tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post6555901168365080862..comments2024-03-18T22:33:57.339-04:00Comments on 5 Acres & A Dream: Honest ScrapLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-31043540173301545022010-05-11T09:27:27.628-04:002010-05-11T09:27:27.628-04:00Gee Janet, it's not like you aren't gettin...Gee Janet, it's not like you aren't getting ready to move back stateside after living all those years overseas. I think it's great that you keep up so well with your own blog, considering all the packing, travel, and unpacking you've had to do!<br /><br />No, I've not read that. Not sure I'm interested in revisiting all that!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-30542624029643170342010-05-11T04:33:05.892-04:002010-05-11T04:33:05.892-04:00Really interesting tale - makes me ponder. Thanks...Really interesting tale - makes me ponder. Thanks for sharing. How did I miss reading this earlier??<br /><br />Janet, not an ex-hippie<br /><br />p.s. have you read Drop City by T.C. Doyle?Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-65690453145739631722009-10-19T17:04:30.497-04:002009-10-19T17:04:30.497-04:00Hi Leigh, I was going to say thank you for the awa...Hi Leigh, I was going to say thank you for the award before, but confess I wandered off to look around the other blogs and did't get back to leave a comment. I enjoyed the story of your hippy days. <br /><br />It has left me thinking about America as land of opportunity, what you were doing then, and what you are doing now, are out of reach of most of us in the UK because the price of land is so high.<br /><br />I looked into prices last year and it's around £8-10,000 per acre for good land around here. Land plus a property to live in is only for the rich (I'd expect a property the size of yours to be advertised for sale at least £700,000). We are very fortunate to have half an acre, there are few homes in our town with this much land.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-74132196775386094782009-10-15T23:50:20.547-04:002009-10-15T23:50:20.547-04:00Marie, you're welcome!
Flower, thank you. It...Marie, you're welcome!<br /><br />Flower, thank you. It definitely was an education. I carried a lot of that knowledge with me and apply it often. Even though the experience had a difficult ending, I am thankful for it nonetheless.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-3664841192164672942009-10-15T11:55:09.700-04:002009-10-15T11:55:09.700-04:00Your "Honest Scrap" story is very intere...Your "Honest Scrap" story is very interesting to me. There is something about being in nature and living simply that attracts so many of us. You really did it! And, now you're doing it in another way. Thanks for sharing that part of your life! It is apart of your past and it gave you an education few of us ever get!Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561651773885570068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-38460164087012490422009-10-15T00:37:47.131-04:002009-10-15T00:37:47.131-04:00Leigh, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and was e...Leigh, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and was excited to see about the homeschooling, I was home schooled as was my husband. I was also shocked and happy to see my name on the Honest Scrap award and have posted it on my Blog, thank you Leigh, I humbly accept.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04891945462999914908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-15135678977040742912009-10-14T23:08:59.315-04:002009-10-14T23:08:59.315-04:00Barb, it was rewarding, even though we never reach...Barb, it was rewarding, even though we never reached the ultimate goal of self-sufficiency. One of the things I learned though, that it requires a completely different mindset than most folks have. Consumerism is out and contentment with little is in. <br /><br />Peg, you're right about gardening. It truly does satisfy a deep need within. I think that's why I just had to get one in the ground this year, no matter how well it did.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-47588408803764985252009-10-14T13:07:11.256-04:002009-10-14T13:07:11.256-04:00Thank you for sharing this. Somehow your story do...Thank you for sharing this. Somehow your story does not surprise me.......(grin!) In 6th grade I was fascinated by books written by a woman who lived off the land in very cold New England, and that was my dream. I especially loved her stories about the snow! But for me the reality is I am very satisfied with working in my yard, designing it, planting it, changing it, weeding it.... It is now a small yard, but it is large enough for me to work and small enough for me to manage.Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-20720242681346769382009-10-14T11:21:56.655-04:002009-10-14T11:21:56.655-04:00Thanks so much for sharing your interesting life. ...Thanks so much for sharing your interesting life. <br /><br />Living off the land is very hard but also very rewarding. I admire you and your husband for your values and passing them on to your children.bspinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385723696922637454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-59580011103092892802009-10-14T11:14:27.074-04:002009-10-14T11:14:27.074-04:00Renee, for me it was just a phase and you probably...Renee, for me it was just a phase and you probably wouldn't guess it by looking at me now. I know that sometimes folks hang on to parts of their past, as though to keep on living them, but I'm not very sentimental about that sort of thing. I do treasure the experience though.<br /><br />Susan, I have no idea what happened. I think things pretty much broke up after the squabbling, but after they asked me to leave I didn't keep in touch with any of them. I took a look at the place once on Google Earth, but it still looks just as undeveloped as ever. <br /><br />Julie, unfortunately a lot of folks feel that way about homeschooling. I think a lot of it has to do with our current societal idea that the "experts" know best. Of course, the educational experts don't like homeschooling because they think it threatens their jobs! <br /><br />Katrien, you deserve it! <br /><br />Benita, thank you! Your comment really made me ponder. I'm sure someone has done a doctoral dissertation on the subject, but it would be interesting to research how different people would define "hippy" and what it means to them.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-89111797393281880492009-10-14T09:55:00.331-04:002009-10-14T09:55:00.331-04:00I have to admit, that is one of the most interesti...I have to admit, that is one of the most interesting things I have ever read. Thank you very much for sharing this with us. But, you know, I am not surprised you used to be a hippie - part of that life is still with you today.Benitahttp://www.basicallybenita.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-63713474779352336922009-10-14T09:50:05.655-04:002009-10-14T09:50:05.655-04:00What a great story! And a surprise for me at the e...What a great story! And a surprise for me at the end, I fairly jumped up. It's my first prize. But after your story, mine might be rather boring! I'll do my best.Katrienhttp://blog.bolanbol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-38952343997223720272009-10-14T09:43:05.750-04:002009-10-14T09:43:05.750-04:00Welcome to the hippie club, if there's a club....Welcome to the hippie club, if there's a club. We could only dream of your lifestyle but I think we have tried to have a lot of the same values. The planting gardens, bottling our veggies and fruits. I didn't home school but that's because I didn't think I had the schooling to do so!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775727376347737034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-90493619713205635382009-10-14T07:14:14.453-04:002009-10-14T07:14:14.453-04:00I enjoyed reading your ten things! I think there w...I enjoyed reading your ten things! I think there was something about that time and yearning for freedom and simplicity.<br />What happened to the land? <br />Thanks for sharing!Susan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14429752925288151376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-60897681740772091892009-10-14T00:56:37.199-04:002009-10-14T00:56:37.199-04:00well that totally suprised me! I knew you homesch...well that totally suprised me! I knew you homeschooled the kids, but I didn't know the hippy part. I know a lot of hippies, some still are. I don't know how authentic they are though. ;o)Renee Nefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167893445846427824noreply@blogger.com