While we wait for the demolition and rebuild of the upper floor and roof of the house, we're keeping busy on the land, working on the main features of our natural farming project: a shaded relaxation area for volunteers, fencing, gates, and... a greenhouse. The greenhouse we wanted was over €2,500... ouch! So we decided to build one ourselves. Matthias got some help from our new handy neighbor, Michel, and look at that! We're curious to see how strong it will be once it's fin

Harvesting food from our garden and the immense joy that comes with it is one of my most cherished happy moments. Every time I discover a special treasure among the plants — potatoes hidden in the soil, berries tucked away beneath the leaves, or a cucumber we never planted but that grew from seeds left behind from last year — I feel like a child in an exquisite paradise. What a privilege it is to be in nature and to be able to eat its fruits. The taste of sun, rain, earth and

For a while, our Natural Farming courses were temporarily unavailable due to the significant price increases on our previous course platform. We have now moved everything to a new platform and took the opportunity to revise and expand the courses with many new lessons, practical examples, photos, videos, and Q&As based on the questions we have received over the years and our own experience gained during four years of practising Natural Farming. As always, all courses are avai

At the start of this year, we had no plans to create a vegetable garden. With the house renovation taking all our time and energy, it simply wasn't a priority. But when the construction work unexpectedly paused, we decided—almost at the last minute—to plant some food anyway. What followed was probably our most unconventional garden so far. 😂 This time, nature took the lead. Spontaneous plants appeared everywhere, green manure grew wild, reeds and "weeds" found their place, a

A thick layer of straw can make a big difference during the hot summer months. In this video, we mulch all of our newly planted fruit trees to help keep the soil moist after irrigation. By reducing evaporation, we can use as little water as possible while giving the trees the best chance to grow in a natural and healthy way. #naturalfarming #fukuoka #inlinewithnature #mulch #fruittrees #mulching

This summer, our biggest challenge is helping our newly planted fruit trees survive the long, hot, and dry season. Without some extra water, they simply won't make it. We considered letting nature take its course, but after losing more than 40 newly planted trees last year—even with a 60 cm (elbow-high) layer of mulch around each one—we decided to take a different approach. Natural Farming constantly invites us to ask the question: Should we intervene, or should we do nothing

This year, we didn't plant any garlic, yet nature surprised us with an abundant gift. Garlic bulbs left behind from last season grew into a beautiful harvest, providing us with plenty of food for the year ahead. In this video, we harvest and dry this volunteer garlic, a simple reminder of nature's incredible resilience and generosity when we work in harmony with it.

While we wait for more paperwork for the house, we've been putting our energy into next year's vegetable garden. 🌱 After laying out the first beds, we chatted with our friend Tayfun, a permaculture specialist in the Netherlands. He suggested aligning the beds with the contour lines so they can naturally capture and retain more of the rainwater flowing down the terraces. It meant redoing our work—but it will be worth it in the long run. It's amazing how quickly the landscape

When you decide not to grow anything and you grow much more than when you decided to… Just leaving a few garlic bulbs in the soil and nature took care of it! #donothingfarming #inlinewithnature #fukuoka #growingyourownfood #selfsufficiency

Yay, the start of our first vegetable garden on the land, of course, natural farming style. We know the drill now. First, we’ll add manure, bucket by bucket. And then we lay down the straw, one bale at a time. Since we love circles so much, we’re making them again, like in the previous vegetable garden. This one will be in the center of the land, at the heart of the project. PS: Do you see how green it is now? 🥰😍🥰

Do you remember we told you that, thanks to the donations we received, we were able to plant 100 fruit trees on the new land? We made a short video about it—a glimpse of the land and some muddy shoes! Enjoy!

Raaaaaiiiiin! 🌧️ Perfect time to sow green manure seeds on the 4.5-hectare plot of land! Well… or so we thought. We have oats, maize, wheat, peas, yeros (a Spanish lentil vetch), mustard (which we received as a gift), and barley. Seeding rate: 20 kg of seeds per 1,000 square meters. 10 kg per 1,000 square meters now, and the rest in autumn. We decided to keep it cost-effective: 400 kg of seeds for 300 euros. We know many people practicing natural farming are worried about hi

Thanks to your latest donations, we are able to plant 100 trees on the new land! Almonds, pistachios, cherries, apples, pears, and nectarines for now — with lots more variety to come. We are so happy that, slowly, these 4.5 hectares are becoming green again. The land is happy, and so are we! 🥳🤩🥳

“You’re far too late,” they said. “Nothing will grow,” they said. “A waste of money,” they said. And still, in May, we felt the urge to...

This is the difference of our land in one year. We didn't use any irrigation. Just sowed a lot of green manure seeds. It looks like a...

I call them my lucky lettuces. They just seem to spring up spontaneously in the garden. Maybe seeds that didn't germinate last year,...

The first seeds are going in the soil! This week we sowed our first tomatoes and peppers in compost from our worm farm! It feels great to...

When we landed here, we dreamed of a green piece of land. Oh, when we started there was everything but a lush green area. Dry, compacted...

We are late because we have been super busy, but finally we are putting all the fruit tree seeds from ‘real trees’ we received from...

Do you remember? Two years ago, we made a video to protect the valley where we have our main vegetable garden, as it was about to be...