empty fields and lots that grow nothing but weeds and garbage. Even better though when the communities in those apartment complexes or neighborhoods around empty lots can get involved.

[Bookwirm]

@wigon No, unfortunately i don't. I live in an apartment and we get no sun whatsoever on our patio. My friend and I are looking into buying an acre of land somewhere and sharing it to grow an organic garden. I have been looking for property for awhile, I miss gardening, it's just the money issue of not being able to be a homeowner just yet.

[grasping2understand]

@Bookwirm Check out ur area 4 a co-op garden as these r increasing n popularity as so many are trying 2cut grocery cost. If there is not 1 available n ur area perhaps you & your friend could try to draw up a biz plan for 1 & try to find a lender intrested in financing your propery investment (water will have to b available if u chose an undeveloped tract) If this proves 2 difficult, look 4 a church or possibly an individual willing to lease or lend a pc of land. G'luck & God Bless.

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@georgel19841 Come on now there is nothing wrong with living natural, I for one enjoy society, makes life easier and more enjoyable, many would disagree with this but think about it they must have to work on a daily bases to keep that operation going. Much easier to work with the world in a whole IMO.

[georgel19841]

@xXTyroneBiggumsXx It is nothing wrong with it,....I do it all the time ,and it is mutch harder then this video shows ,with far more land than then have

This video makes people think of what are they not doing the same

[Faith4Truths]

These people are my Hero's. I am trying to do the same on my little suburban plot. How inspirational!!

[SuperScreamingEagle]

This is a really really really great idea!!!

[VideoGuyNC]

OMG - it's called farming people. It's the way people were supposed to live, not working for Wal-Mart.

[mrearlstubbs]

goes to show you...we can be somewhat independant.hey girls....theres farmers here.....but we farm different crops....that you probably grow yourself .

[ednorandrewrowe]

Ha ha, daughter is looking for a farmer! My high school Latin teacher (no, I haven't heard it anywhere else) told us, in declining days of Roman Empire, (I suppose when the Caesars became insane, etc., & local leaders were needed,) that the people would go out into country in search of "agricolae" (farmers) to PRESS him into service as a leaders; farmers respected so much & culture had turned to "bread and circuses." Sorta like crowd trying, prematurely. to force Jesus to take over, in NT.

[jamamanjamh13]

Thats awesome! Sad that it is some odd story and not the norm though.

[georgel19841]

clean living makes stupid unemployed kids

[Faith4Truths]

@georgel19841 we'll see how you will be begging these stupid, unemployed kids (your words) for food shortly...when you have no job, and no idea how to get food cause your grocery store isn't stocked. What a small mind you have.

[georgel19841]

@Faith4Truths for them is world reccesion all life .

i live in Romania,we grow our own food,so i am talking from experience:it is hard for me to accept that all their food is home grown,because 1.you need a lot of land ,more then you are allowedto buy in aresidential area.2. for bread what they grow? ,he doesn't sayanything about Wheat,so i believe that they buy

What if we alll take oil fromrestaurantsand make fuel forour car ?therewould be not enough forevery body ,sothis life stil is not for

[wigon]

@georgel19841 If you listened closely, they make $30,000 a year so yes obviously they buy what they can't grow, but also they use every tiny bit of land. California is NOT Romania. The climate there is MUCH better for agriculture. I live in Texas and grow a TON of vegetables even during the winter (cold weather crops like lettuce, cabbage, etc...). I also have 3 compost piles and soon will be developing earth worm farms for manure in my back yard. I also make my own wine from fig and pear trees

[georgel19841]

@wigon Yea here we have only one harvest,but with the climate warming,we may

have no winter ,in about 20 years,then we will live like in sahara.

Romania is NOT California .whatever that means.

You may be a farmer,but here there is no one in rural areas ho has not farm land or cattle ,so here is the norm ,because here the minimum wage is 150 dolars,and we are a poor country

[grasping2understand]

@wigon :-) Any advice for a gardening newbie? I'd be very intrested in advice on pest control (preferablly chemical free) & do it yourself irrigation. I live in central ga. so we have plenty of sun & warmth...we just get the bugs & 'dryness' that comes with the heat. I'd love 2 harvest rainh2o, but can't afford 'rainbarrels' as the run around $100ea. here. So far my sucesses are limited to tomatos & okra although I recently added some blue-, black-, & strawberries, my son's b'yard snacks :-)

[hollayo666]

this man is more of a living breathing human being than most of you fucking 9-5 office sitters

[MrMaryJanes]

*gasp* people growing their own food? That's unheard of. This is fucking stupid.

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@MrMaryJanes  Slow news day

[LateNightCable]

LA real estate on 1/5 of an acre can't be cheap, he obviously had enough money at one time to buy that house. I'm amazed some city ordinance Gestapo hasn't messed with them. A lot of places would try to bust your balls for living like that in a suburban neighborhood. I'm happy to see it works for them, self sufficiency is the key to survival.

[jockdoubleday]

don't water that fig tree too much! once a week max, even in the very hottest weather . . .

[MisterTissueBox]

How would I go about converting vegetables into gas and such?

[PersianPaladin]

Sadly I don't have enough space to grow as much as they do.

[hollayo666]

@PersianPaladin

go out into the forest

theres lots of open land out there

check out a clear cut

[hardbick]

cool, that someone can do this in todays society and still survive, if everyone in country could do something like this I think we would have be a better place in the world. It would also teach the next generation that we need to do more for ourselves to make the world a better place and help our fellow man and it would show them what our grand-parents and great-grand-parents did to survive. They did not have the stores we have today where you can just go out and buy what ever you want.

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@hardbick Ummm who do you think puts the food into those stores? Farmers. Why? To help their fellow man and continue to progress society. You might not believe it but we do work for one another all of us do something in our day to day life to help out others.

It's called A JOB

[americhica]

These guys still have to pay property taxes. The idea is nice and gives a sense of freedom. But no one can escape the geographical boundaries, laws and contracts that hold us like a slave. What is freedom? If this idea creates happiness for a person, how does one pursue this without having money first? The USA is really not that "free", in comparison to many other countries. The UK and western Europe, and countries in the common wealth are not much different. Sometimes more so.

[Racking40]

Oh, this is fantastic. As a former "Country Boy", I only wish I had the years left for something like this. I didn't realize it as a young man but we lived off the land in a way, but not to this extent. So neat! Rather than being a part of the "throw away" society, just think if more people did this how much better this whole planet would be!

[WorkOnWellness]

Fantastic!!

[ru4fallenidol]

Wondering if the children have found their farmers! " We're looking for farmers" comment was just delightful! What a way of utilizing the space! They truly are rich, in all the right ways .Ah, so refreshing! May they find that which they seek and then some!

[thebluebunny1]

very smart

[thebluebunny1]

please adopt me

[MissMatania]

wow! that a beautiful ppl!!

[pcmiler2000]

A BIG YES!!!  This is TRUE Freedom and Independence!!!

[cellulitelove]

oh I just read an article on this family in OC Awareness. And I just randomly stumbled upon this video. Hmmm... am I being sent a message? haha But seriously, I know that I will eventually get into this lifestyle.

[waynebarnhart]

Beautiful video!

[rubyspirit2]

Very smart family ...

[warbuff1]

This gentleman and his family is so inspirational, you don't need a big bank account or a well-paying job (or any job for that matter) to be happy and to be self-reliant,you only need to be determined and have the courage to make the shift.

[hanadorii]

Its also funny people buy acreage of land only to plant grass when they can be plating lots of food!

[luvwitalheart]

Awesome video. I'm inspired, I want to plant a garden now and grow my own food.

[hanadorii]

Do it! It is a rewarding experience and eating the food that you grow has a rewarding feeling in itself.

[stumptacular]

the poster-people for square foot gardening...

[azyaninvasion]

I wanted to live like that, but women that support that sort of lifestyle are hard to find.

[sixmagpies]

In the West..almost entirely ....yes.

But in many places in the Far East the man who wants to live on his plot of land with his family is still revered. S

[EnergyDog23]

@azyaninvasion Who needs women? all you need is your hand.. =D

[theglobecruiser]

@azyaninvasion I hope not!))) I wish you will find you a woman that will support this lifestyle)))

[dbarroga]

@azyaninvasion I'm a woman. I love growing my own stuff. Well I attempted to but my herbs and vegetables keep dying from it being too hot. I'm 24. I finally grew up and realized that you can't take food for granted. Live as if what you have is all you got, cause if they close down supermarkets ..boy oh boy. I've been trying to get my boyfriend into it.

[sixmagpies]

This man and his beautiful intelligent family are a perfect example, ahead of their time just a few years, of where we will all need to be heading when oil won't support suburbia and cheap transport any more.

This man keeps his family secure and vibrant while the rest of us pay our Governments to continue to subsidise globalization and 2500 mile sweets and salads.

[unytcommsys]

Survival favors the innovative, those who are willing to sacrifice, and strong minded. They simply kick ass. Notice how he drives a diesel engine (not bio-diesel, but diesel) that runs off of regular cooking oil.

[KARStarla]

I have been looking for a handcranked blender and I cant find one, does anyone know where I could find one?

[SparksAlot420]

Cool but i'd have to have a farm i guess, don't like the green's very much. Guys really smart though.

[InfoBomb]

cool