I can’t believe it took me this long to discover “Back to Eden” gardening. This is a method of growing food that was discovered by Paul Gautschi.  The concept is simple; food and plants grow in the forest right? Back to Eden gardening attempts to mimic the conditions that happen on the forest floor. What you are supposed to end up with is a garden that produces the best yield with no tilling and very little watering. For a full overview of this garden method be sure to see this documentary film featuring Paul Gautschi.

If you have clay soil like we have here in Morocco, this garden method might be the answer to your problems. Most people get a woochipper at a local garden store or even get landscapers to deliver their woodchips to their house.  We are finding that woodchip mulch is not really easy to come by where we live, and we’ve found a good hack for making your own woodchipper out of a lawnmower. In this Vlog, we take you on our quest to find a woodchipper, which takes a lot longer than you would expect.

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In recent years unique alternative lifestyles have been gaining in popularity amongst niche groups of people all over the world. In this vlog we take a look as some of these concepts to establish some foundational definitions for digital nomads, homesteading and off grid living.

Digital nomads are people who earn a living by doing various things on the internet and often live and work remotely in foreign countries, usually where the cost of living is cheaper.   This is a lifestyle that has been growing rapidly since 2014 when websites ranking cities by cost of living, weather and internet speed started to pop up to help digital nomads choose where they wanted to live and also when digital nomad conferences started to be held in Chiang Mai and other popular locations.  The life of a digital nomad has plenty of ups and downs and many digital nomads have created vlogs to share their experiences with the world. One of our favorite digital nomad vloggers that we follow is Chris the Freelancer. You can view his amazing videos here.

Homesteading is a lifestyle of self sufficiency, that is characterized by growing and preserving your own food, and differs from rural village or communal village by isolating oneself on the homestead. Modern homesteaders often use renewable energy options such as solar electricity and wind power. Many grow heirloom vegetables and raise heritage livestock. Many families who have chosen a homesteading lifestyle have created YouTube videos that are a library of resources that share their homestead ideas with the world and teach others how to do a variety of self sufficient skills. One of our favorite homesteading vloggers that we follow is Starry Hilder Off Grid Homestead. You can check our their amazing channel here.

An off grid lifestyle is usually characterized by living in a manner that does not require being hooked up to the municipal electrical plant. However, off grid living brings with it a certain kind of unique mentality that extends out so much further than just the electrical plant.  People with this mind set want to be completely independent of any kind of grid structure or cookie cutter- limited thinking societal systems.

In this video I discuss each of these ideas as it applies to my own life and hope that this can help to inspire others to embrace some of these concepts for themselves.

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Three years ago I left everything I knew and moved to Morocco with nothing but my suitcase.  The experiences and lessons I’ve learned since then have inspired me to start vloging about it. I hope you will enjoy coming along with me for our new “day in the life” videos as we show you the sights and sounds of our life here in Morocco as digital nomads, wanna be homesteaders and off grid liver’s and free energy enthusiasts.  Check out the intro to the series in this video.

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