Smallholding in the 1970's

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Smallholding in the 1970's

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Another lovely vintage film for you all about Smallholding 50 years ago.
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@colingreen5744 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing a wonderful video.how lovely it would be if the world was as content as them.

@michaelcull7074 Жыл бұрын

If only the rest of us could find such peace and contentment, really enjoyed this video ,thank you for sharing it

@Redhackle Жыл бұрын

This was very grounding. Thank you.

@maxl57 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating

@WildwoodTV Жыл бұрын

Hard work and peace, amazing to survive on 3 acres them days let alone now, nothing wrong with thrift, no waste. Such a beautiful calm and eloquent voice, looking after the soil - thank you for finding this gem. We tried for several small-holdings, maybe we were spared as not strong enough to endure such hardships. A simple life - you think?

@tazpoochie Жыл бұрын

Spiritual enfoldment is john Butlers KZfaq channel. I’m not sure if he is still alive though

@az55544 Жыл бұрын

Helen & Scott Nearing of The Good Life in Vermont and Maine, USA had so many volunteers that it was not a real setup.

@EnglishCountryLife Жыл бұрын

Hmmm..well As a Lincolnshire yellow belly I reckon not burning thorn brash in the open when it could be burned in the range might warm the house some. Then replant that hedge & break the wind. Our place is fully hedged

@exmoortrapper1187 Жыл бұрын

Interesting and very valid points. I did scratch my head at the complete removal of the hedge. I always remember Adrian Bell writing in The Green Bond about the waste seen every autumn as hedge trimmings that could easily be turned into faggots were burned in the fields.

@EnglishCountryLife Жыл бұрын

@@exmoortrapper1187 It does seem very odd, but they seemed happy enough -although they acknowledged themselves to be inexpert farmers

@shaunverrall8476 Жыл бұрын

@@exmoortrapper1187 very hard but rewarding old school is the best

@exmoortrapper1187 Жыл бұрын

@Shaun Verrall Hard yes, but an inspirational man to many. I'm really not sure about organics....

@peterwebb8732 Жыл бұрын

It sounds nice in some ways, but it's also a return to a subsistance peasant economy. Small holdings of this nature render a high percentage of the land unproductive, because a greater fraction of the land is taken up with house, tracks, sheds etc. Plus we've not yet seen an organic system of farming that produces as much as the standard farming systems. Again, it may sound nice, but it doesn't feed billions of people. Everything is a compromise.