RR7539B UK EXPERIMENT IN SELF-SUFFICIENCY 

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Couldn’t of put it better myself brother. The future ain’t for humans and I want to stay human.

I believe that the gist of Seymour’s approach is that the ‘normal’ life that most of us lead is not sustainable for the planet, and that it cannot go on forever. Hence, he spent his life living in a sustainable and self-sufficient way, with as little consumerist aspects to their life as possible.

I went the tradesman route, but over time became a landlord taking advantage of the unwanted commercial property (for residential conversion), banks all too willing to fund property, appreciation to gain greater financing and lowering interest rates and of course the increasing rental demand. As a tradesperson I'd notice the cyclical fluctuations of the commodity prices and their respective miners/equities to trade profitably. But there was very little satisfaction being in the large towns and smaller cities so I'd acquire pasture, forestry and arable land (so long as it was cheap) bit by bit and work on it when there was time. What I planted is most perennial such as fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, asparagus, garlic, potato etc. Edible mushrooms of various types have become more abundant over time. Generally things that don't require much looking after as I'm not too bothered about high yield, so long as inputs are extremely low (no fertilizers, pesticides etc) and if it was left alone it would still be producing in my absence. Harvesting, pruning, processing wood (have mechanized much of it), processing foods and storage are the only costs. Today, it costs very little to live in the countryside after the set up (shelter; water collection and processing; sanitation: solar panels, small hydroelectric, storage and transmission: masonry heater, electric cooking top etc). The income from property and equity trading, just builds up and means little aside from when entering the towns again. So life is nearly stress free with the bills being taxes, phone/internet, insurances, MOT, road tax, some council tax and a little on other foods/barter. The real estate will likely continue to appreciate and there are bound to further cycles in the market. Going 100% self sufficient would be very difficult but being 80% there is fairly easy.

Depends what your priority is,money or personal satisfaction.

​@@pheart2381 Both are important. Have city/town investments and good quality shares and or have a part time job to stay connected with some people, while living in the country. Get the benefits of both.

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