Tropical Homesteading: My Modern Village Life

This week we visit a friend’s farm and milk goats to make cheese! We also harvest so many mangoes, grapes and other rare rainforest fruits. Anastasia fixes fences so that naughty ducks can’t escape from their new paddock. Benny’s Instagram:   / zendarafarm   Our Book: http://geni.us/MothertheMountain   / motherthemountain     / motherthemountain   Anastasia's Instagram:   / anast.asia   Julia's Instagram:   / juliavanderbyl   We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. Chapters: 0:00 Harvesting mangoes, grapes, lychees and rare rainforest fruits 1:34 A tropical fruit picnic at the lake 3:58 Visiting a friend’s goat farm and milking goats 8:37 Lydia teaches us to make cheese from the milk! 12:08 Fixing gates in the orchard (for naughty ducks)