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Hello, we are Paul and Misha and we live off grid on 3 acres of land in eastern Canada. This piece of land we are so honoured to call our own was formerly farmland and it is our intention to transform this degraded field into a flourishing food forest garden.
This will be our 3rd year as stewards of this land and we have been planting trees, creating wetland biotopes and developing our lives alongside nature. We live completely off grid and are aiming to be as self-sufficient as possible.
For me, self-sufficiency elicits beautiful visions of abundant food-forest gardens, lush flower beds, and peaceful living alongside a diversity of flora and fauna.
Self-sufficiency, however, is not always easy.
In these times especially, we have seen how meaningful community can be and it is alright to say that sometimes we need support.
Many of you have followed our journey of the tiny home, and know, if anything, we have struggled financially because we (mostly Paul) cannot stop buying trees. We passionately believe in caring for this earth, the air we breathe and all the tiny plants, animals and insects we so often take for granted.
Paul's and my birthday is coming up at the beginning of May (both of us Tauruses). Usually, the day comes and goes unceremoniously. But this year, I would like to ask for support from our family, friends and beloved community to help us get a water supply on our land. Currently, we are purchasing our washing & drinking water from supermarkets.
Last year, we were so humbled to gather water for our gardens from nearby streams. Connecting energetically with so many others on this earth that collect water in this way.
This winter we were excited to have had a well dug but we are now waiting on a off-grid hand pump to be installed. We had to order our pump separately as the company who drilled the well had no off-grid solutions. As it stands right now, we have a very expensive hole in the ground with no way to extract the water from it.
The hand pump’s installation would allow us to expand our ability to care for this land which we prize most. And we aspire to be able to share the blessings of this land with more people.
"The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility."
― Wendell Berry
This will be our 3rd year as stewards of this land and we have been planting trees, creating wetland biotopes and developing our lives alongside nature. We live completely off grid and are aiming to be as self-sufficient as possible.
For me, self-sufficiency elicits beautiful visions of abundant food-forest gardens, lush flower beds, and peaceful living alongside a diversity of flora and fauna.
Self-sufficiency, however, is not always easy.
In these times especially, we have seen how meaningful community can be and it is alright to say that sometimes we need support.
Many of you have followed our journey of the tiny home, and know, if anything, we have struggled financially because we (mostly Paul) cannot stop buying trees. We passionately believe in caring for this earth, the air we breathe and all the tiny plants, animals and insects we so often take for granted.
Paul's and my birthday is coming up at the beginning of May (both of us Tauruses). Usually, the day comes and goes unceremoniously. But this year, I would like to ask for support from our family, friends and beloved community to help us get a water supply on our land. Currently, we are purchasing our washing & drinking water from supermarkets.
Last year, we were so humbled to gather water for our gardens from nearby streams. Connecting energetically with so many others on this earth that collect water in this way.
This winter we were excited to have had a well dug but we are now waiting on a off-grid hand pump to be installed. We had to order our pump separately as the company who drilled the well had no off-grid solutions. As it stands right now, we have a very expensive hole in the ground with no way to extract the water from it.
The hand pump’s installation would allow us to expand our ability to care for this land which we prize most. And we aspire to be able to share the blessings of this land with more people.
"The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility."
― Wendell Berry