Planting potatoes
We have been planting potatoes in different ways. Some potatoes have been cut, this is how they do it here, to get more harvest. Others,...
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Baking and sharing bread for the first time in the renewed oven
Remember when we restored the abandoned oven last spring? One of the neighbors, who lives on the other side of the mountain, promised to...
Nature proves to be strong
This year, calendulas are sprouting everywhere, spinach is coming up for the 3rd time, the tobacco rebirthed itself and even the smallest...
The power of networks
Our climate is excellent for growing berries. The soil needs a bit of pine needles to make it more acidic, but there have been raspberry...
Time to sow
This year, I just follow my body to tell me what to sow and when to sow it. I’m going back within, learning to trust my own impulses...
A new natural farming vegetable garden.
Real food is one of the most important things we focus on. This 600m2 plot of land is being prepared to be transformed into a natural...
A new community cement mixer thanks to you!
On our support page, we mentioned that we wanted to invest in our own community cement mixer to make seed balls. We would share the cost...
A helping 'dig'
We found that after extended rains, there was a spot on our land, where the land got saturated with water and and it would stay there for...
Making cheese
A while ago we asked the shepherd if he made cheese from the goat and sheep milk and if so, if he would let us know when, so we could...
Help for the new NF vegetable garden
Help for the new vegetable garden There are so many wild boars in our area that if you don't put a fence around your vegetable garden,...
Our exchange for the straw
Do you remember we received straw a couple of weeks ago? Well, today the shepherd passed by our house and asked if we could help him out...
In line with nature podcast
Isn’t it amazing when everyone can contribute their unique skills and they are truly appreciated for it? Matthias is creating a jingle...
Real trees
We are so happy we found a few ‘more natural’ trees. The root stock grown from seed and the insert has not been pruned. “Please don’t cut...
Straw bales
I woke up this the morning realizing we needed straw for the chicken coop, to protect the real trees we are going to plant, to insulate...
Food Wallet - Seed libraries in the Netherlands
After very physical days, we spend most of our evenings doing other things to support what is needed. ⁃ We just added 85 seed libraries...
Taking matters into your own hands
For many years, the vegetable gardens in our little hamlet have been on the other side of the road. The water from the spring flowed...
Cleaning up the next part of the community garden
Do you remember the video of the wild blackberry forest we were cleaning to start up a new vegetable natural farming garden last spring?...
A worm farm for our hamlet
Due to the climate we live in, it is very difficult to make our own compost. We tried a worm farm in a bathtub for over a year, which...
A book coming up!
It’s been 5 years now since we decided to live in a different way. A journey of many experiences, leading us to Spain. We have been...
What are we doing?
In line with nature, our organisation, is fluid. It is continuously moving and responding to whatever is happening around us. Some people...
Nature surprises you
We grew over 30 plants on the big pile of manure. They started promising, but in June it rained so much, there was no pollination and the...
Nature’s way
Moving more and more with natures rhythm means many times: not knowing. A month ago our black chicken wanted to breed again. We were...
Wood for the winter
The only heating source for our house is a wood stove. This means a lot of wood chopping to prepare for the upcoming cold winter months....
Which future do you want to see?
Being completely shocked about future images that are fed to our children and youngsters through the educational system (which we...
The local Association of walnuts
Where we live, walnuts are an important income for a lot of families. These specific walnuts are very high in antioxidants, because they...
Making seed balls together
When you collaborate together, so much is possible. We, as a group, decided to awaken the soil. After many years of normal agriculture,...
Supporting local producers
When we want to see change around us, we need practical action to make that change happen. We repeat things until that moment when we...
Almonds
We love picking our almonds by hand and throwing the shells, as a natural compost, back under the tree. Feeling the tree, connecting with...
A new gate for the community garden
The garden downstairs has something very special. It gave us a few zucchinis, tomatoes, a red beet and one pumpkin this year. And maybe...
English support for the local youngsters
We have been asked to give English classes to the young people in the neighboring village. Such a privilege to build bonds with these...
A video clip for Manu and Ruggero
After the video of the concert a couple of weeks ago, Matthias was encouraged to make a more intimate video for the young musicians who...
Sharing land
While helping one of our neighbors with his apple trees, we spoke about our lack of irrigation water. “I have a piece of land you can...
Seeds for our community
We have been sharing enthusiastic about Natural Farming for a while now with everyone around us. This autumn, different landowners from...
Repairing the broken well
There is a spring a bit up on the mountain which provided drinking and irrigation water for many years for our little hub. As no one...
Essential oils
Yesterday, we saw someone working in the fields close to our home. The man was about to make sage essential oil from the wild sage...
A concert video
There are many things you can do without money. What is needed in your community and how can you contribute? The creative group of young...
DIY vs buying in the shop
Doing things by hand gives you a completely different perspective on many things. You start to understand more about our economy, in this...
Self-care
Moments of relaxation are very important to us. Just a moment to be with yourself. A while ago we saw an old bathtub laying on the street...
Buying local
This afternoon a neighbor invited us to join him to get some honey in town. Our first time scraping artisanal honey out of the tin. They...
Sharing trees and plants
Yesterday we visited a friend his permaculture project and he gifted us a few real trees grown from seeds and a bunch of plums we will...
Contributing to a new economy - building
There is an intense joy in building your own house. Although we helped a lot, our house has been built, but now we are closing the porche...
Care for nature
Our days are full with unexpected happenings. You just act when you have to. This little one needed some help, as it couldn’t fly yet and...
New life!
A while ago one of our chickens died. Just like that. The other one started to breed. As we have no cock, the eggs would never come out,...
Biosegura
Real seeds are so important! Learning how to dry and store them is easy. We are helping our friends of Biosegura a little bit with the...
Strawbale houses
Learning about strawbale houses and natural building. #volunteering #exchange #ecologicalbuilding #inlinewithnature
Community support - food for everyone
For a long time we felt limited with the platform we used to create FOOD WALLET. It had so many limitations we just couldn’t do what we...
Making our own carport
We built this carport to protect our car against the heavy hail storms we usually get in August. We used mostly recycled materials and...
FOOD WALLET in Antwerp 4.0 Magazine
FOOD WALLET in the local Antwerp 4.0 Food magazine.
Trusting nature
I love picking up rocks on our land. Stone by stone. Not with machines, but by hand. Feeling the soil under my fingers. Observing life...
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