Comments on: How to Live on $6,500 a Year and Love It

By: chrissy

chrissy — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:21:46 +0000

i love the idea of living,i mean really living,on the land,gardening,making your own food,even washing your own clothes by hand,i actually have a wash board. raising kid’s the right way with morals,teaching them the important thing’s in life. i need to find a site that teaches me more about doing all this on your own.like building a cheap green house out of the thing’s you already have,and solar,and how to make solar panels,and wind mills,things that generate electricity,any help would be greatly appreciated.thank you,chrissy

By: Sarah Irani

Sarah Irani — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:44:45 +0000

Certainly moving to an Ecovillage, which has some (if not all) of the infrastructure already in place is much easier and much more feasible and attractive than doing it all yourself on a piece of empty land.

I have definitely consider moving into a partially established community if there were one around, or even jump in with some savvy friends who were getting land together. It’s just the me-and-my-husband-doing-it-all-on-our-own that intimidates!

By: Alline

Alline — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:21:41 +0000

Thanks for this post! I”m here to say “yes, it’s possible!” My husband and I moved to an Ecovillage nine years ago. It hasn’t always been easy, but it HAS been tremendously satisfying. The biggest challenge is making that leap from “mainstream” thinking of scarcity to believing in abundance and that you really CAN do it. And I don’t think you have to move to the country to do it – there are lots of creative options that would enable one to stay in the city or suburbs and still garden/farm and live sustainably. http://tinyurl.com/7hayol

By: Amy D

Amy D — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:17:43 +0000

Getting life to be simpler is a goal of mine.
Living off the land? Could I do it?
Not sure but thanks for this article that made me ponder it all once again…