It has been a dream of mine to live off the grid for many
years now. As a child I would see Romany
travelers, camped on the English country lanes and marvel at their wagons. My grandmothers were both gardeners and my
parents encouraged my sister and I to have our own gardens. I started growing my own food, learned food
storage, started working with herbs and flowers in my twenties. Over the years my interest in sustainable
living has grown as has my practice of sustainable skills in daily life. There
have been things that I have wanted to do along the way and I have been
fortunate enough to have been able to do them. My
life is at a stage now that I am able to unplug from the mainstream (to a
degree) and explore a more sustainable life off the grid. My super supportive family is on board, and
the Vardo that I will be living in was designed by my son and being built by my
son with help from the rest of us. Our
inspiration was the Vardo that George built, you can see his work at http://paleotool.com/the-vardo/ . I needed something just a little
larger.
