Have you ever wondered if you could survive by living off the land? Admit it. You've been sitting on your couch with a bowl of popcorn watching The Walking Dead and you've had that thought. You've seen these folks surviving without modern conveniences and said to your partner, "I could do that. It doesn't look that hard." Tamar Haspel is here to tell you that it is that hard, but it's not impossible.
Tamar and her husband decided they were done with city life. They packed up their New York City apartment and moved to a two acre home on Cape Cod. They started a rule where they had to eat/use something they grew, caught or cultivated from the land. That could be a vegetable from a garden, clams, fish they caught or anything else. It's a very ambitious goal but it's turned into a life philosophy.
Tamar talks about this in her book 'To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner In Your Own Backyard.' I found her story to be very interesting. Tamar doesn't hold back. She discusses their successes but also highlights the failures because life isn't perfect. And they learned from every failure. This book has inspired me to try some new things in my backyard.