We are a husband and wife from rural Wiltshire, UK. We have 4 children (aged 15-23), no pets and no desire to be part of the rat race.
Here we are documenting our attempts to cook, clean, work and play in a way that we feel is less wasteful and better for our environment.
We are not trying to sell this lifestyle but just to share with like-minded people.
We try, with varying degrees of success, to eat a plant based diet, forage and grow our own food and repair things or make them from scratch. We have home educated our kids and sent them to school and college: we cook with wood and try not to eat too much chocolate!
We are on a mission to simplify our life. We want to tread lightly and take only what we need, but we live in one of the richest and most wasteful societies in the world. Here is how we do what we can…..
What People Say
“It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town… he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J. K. Rowling
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”
John Burroughs, Leaf and Tendril
Let’s build something together.
Our Simple Life 