Halo, welcome to another episode of this forest journal which depicts my journey into learning to live off the land in the most sustainable way I can think of, without exploiting animals in the process, and avoiding the production of trash. In fact, I can proudly say that in all these two years, I have never "taken out the trash", on the contrary I have recycled and repurposed a lot of trash produced by other people.
Got questions on how this works? Feel free to ask in the comments, I'll gladly answer.
But enough of inflating my ego, there is an infinity of things to be done, and I'm only getting started. For now, I share with you some of my latest activities.
The rainy season is starting and I still haven't harvested all the seeds available in the garden. On this occasion I went for brussel sprout seeds. So many future plants gets me excited 😊
Stocking up on broad bean seeds as well!
Do you know this plant?
Looks like it could be nipplewort but it's a bit different from others that grow here. I'll be watching it.
Adding more mixture of clay and sand to my chimney repair so that it will have more thermal mass and retain heat for longer. Also took the chance to experiment with modeling some random symbols. If anyone asks what it means I'll just answer: "your Soul already has the answer".
Some time ago people came to throw a lot of trash and later the dogs scattered it.
I haven't given it much time as it's far from my house but I've begun to separate the different kinds of trash on this manner
I don't feel much trust drinking water from the stream as there's a lot of cattle around which means poop. Also farmers like using agrochemicals which can end up in the water. But I need to drink more fresh water so I made this long overdue filter from gravel and sand.
Time to bring out the cave man and start bashing on this hardened clay to do some cob.
I finally motivated myself to start adding another layer of cob. I waited all summer for the "pretty days" to come and do it, but they never arrived! So no more pushing it away, it's time to play with mud.
@shortbeker might be glad to read that haha
As you can see, it has been all about little tasks that require being taken care of. Sometimes it's easy for me to feel like I'm not being productive at all, that I'm just letting life pass before my eyes. Yet, that is rarely true. Living this way is always a productive thing, and I would do well to remember that! Each of these little tasks amassases to the big work I am committed to, which is life in harmony with Nature.
I hope you've enjoyed the post, always glad to read your comments. Thank you for your time and attention 🙏
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