I love this way of thinking. We are all living off the land, aren't we? It is so much healthier the more directly we can live off the land and the more directly we are able to do that, the more gratitude we feel for what we have, rather than entitlement or disregard.
I really enjoyed hearing about the values behind the skills you share. And I completely agree that the idea of cities as ecological wastelands then gives permission to mistreat or fail to engage with the land with gratitude. A small patch of greenspace to us might be an insect's home for an entire lifecycle, and that can be really motivating for stewardship!
I have mixed thoughts about that. I live in Northeast Denver CO & both during and before the pandemic, I learned a lot about foraging. A lot of foraging experts discourage foraging in public parks & near busy road ways. Near my home, I can spot over a dozen wild edible plants, but I don't date touch them, for fear that they've been contaminated by herbicides or by road pollution. I usually stick to the wild edibles that are in my backyard because I'm against spraying chemicals of any kind.
Wow. Smart people. I am actually visiting rocky mountain national park right now and its beautiful beyond description but i feel like I'm going to get shot on sight if i put one toe off of paved trails or get dirty looks if I even touch a single tree. I feel like I have to pretend to like it sometimes. It's a damn shame that our government does this kind of job of having our national parks be places where we can connect to the land. Smh it feels more like the yards of the elite more than it belongs to the common people. Let alone the Indigenous tribes. We need to do better like these people and give people their rightful connection to the land which gives them life.
I’ve lived my whole life in the country except so few short time the military took me to Cocoa Beach FL or Songtan South Korea I’ve lived in the country. Being from the 69-70 hippy era that just wanted to get back to the land you both have that spirit. If you can’t live in the country it is still everywhere around you, you just have to maybe look harder. Great video, thank you!
I personally just left the city cause I thought I would love it there when I was younger, but the older I got, I wasnt a fan of the fast paced city life. Too much crime in the area. So my husband and I moved out to a small town on 3/4ths of an acre, but we have all the space we need for a small garden and already got ourselves 12 chickens. Across the street is a field owned by rancher who raises beef cattle. I love getting up in the morning, making some tea and watching the cows move throughout the field. ❤🐮
I agree with you 100%... My wife and I own a 350-acre woodlot with a 30-acre lake... but I do all my deer hunting behind my house in a subdivision in the city that I live in... over the past 22 years, my dad and I have each harvested a buck every year here in town... that's over 44 bucks with no end in sight have a large golf course across the street, and no one else hunts in my area... love the city deer lol...
Hey, how do you kill animals to consume? Do you always shoot them dead first like the squirrel, or do you find other ways to slaughter for bigger animals?
Thank you for talking about this!! Although I wish to obtain land one day right now, we rent an apartment... thankfully, we have raised garden plots, and I got one! I really enjoy foraging as well and we try to do it as much as possible
I love having all the info from y’all! We live rurally but on a very small amount of land (especially compared to the big farms around us!) & I love watching what other’s do with their land & resources around them to help self-sustain themselves ❤ just wait until y’all have kids & can teach them all of this!
This was so well said, I couldn’t agree more, and what a joy it is to be reminded that there are people like you guys out there that still care about our connection to nature and encourage and share about it - including attainable, actionable things. Thank you both ❤
@@KoroSarum When he said "human civilization is a part of nature" I was thinking about Bookchin's ideas of first and second nature and how it's like, literally trying to articulate that pretty much! I see that perspective so very rarely but it's so spot on and a breath of fresh air seeing it in the wilds of the internet.
That's on our list of upcoming courses! We have a foraging course coming out very soon that we're filming now, but we're likely going to start filming the animal processing course this Fall.
I love this way of thinking. We are all living off the land, aren't we? It is so much healthier the more directly we can live off the land and the more directly we are able to do that, the more gratitude we feel for what we have, rather than entitlement or disregard.
I really enjoyed hearing about the values behind the skills you share. And I completely agree that the idea of cities as ecological wastelands then gives permission to mistreat or fail to engage with the land with gratitude. A small patch of greenspace to us might be an insect's home for an entire lifecycle, and that can be really motivating for stewardship!
This is such a great perspective I hadn’t heard before! Awesome stuff thanks!!
Thank you, that means a lot 🙂
I have mixed thoughts about that. I live in Northeast Denver CO & both during and before the pandemic, I learned a lot about foraging. A lot of foraging experts discourage foraging in public parks & near busy road ways. Near my home, I can spot over a dozen wild edible plants, but I don't date touch them, for fear that they've been contaminated by herbicides or by road pollution. I usually stick to the wild edibles that are in my backyard because I'm against spraying chemicals of any kind.
Surely you don’t mind spraying the plants with H2O if they need it?
That makes sense you never know if the city sprays the roads and stuff with chemicals 😊
Wow. Smart people. I am actually visiting rocky mountain national park right now and its beautiful beyond description but i feel like I'm going to get shot on sight if i put one toe off of paved trails or get dirty looks if I even touch a single tree. I feel like I have to pretend to like it sometimes. It's a damn shame that our government does this kind of job of having our national parks be places where we can connect to the land. Smh it feels more like the yards of the elite more than it belongs to the common people. Let alone the Indigenous tribes. We need to do better like these people and give people their rightful connection to the land which gives them life.
I like the shorts you post, but the longer ones give so much more information. Thanks for some interesting food for thought. 😊
Very well said - an important reminder for everyone. Keep the videos coming!
Wait, is this OUR Brent Wilson??
Well said!
I’ve lived my whole life in the country except so few short time the military took me to Cocoa Beach FL or Songtan South Korea I’ve lived in the country. Being from the 69-70 hippy era that just wanted to get back to the land you both have that spirit. If you can’t live in the country it is still everywhere around you, you just have to maybe look harder. Great video, thank you!
I personally just left the city cause I thought I would love it there when I was younger, but the older I got, I wasnt a fan of the fast paced city life. Too much crime in the area. So my husband and I moved out to a small town on 3/4ths of an acre, but we have all the space we need for a small garden and already got ourselves 12 chickens. Across the street is a field owned by rancher who raises beef cattle. I love getting up in the morning, making some tea and watching the cows move throughout the field. ❤🐮
I agree with you 100%... My wife and I own a 350-acre woodlot with a 30-acre lake... but I do all my deer hunting behind my house in a subdivision in the city that I live in... over the past 22 years, my dad and I have each harvested a buck every year here in town... that's over 44 bucks with no end in sight have a large golf course across the street, and no one else hunts in my area... love the city deer lol...
This sounds exactly like William Cronon
Sounds good but i want me own land with my own little farm animals
Hey, how do you kill animals to consume? Do you always shoot them dead first like the squirrel, or do you find other ways to slaughter for bigger animals?
We use arrows for deer, but we only eat wild meat so we don't have big livestock if that's what you're asking
Your in PA letssss gooooooooooo!!!! I love y’all
I'm about to start doing this!
Your little baby angel bear is so adorable
Thank you for talking about this!! Although I wish to obtain land one day right now, we rent an apartment... thankfully, we have raised garden plots, and I got one! I really enjoy foraging as well and we try to do it as much as possible
Well said. We can all do our part to respect the land and practice sustainability.
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I love having all the info from y’all! We live rurally but on a very small amount of land (especially compared to the big farms around us!) & I love watching what other’s do with their land & resources around them to help self-sustain themselves ❤ just wait until y’all have kids & can teach them all of this!
This was so well said, I couldn’t agree more, and what a joy it is to be reminded that there are people like you guys out there that still care about our connection to nature and encourage and share about it - including attainable, actionable things. Thank you both ❤
Just about any plant besides perfectly cut grass is a nueisens in my city so this is impossible
Hi from Cleveland! Loved your video!☺️
Are you guys Bookchin fans? 😁
I was thinking the exact same throughout the whole video, basically distilled social ecology here haha
@@KoroSarum When he said "human civilization is a part of nature" I was thinking about Bookchin's ideas of first and second nature and how it's like, literally trying to articulate that pretty much! I see that perspective so very rarely but it's so spot on and a breath of fresh air seeing it in the wilds of the internet.
What kind of rifle are you using in this video?
Loving this page!!!!
Brilliant!
Great video!
You should teach a course on how to process the animals you hunt
That's on our list of upcoming courses! We have a foraging course coming out very soon that we're filming now, but we're likely going to start filming the animal processing course this Fall.
Was that fox you shot and ate? Was it delicious? I never considered how fox might taste!
It was actually a fox squirrel
@@HomegrownHandgathered Oh! Thank you!