I have recently purchased a couple of acres in rural Manitoulin Island with a small house and a couple of out-buildings in not so great shape. I am anxious to communicate with others in the area who are preparing to become self-sufficient, and am particularly interested in permaculture farming.

“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything… They make the best of everything! So live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. The richest person is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least.”