Living on the countryside, very close to a beautiful small lake means automatically living close with nature. And living more sustainable. We haven't got a kommunal watersystem or sewer. It's only forest around us, no industries, not much neighbors. We have our own source. And we share it with the people living around us. We have our own source in the garden and use it to drink and eat. It makes you responsabel for your own living, no one to blame but yourself when something happens. You don't want to spoil it.
That means also we will clean the house, as well as the toilet, with ECO friendly stuff. No chlorine's or very aggressive detergent att all. When we really need things we use grandma's advice to clean up. Like you can clean the fireplace door, it's easy to fix (without expensive fluids) when you know how to (Grandma's wisdom: how-to-clean-your-fireplace-door. ).
Nowadays you will find a lot of special made stuff in shops for special circumstances, which are extremely expensive and not really necessary. It will not work better most of the time and you can do it cheaper. Only very good to make extra money for the producers.
We started to buy less, to consume less and to throw away less. We don't buy to have the newest trends, we buy something when the old one broke down or crashed and we really need a new one. It costs less money and brings less possessions to care about. It will bring you luck and happiness, which is not depending on money at all.
We are gardening without any pesticides. We have to clean the gravel by hand instead of buying some aggressive poison to destroy the weeds. We tried encourage the bees, bird and other wildlife in our garden (though the deer not always are liked that much because they eat the nicest plants...).
We have our own compost side, where we throw all the digged out weeds from the garden. When it is full we will close the side and cover it. After some years alle the weeds died, the result is a beautiful gardencompost. No more need to buy any fertilizer. From the bigger parts, like pruning waste, we make a natural hedge, where birds can have their nests.
Living on the countryside made us more conscious about nature. It's about living together in a balance, enjoy the small things. To take care about Mother Earth. It's about investing in your (children's) future, it brings peace and harmony. You can feel the satisfaction immediately in your heart, also with small steps. And you know what? It's lovely to meet nature again. To see the seasons come and go, even if it it spring or wintertime. To see the cranes come and go. To see the moonlight once a month lightening your garden at night. To feel the circle of life, to be part of it.
