Growing Our Own Food: 60 Years of Self-Sufficiency in the Countryside

PREORDER OUR BOOK HERE! ❤️ This week we share our story of this 60 year old permaculture food forest (and the wisdom of what a rich life really means) ❤️ Winter’s fruit is abundant and we harvest, cook and even take fruit to our local town to share with our community. Anastasia’s Instagram: Julia’s Instagram: We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. Music by : Jordan Prince @JordanPrinceMusic “Most Famous Surprise“, “My Brother (sunset)“, “The Deer Jump“, and “Smilin’ (Back at Me)“ Chapters: 0:00 A rich life has nothing to do with money 1:20 The abundance of winter 2:05 Baking an upside down mandarin cake 4:11 Following the sheep to the kiwi patch 5:47 Finding a jackfruit 7:33 Processing jackfruit meat 8:00 Citrus, berries and kiwis 9:06 One of our biggest goals come true! 10:22 Taking our fruit to town to sell 10:11 A massive inspiring community garden 12:49 Harvesting custard apples 13:17 Cooking a meal from the garden 14:22 Picking avocados and loquats 16:57 The goat’s role on the farm 18:28 Bouncy goats tiny kei truck