Oh no !!!! I had no idea he passed away 😢 I just crossed paths with his video. Is his requests being carried out. I'd love to talk to someone about that.
I've been thinking about the 'Dao' of what you have to work with from the last podcast. I've got a lease on a 20 acre Alaska parcel. Its mostly rocks and glacial leavings but those rocks are being used to build cute little Yurts to rent out. The remaining soil is being used to propagate cover crops for sale. What isn't glacial soil is swamp land but the swamp is being turned into irrigation and a float channel for boats and fishing. Because the glacial area is above the surrounding land its high wind. But that means windmills and solar panels. The mosquitoes were so bad when I started here I pretty much had to wear a body suit. Even with a body suit it was still pure hell. But I never need to feed my Goldfish. They are getting fat and the mosquitoes are on the run. I have a small fan club of dragon flies out of the deal now too. It really changes your perspective when you try to view everything as an asset instead of a liability. As far as waning health that comes with age. I had heart and kidney failure at 44 and was forced into this lifestyle as I realized I could no longer digest ninety percent of store bought food. I still have almost all the symptoms you do at 52. You reach a point when you realize you are doing a dis service to history by trying to do it all yourself. It makes more sense to have younger people doing the hands on while you point your finger. I therefor believe a key in making these sort of things move forward is getting the right screening tools to find the young people. I'd personally give an MMPI to anyone considering a long term apprenticeship with me. I've only been at this for ten years but still I've learned so much and at least some of this is knowledge unique to me I feel it would be a crime to not try to preserve it for future generations. Older people with knowledge of growing are already in short supply. We've already lost so much of our history in regards to taking care of the land we really can't afford to lose anymore.
I am very grateful to have discovered your channel thru Peter Santenello… You’re a true defender of Gaia… Best Wishes from Appalachia (MD-PA-WV Border)
I am from Brazil and have lived in US longer then in Brazil now...I was studying a course called Eartheaven from David Fastiggi which led me to buy my big lands but with airplane dropping chemicals on lands I am a supporter of green houses to protect food
It sounds very nice. I hope u can get people interested in joining your community. I have enjoyed your video's for years and learned about some of the plants you have show cased. I enjoy making medicine and eating wild plants and mushrooms. It sounds like u have an extensive garden! I would really enjoy seeing it someday.
Hi Joe, just discovered you through Peter Santenello's video about you. I know it can't be easy, but you have a beautiful home and an admirable life. More power to you, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK 👍
Joe, I’m am sooooo blown away by you and your achievements. I am going to email you to see if I can work with you this summer and stay at your establishment and help out wherever I can with my talents. I’m a self love healing coach and currently studying herbalism, love Chinese herbal medicine and teachings and I was a college professor and an at risk youth counselor. So I would love to come and stay and learn from you and also share my own gifts of being a new gardener of herbs, fruits and vegetables
Hello dear friend. Thank you kindly for speaking upon your fifty years of study . Having lived similarly in far northern Vermont and in the same manner, so understand the effort and dedication involved. My biggest concern is your health and I have an idea as to what is causing your dizziness. So I shall be contacting you via your website. Take good care .
I'm not into living with other people on my land per say. However I think neighbours with the same basic view on the world and lifestyle is a good thing. I am a loner type like my space and privacy too much to deal with people's energy. I find it very exhausting except in small doses. I do plan on my children living on our land and grandchildren I think that will become a thing again. It kinda is already we inherited our land that we live on now and the land we plan to go fully off grid on. We plan on building a small cabin taking some time out of the system and help care for my wife's parents. Its how we took care of my mother before she passed. I think the days of families living all over the place will come to an end.
'The Dawn of Everything' is quite good. A similar, however slightly more romantic-towards hunter gatherer societies, and because of that sometimes contradictory to 'The Dawn of Everything'-is ‘Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress’ by Christopher Ryan''. One book I originally didn't think I would find useful for my own research, but has been surprisingly so, is 'Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays' by Paul Kingsnorth.
You are a true inspiration🖤🤗🙏🏿 I’m trying to start something similar with permaculture ideals we have purchased 2acres of ancient forest with old 400-700yr old trees on an island the fungi is incredible it’s going to be a life’s work, I’ve spent my life doing other peoples gardens horticulturist/arboriculturist. We all need to respect nature more as we are part of it. All the best in all you do.
Brilliant place you have sir. I have the feeling you will have too many people interested in joining you. Especially after Peter Santanello video on your land and co- op. Saluta!
I am going to pray for your health to return. I am sorry you have had such a hard time finding so few people to get along. On another point I would like to recommend for food needs 3 standard Rex doe and 2 bucks. They produce about 600lbs. of meat a year. There is much information on the internet about them- Good Simple Living did some great videos on growing, etc. The furs bring money. They are medium size and very healthy. I wish you all the very best. We are down in Alabama and here with family, but I have no doubt you can do this. You literally are handing people a ticket to paradise if their idea of paradise is walking through beautiful gardens that they help maintain and designing/building their own homes to blend into the natural surroundings, feeding and providing for themselves and family off of what they work. It is a beautiful plan.
WE LOVE YOU JOE. Wish we could uproot from here and start over there, but we're building our greenhouse right now. I envision a whole lotta folks helping keep this beautiful demonstration that you've dedicated your life to, going strong!
@@jessicawhite8069 Yes I read it somewhere, and feel like I missed a great opportunity to meet him but people like this live on thru the inspired works of people like us :)
Saw you in Peters Video. Big love from germany and big respect for your philosophy and lifes work! I recently started with gardening using a raised bed (called "Hochbeet" in german) You inspired me to try Jiaogulan tea in the near future and maybe try to cultivate it (when i made sure, i can sustain this plant in our temperate climate). Best wishes ❤
Sir i live 2 and half hours from you i would love to help you i was a landscaper for 10 years and a lifelong hunter. This is just what i need in my life
Joe passed but the mountain garden project or paradise gardens still going strong,you can reach out to the folks there for a tour or to volunteer, you should contact them,I am sure they can use the help,Joe was a solid wonderful human,so glad our paths crossed ,rest easy brother J.H.🔥🌄🌌⛩️
Hey Joe. I saw you on another channel and I just wanted to say hi and that i really respect and admire what you are doing. I think it's really brave in a way. Also really smart, because things are getting iffy out here. I would like more info about moving there to work on your farm. I work at Walmart now, but I'm tired of spending my life building someone else's dreams.
In regards to wondering about the idea of Point-and-ID on smartphone at 1:13:17 I just wanted to jump in to say that that is completely possible because there are already apps that do it. I have one called Picture This and I’m sure there are others to be had. You’d just need an app developer to build one specific to MG! Great idea! I love this channel.
How does one become a member of the community? Clean background and all natural, lots of carpentry knowledge, tons of off grid knowledge, looking to really change life from city to off grid. Have a small family myself wanting to go off grid.
I have owned and operated a landscape company for the past 20 years. I have always wanted people to work with me and not for me. I encourage people to think on their own and develop their own strategies while working with me. I do this because I find life more interesting when people bring to the table their own experiences and wisdom. Unfortunately I find many people aren’t willing to work with me, they only want to work for me. There is a desire to avoid mistakes and not have to problem solve. Typically they want me to make the decisions for them and then if there’s a screwup they can blame it on me. I don’t mind taking personal responsibility, but it does feel very lonely being a leader. I would so much rather people take ownership and work with me. I wonder if a community like this could work without some sort of leader ship. I suppose it would take a certain personality and psychology to do it without leader ship.
Worked 20 years as a supervisor and manufacturing specialist for a military munitions aerospace and oil exploration company. I too encouraged my team mates to work with me not just for me. Sadly I too found 90% had no interest in Working with me, or problem solving or sharing their ideas for improvement changes etc... they only wanted to do as little as possible, Only as I instructed so they had no responsibility, no investment personally in the process 😢... I'm retired now and trying to run a small residential excavation landscaping business but finding it near impossible to recruit good dependable people to work with me.
Leader ship is crucial. Equality only works on paper, in an ideal world. But we don't live in an ideal world. There are always leaders and followers. Both in the human and in the animal kingdom. And if I have to choose, I'd rather be a leader than a follower. When I look at today's world around me, the politicians who created it (Biden, Gates, etc.), semi-literate and semi-intelligent individuals...these are certainly people I do not want to follow. I only follow myself, because at the end of the day I trust myself the most. Both in the private and business worlds
Leader is someone for followers. I mean, there is a great deal of misconception about responsibility, much of what you touched upon, but really it boils down to ppl being very disoriented withOUT some kind of hierarchy. Stay strong.
The right people will come as long as the intention stay pure. The opportunity to learn the original way is a blessing. I definitely will visit this place soon
You just need to work on getting rid of the fungi. I think that is what is causing the foguiness you need more direct to Sun laying on it and stay away from dairy. I am sorry abt your partner not respecting the small community. My dream is to do communal garden...I agree with you Joe!!!
Hello!!! I just found your channel. I am so inspired in what you are doing and have done. This is absolutely fantastic. I have been wheeling in my mind for some years on what you have already been doing for years. I am proud of you. I hope I can do the same thing.
Please let me know how can I talk to you by phone maybe if possible!!! I am a guitarist singer music writer. Who recorded CDs which won prizes and I purchased a 20 acres and 40 to do what you have done!!! I am so happy you have being leading the way on the creating the Garden of Eden!!!
Hm. I wrote a long comment that I spent a lot of time on, but RU-vid seems to have removed it. I hope you got to read it before it was removed. If not: Thank you and I wish you all the best.
Hi Joe my name is Wayne, me and my wife are very interested in becoming one with your property and spending the rest of our lives there, we are both 28 years old and will be getting a house soon for taking care of my wifes mother, we will sell the house and do this for you. It is our dream to live off grid and to survive by Gaia. Please get into contact with me or let me know how to get into contact with you. Just saw your video posted the other day where the guy was interviewing you and I already love you man. We would be honored to be brought under your wing and learn anything your willing to teach us. We don't have jobs right now and we want to be able to live without money like humans are supposed to.
I’ve been leaving comments for I don’t know how long but I just discovered RU-vid has been deleting my comments for I don’t know how long I’m 21 5’11 170 lbs I thinks that’s a worthy candidate Ide love to get away and learn the ways of our world how do I find the place ?
I love your philosophy of living with the land and community living but when it comes to God Jesus is the only way to the one and only God! I pray that you seek Jesus and forgiveness and give your life to God before its to late. You seem to be a very knowledgeable man and I hope the best for the rest of your life. ❤
The thing is, the vast majority of people simply want to read or watch a fairy tale for an hour or so a week, then condemn themselves to absolute drudgery for the remaining hundreds of hours of the week. Also, they like to watch people with skills do things thru a screen, but lack the real world grit to do it on their own because they've already conquered the world, twice, in a video game.
With your commune idea - you are fighting human nature. You have just proven that the concept doesn't work. People don't work that way. They want their own land that they fully own. Unless there is a family tie with an obvious leader, the commune living won't work. Think of clan living such as was done in old Scotland or African tribe. What makes those places work is that their is one leader that has the final say and they all have a family tie.
I'd argue that being of the same blood is more important than having an obvious leader. There are also different sorts of leaders, some don't have any privileges at all and are fully at the mercy of the group. I'd prefer that to a small dictator.
Tribal society is very misunderstood. I would agree with you. But even without blood ties someone, usually male, is always vying for alpha and very skilled at social engineering for lack of better phrasing. It works but not on any previously understood scale or cycle. It's an interesting tho not necessarily original idea. And I have to say, as far as ideas go, Joe is quite visionary.
