I found a vid of a lady that may be beyond Sepp Holzer

I just watched this video to the end. This is on another level...

I bet Sepp is at this level too I have just not seen it. He needs to put something out like this.

In a few years after my things at the new place mature... I want to give it a go. The best I can hope for at that point is 2% of her level. I see multi-generational knowledge and skills passed down in this video. Things I don't have access to.... except on YouTube/the internet.  

Goals!!!

I love watching her videos. I've been watching them for a couple of years now. Unfortunately she isn't in the best situation. My understanding is (which I'm sure it's not a complete understanding), to get content onto YouTube from China, you have to have an outside company's help. She unfortunately did not have a good contract and now doesn't own the majority which keeps her from controlling it. Which is super lousy because yes, she now has a lot of help making those videos now but she 100% does the things on the screen, learning the skills she wants to share with people and she started out doing it all on her own. Also the Chinese government is very much in control of her. I watched some videos of interviews with her on Chinese shows (which are controlled by the government), and she looks so unhappy. You can tell she is not allowed to say what she really wants to say.

Which all comes down to say, I wish she was free from financial and government restraints so she could continue teaching all these wonderful skills to the world in her beautifully poetic way.

Edit to add the most recent news article I could find: https://uschinatoday.org/features/2021/12/13/the-disappearance-of-a-top-chinese-influencer/

I'm also following her for a while now, and I've been worried as she hasn't been active since a long time. Thanks, Jenny, for finding more recent news about her.

I feel that all permaculture artesian have something of value to offer.

Each one is specialized in what it is that they feel is important.

And everyone has their favorites.

I don't watch youtube because of the slow internet though I am sure I have seen her youtube videos being mentioned for at least two or three years in different threads.

I was an exchange student in China a little over twenty years ago. It was a giant city so I didn't get to see much of the farming practices but so many things in her videos remind me of the skills I saw practiced everyday by regular people, especially the cooking. A lot of those skills are getting lost by the younger generation, unfortunately.

Jenny Wright wrote:I was an exchange student in China a little over twenty years ago. It was a giant city so I didn't get to see much of the farming practices but so many things in her videos remind me of the skills I saw practiced everyday by regular people, especially the cooking. A lot of those skills are getting lost by the younger generation, unfortunately.

I almost feel as though that is one of my main missions right now in life actually. To re-gain the life skills that have been lost in recent generations. Getting them back, and possibly making them better, through the unlimited idea sharing online.

I started off not even knowing how to grow anything in the garden. Something my grandparents used to fill up 14 acres with. I am definitely doing it different than they did. For start... I don't own a tractor or tiller. But I expect to be producing much more per unit of garden space than what they did.

Better believe I have my children out there with me learning every day. Just a few days ago we went out to the pasture and spread 1 pound of purple coneflower seed by hand in various places we would like to see a patch form. Their little faces and imaginations were captured for that 15min walk.

Hopefully that newly acquired memory will seep deep down into their minds... and infect their hearts.

Me: huffing and puffing in my scraggly little "food forest" in sweat pants and a crocodile dundee hat with chicken poo stuck to my shoes...

Her: ...

I would like to learn the ancient skill of making it look good! Lol!

Awesome video, though.  I was captivated the whole time and subscribed. I'm going to try out the clay balls for seed starting.  Maybe it will help with germination in my ridiculously dry garden.

Trish Doherty wrote:I would like to learn the ancient skill of making it look good! Lol!

Haha, seems like she has a team to do that magic :D

I imagine the first step would be to ditch the sweat pants!