Work at #thehaciendamustbebuilt has been concentrated on my neighbour's place over the road. A renovation of the outhouses, converting one into a small stop-over for pilgrims / walkers on the #Camino de Santiago [alternative route] #Galicia España
#self-build #restoration #self-sufficiency #housing #building #mywork
A person who lacks the means, within himself, to live a good and happy life will find any period of his existence wearisome. But rely for life’s blessings on your own resources, and you will not take a gloomy view of any of the inevitable consequences of nature’s laws. Everyone hopes to attain an advanced age; yet when it comes they all complain! So foolishly inconsistent and perverse can people be.
[Quibus enim nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum, eis omnis aetas gravis est; qui autem omnia bona a se ipsi petunt, eis nihil malum potest videri quod naturae necessitas adferat. Quo in genere est in primis senectus, quam ut adipiscantur omnes optant, eandem accusant adeptam; tanta est stultitiae inconstantia atque perversitas.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
De Senectute [Cato Maior; On Old Age], ch. 2 / sec. 4 (2.4) [Cato] (44 BC) [tr. Grant (1960, 1971 ed.)]
#quote #quotes #quotation #aging #contentment #oldage #complaint #humannature #life #nature #self-sufficiency
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/cicero-marcus-tullius/65511/
https://odysee.com/@ComputingForever:9/extracting-yourself-from-the-puppet-theatre-Broadband-High:0
or
https://computingforever.com/2022/02/28/localism-extracting-yourself-from-the-puppet-theatre/
#davecullen #localism #puppet-theatre #socialmedia #msm #globalists #covid #russia-ukraine #climatecrisis #geopolitical #narrative #community #self-sufficiency #decentralization
#gardening #self-sufficiency #food #heurta #allotment #worms #soil #crops #biosphere
The most concise and informative book I've got on growing food. 1975. Why we shouldn't really have debunked the pre-1828 version of "organic" compounds.
Down at #thehaciendamustbebuilt the #potato crop is in. We have a communal field shared between 4 households. Fkn hard day's graft, but I've got about 200 kilos of #spuds, which will last through until April/May. Also made some #bramble #jelly and #nectarine #marmalade with #lime rind and #whisky. Winter is coming.
Just a small part of the excellent #onion #crop at #thehaciendamustbebuilt this year. Been eating them for weeks now, but it’s time to bring in the rest and string them up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vFBaSUVxAA
#homesteading #gardening #self-sufficiency #food #anarchism #cosecha #cebollas #Galiza #Galicia
