Comments on: How My Grandfather Did It: Living Off The Land With Very Little Income http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lee http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-946122 Lee Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:15:17 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-946122 I love this!!! It has inspired me big time. I have been starting to work towards homesteading, and my wife and I have agreed that one night a week, we must power off our house, and live off the land for the meal etc etc.

Our goal is to pinch every penny, and live off the land and what we can grow ourselves by the end of 2015 (assuming the aliens dont show up before Xmas 2012 hahahaah)

]]> By: lynette http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-598835 lynette Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:48:25 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-598835 Hi Trent! your website rocks! thank you for sharing, your story has touched my heart and your knowledge is truly appreciated and inspiring. I wish you well and look forward to learning more from you so that i too can free up. All of you good folks reading this, we are all doing the best we can, a little love and understanding for each other, ourselves, and all things will open the doors to the magic of the universe which is happening all the time and in all places. see beyond what you see. see what is constant, not changing and listen to the one thing that will always take care of you, your inner voice. it is speaking to you right now and always.

]]> By: alan cox http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-531007 alan cox Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:43:15 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-531007 your grandfarther sounds like a top old digger, just been bush for the weekend meself could find it quit easy to live in the bush, the only hardship living in the victorian aussie scrub is water being in a drout.with the recetion goin to hit hard we might have to go back to our old roots.would be doin the earth a favour.Go green and be well.

]]> By: Brian fitzpatrick http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-426672 Brian fitzpatrick Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:41:43 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-426672 Great story,I happened to grow up that way,and then became misguided and misled into chasing the Fiat dollar to buy things that i thought i wanted but really didnt need,I have been buying the things that i consider will be usefull in going back to the land as i could afford them for the past couple years.I am a merchant mariner working on a seagoing tug,currently in Puerto Rico.This is my last regular hitch,ive informed boss that i will fill in as relief for a period,but basically,I,M OUTA HERE.you have some really good reading,Goodluck,Godbless and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Brian

]]> By: Samantha http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-423890 Samantha Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:29 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-423890 This is actually very influencial to me. My dream is to live off the land as well. I have been studying my wild greens, and making traps, distilling water, and such. I now just need to find someone to come and share it with me. One thing I know is that you cannot find happiness if you have no one to share it with. humans need human contact! I have actually been setting at my desk in this dispicable office all day pondering on which second I am going to get up and walk out of here. Anyways, great story…something I will alwyas remeber and tell myself over and over again when times do get hard! Thanks for that.

]]> By: Deanna http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-416535 Deanna Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:41:00 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-416535 wow all i dream about is living off the land. I have been told by friends of mine that i was born in the wrong era.

]]> By: Manuel http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-407209 Manuel Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:33:20 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-407209 Ohmigosh, I had to read this twice. I love the idea, it’s simple and straight to the point.

My favorite is the black book…

]]> By: Andrew La Barbera http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-362652 Andrew La Barbera Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:47:37 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-362652 I like living simply,great idea but please like my father use to say about life in general,”I also like toilet paper.” To those who do not get it,I apologize.

]]> By: Kim http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-250725 Kim Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:48:25 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-250725 This sounds so much like my grandfather, brought back some wonderful memories. My grandfather and father-in-law were very much like this man. I still miss both men very much. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

]]> By: Computerpunk http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7273 Computerpunk Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:04:20 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7273 Wow …. This really sounds like a person that we’ll look up to. I think you have an inspiring role model . Believe that you’re looking forward to become someone like your grandfather.

]]> By: BillOGoods http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7219 BillOGoods Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:12:28 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7219 Fantastic piece!

Your grandfather must have had a deaf ear for politicians—after they say their name it’s nothing but lies. He was a tough and resourceful character, sounds like. But this type of lifestyle, living off the land, is something very rare to this age. Yet, there are rugged people that live in “out state” Michigan, the term that describes that part of the state far out from its large metro areas, that still live this way. There’s a lot to be learned from this life, but I’m afraid I wouldn’t want to live it by choice.

]]> By: Sandra http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7208 Sandra Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:17:12 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7208 This really made me smile because my father used to say he was going back home to live off the land all the time. He had stories about how he snared rabbits and helped tend neighbors gardens when he was young. This simple life seems strangely appealing.

]]> By: imelda72 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7204 imelda72 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:43:42 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7204 Hear, hear. I mean about the ‘blacklist’ of companies who lie, in particular. I had such a disgusting experience with American Airlines, when they delayed and eventually cancelled our flight after spitting out a litany of excuses I *knew* to be false, that I refuse to fly them ever again.

]]> By: Madame X http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7198 Madame X Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:31:04 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/21/how-my-grandfather-did-it-living-off-the-land-with-very-little-income/#comment-7198 Wow, he sounds like quite a guy. Does anyone still have his little black book? I keep meaning to write about my grandmother and my great aunt, as their lives also offer some good money lessons. That Great Depression really affected people’s behavior!

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