Our Victory Garden

Photos of our first garden in the country: Visit http://susanshomespunlife.blogspot.com

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[zaniebobanie]

What did you do for electricity and toilet? beautiful video Thanks

[mamabaig]

Our electricity was limited, as I could cook on one burner, but we couldn't watch tv and the lights would dim. When possible I would cook outside. Our only refridgerator was in our RV. We could not run any electric heat.

As for the toilet, we used a saw-dust bucket. You can read the book, Humanure.

[stymye]

Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort.

[mamabaig]

Yes, I am aware of this. Thanks for sharing this though.

[sasclark]

I enjoyed this. Not many people are willing to live like this anymore.

[mamabaig]

No people aren't willing to live like this. And I now know why! It is very difficult. But also very enriching. We no longer live in our cabin and we have running water and elctricity, but we have come away from that experience 1) VERY grateful for water and power, 2) very grateful for each other 3) with a great desire to live simply, avoid instant gratification and learn more about growing food.

[selfreliantboy]

good video .

[branbentley]

we lived off the gride in bedford county va for about a year and the code inforcement was on our back all the time we liked it but they didnt they didnt let us finish our house even though some of the people around us had johnny houses and no running water they complaned on us so dont move to bedford county va it is not a good place to live or raise a family the county will be all up in your biesseness and a lot of the people in huddleston are assholes so dont buy land their please.

[enigmaticveil]

A beautiful testimony of what life should be .... awesome job!

[dumb7890]

get the cats fixed or they will take over

[judyleeverro1]

this is awesome...i am planning to move to missouri in about 30 days under some of the same circumstances...

[3dernie]

very nice, thanks for sharing

[HomesteadProvocateur]

Excellent! Takes guts to make that sort of change!! Your family looks content! :)

[johnbleeker]

Thanks for showing your happiness, i don't see that so often anymore nowadays

[padmeboo]

Now that's how we all should be living!Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[1dsunhope]

i am sure life will get better as the years go by and when you deem what is important. i to think this is the way to go. the garden will get more productive and easier as permenant bed are made and the importance of mulching beome apparent. lots of low tech things are out there, mother earth magazine, solar ovens, putting up jarred food. its really great that the kids will have lots of good things to do. living of grid can be a good thing, nothing really goes to waste, in your own space. aloha