Please allow me to introduce myself
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- margo - newbie
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Please allow me to introduce myself
Hello,
My name is David i'm from the Netherlands (under Rotterdam). I've been working on oure "self sufficiënt life" for three years now. The problem with creating a self sufficiënt life in the Netherlands, is that there are not much like-minded people nearby. I know of one who lives on the other side of the country. So to learn the much needed skills im forced to use English books, articles, fora and youtube movies. Áfter three years of practicing my english in reading and writing the next step is the use of an international forum to start exchanging knowledge and so completing the last chapters of oure self suffciëncy. Which brought me here.
The last three years we mastered the garden,canning and the orchard, from which we eat year round at this point.
We started "farming" chickens, tukeys and rabbits, 80% of the meat we eat comes from this little "farm".
I started an energy self sufficiëncy project which includes electricity and warmth for space heating and warm water. This project is expected to be completed next year.
After which we can start focussing on a way of personal transportation (other then the bicycles we use now)
The coming weeks i'll be mostly reading and digging in old topics on your forum, but now you at least know who's reading :)
Please excuse my English, my native language is very different to English ,this may cause some faults in my written English.
David
My name is David i'm from the Netherlands (under Rotterdam). I've been working on oure "self sufficiënt life" for three years now. The problem with creating a self sufficiënt life in the Netherlands, is that there are not much like-minded people nearby. I know of one who lives on the other side of the country. So to learn the much needed skills im forced to use English books, articles, fora and youtube movies. Áfter three years of practicing my english in reading and writing the next step is the use of an international forum to start exchanging knowledge and so completing the last chapters of oure self suffciëncy. Which brought me here.
The last three years we mastered the garden,canning and the orchard, from which we eat year round at this point.
We started "farming" chickens, tukeys and rabbits, 80% of the meat we eat comes from this little "farm".
I started an energy self sufficiëncy project which includes electricity and warmth for space heating and warm water. This project is expected to be completed next year.
After which we can start focussing on a way of personal transportation (other then the bicycles we use now)
The coming weeks i'll be mostly reading and digging in old topics on your forum, but now you at least know who's reading :)
Please excuse my English, my native language is very different to English ,this may cause some faults in my written English.
David
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- A selfsufficientish Regular
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
Hi Dave,
Welcome to Ish, my partner is Dutch, and her family is still living there, we visit Holland quite often. With regards to your English, I don't think you will have any problems, at least no more than I do with my French and I have lived here for 20 years .
Welcome to Ish, my partner is Dutch, and her family is still living there, we visit Holland quite often. With regards to your English, I don't think you will have any problems, at least no more than I do with my French and I have lived here for 20 years .
I can't do great things, so I do little things with love.
- Jandra
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
Welkom Dave. There are more Dutch here on the forum. Although I was born near Rotterdam I haven't lived near there since I was 5.
We've moved to Germany, where we could afford a detached property, but the garden isn't huge. We have vegetables and some fruit, but no real self sufficiency. Except for a roof of photovoltaics.
Anyway, likeminded people are there in the Netherlands, but hard to find.
We've moved to Germany, where we could afford a detached property, but the garden isn't huge. We have vegetables and some fruit, but no real self sufficiency. Except for a roof of photovoltaics.
Anyway, likeminded people are there in the Netherlands, but hard to find.
My weblog: http://www.jandrasweblog.com/wp
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- margo - newbie
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
And it seems they gather here :)
Why is there no Dutch selfsuffciency movement, one might wonder....
Is there a German selfsufficiency movement ?
Groeten,
David
Why is there no Dutch selfsuffciency movement, one might wonder....
Is there a German selfsufficiency movement ?
Groeten,
David
- Milims
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
Hi there and welcome
Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
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- A selfsufficientish Regular
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
Welcome to ISH
If there is no self-sufficient group in the Netherlands, why not start one? I'm sure we have several Dutch members here.
MW
If there is no self-sufficient group in the Netherlands, why not start one? I'm sure we have several Dutch members here.
MW
If it isn't a Greyhound, it's just a dog!
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- A selfsufficientish Regular
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
Hello welcome
"no-one can make you feel inferior without your permission"
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- margo - newbie
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
MuddyWitch wrote:Welcome to ISH
If there is no self-sufficient group in the Netherlands, why not start one? I'm sure we have several Dutch members here.
MW
Time :)
Taking time to start a movement is taking time away from my own "journey". And then, selfsufficiency and everything that's really "green" is still thought of as a sort of hippie hobby.
Maybe one day i will start one, if there isn't one by then. Untill then focus is required on my own work.
David
- marshlander
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Hello! Sounds like you have achieved a lot already
Terri x
“I'd rather be a little weird than all boring.”
― Rebecca McKinsey
“I'd rather be a little weird than all boring.”
― Rebecca McKinsey
Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
hi! And welcome! You will see we are selfsufficient-ish from all over the world! I live in Denmark, in Copenhagen, and have an allotment just north of the city. I think self-sufficiency is growing here. So keep going and know that we are spread around the globe - some places thin on the ground, other places thicker!
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Welcome, the self sufficiency movement is spreading.
Grow your own it's much safer - http://www.cyprusgardener.co.uk and http://cyprusgardener.blogspot.com
- Annemieke
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Re: Please allow me to introduce myself
Hi Dave, I'm Dutch as well but I've lived in Britain for 31 years. Nearly half my life. Where exactly do you live?
If you have any problem with translation, or explaining Nederlandse gewoonten, ask me: I should be an expert in this, if in nothing else!
If you have any problem with translation, or explaining Nederlandse gewoonten, ask me: I should be an expert in this, if in nothing else!
Grow no evil, cook no evil, eat no evil!
And if you are interested in food and/or health, have a look at my website:
http://ThoughtforFood-aw.blogspot.com.
Love, Annemieke
And if you are interested in food and/or health, have a look at my website:
http://ThoughtforFood-aw.blogspot.com.
Love, Annemieke
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- Tom Good
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Wow nooit gedacht hier nog een rotterdammer tegen te komen.
Wow never thought I'd meet someone else from Rotterdam here. We really should start that movement you know. I'm in hehehe.
Wow never thought I'd meet someone else from Rotterdam here. We really should start that movement you know. I'm in hehehe.
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- Tom Good
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Ahw shoot I just saw you said under rotterdam. Is it far from the city because your allotment sounds like heaven. Here all the allotments have really tight restrictions on what you can grow and build and keep in them. It's a bit stiffening.