Freelee The BananaGirl | What I do in a week Off Grid in the Australian wilderness (no talking) @freeleeTheBananaGirl | Uploaded February 2018 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
I live Off Grid in Australia. I aim to use primitive techology wherever possible. We are growing a food forest with the aim of total sustainability.
Watch my 3 year Off Grid Update here: youtube.com/watch?v=W-KvMoTakJ4
Timestamps below :
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Rehanging clothes out of rainy spot
0:59 - Fridge full of bananas
1:15 - Cutting mulch to put over exposed pipe, rain doesn't stop work
1:50 - Outdoor office, work bench Robin made with bamboo
1:59 - Collecting grass clippings for mulching veggie patch
2:35 - Havesting massive coconut then opening it
3:00 - Cutting a straw made out of bamboo
4:02 - Harvesting a sprouted coconut
4:22 - Inexperienced husking lol
5:30 - Eating the delicious nutritious sprout inside coconut
5:50 - Scraping out the natural coconut oil as moisturiser
6:09 - Tumeric harvesting, scientfically proven to be a pain-reliever
6:45 - Collecting soil for planting fruit tree seeds
7:25 - Planting jackfruit seeds
7:45 - Mowing simple paths around property for easy walking
7:59 - Planting Yuca (tastes like potato) with Robin
8:33 - Gathering fallen breadfruit so wild pigs don't eat them
8:45 - Old compost heap is full
8:56 - Bamboo composting cage Robin made
9:38 - Harvesting jackfruit seeds and cooking them, delicious !
🌱 Learn more about my 1:1 coaching services at: frugilife.com
🌱 My best-selling ebooks are here: My website: thebananagirl.com
🌱 Physical signed copies of my books: ur0.jp/Xyz0N
🍌 Customised meal plans by Freelee: ur0.jp/8yH4n
🌱 My main Instagram: instagram.com/freeleethebananagirl
🌱 Our Garden of Freedom Instagram: instagram.com/gardenoffreedom_
Raw till 4 testimonials: https://thebananagirl.com/pages/testi...
Learn more about Freelee here: thebananagirl.com/pages/about
My partner and I were both sick of the rat race, so 7 years ago we left our rather comfortable life in the city to follow our dream of growing our own food and living off-grid. We used all our money to buy 12 acres of rainforest in Queensland, Australia. We lived in a tent for the first few years. Initially we had no shower, so we bathed in the creek. We then made an outdoor shower connected to the creek. We had no toilet, so we made a composting toilet and attached a water sprayer. We had zero electricity until we got solar panels. We really wanted food freedom, so from the beginning we planted fruit trees, and a lot of them. I'm proud to say that we now have planted over 1,000. We used the bamboo from the land to build tons of primitive technology. In my late 30s I finally learned to make my own clothes, crochet, and one of my favorite skills using palm leaves from the land to weave into bags and mats. I was really growing, even my leg hair! But it hasn't all been wins. We've been set back by cyclones and by a one in 100 year flood. From poisonous tree sap that blistered me for weeks, anaphylaxis reaction to insect bites, to a cockroach making my ear its home in the middle of the night. But we are hooked. This is the life for us, and here we inspire you to also move off grid and grow your own food.
I live Off Grid in Australia. I aim to use primitive techology wherever possible. We are growing a food forest with the aim of total sustainability.
Watch my 3 year Off Grid Update here: youtube.com/watch?v=W-KvMoTakJ4
Timestamps below :
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Rehanging clothes out of rainy spot
0:59 - Fridge full of bananas
1:15 - Cutting mulch to put over exposed pipe, rain doesn't stop work
1:50 - Outdoor office, work bench Robin made with bamboo
1:59 - Collecting grass clippings for mulching veggie patch
2:35 - Havesting massive coconut then opening it
3:00 - Cutting a straw made out of bamboo
4:02 - Harvesting a sprouted coconut
4:22 - Inexperienced husking lol
5:30 - Eating the delicious nutritious sprout inside coconut
5:50 - Scraping out the natural coconut oil as moisturiser
6:09 - Tumeric harvesting, scientfically proven to be a pain-reliever
6:45 - Collecting soil for planting fruit tree seeds
7:25 - Planting jackfruit seeds
7:45 - Mowing simple paths around property for easy walking
7:59 - Planting Yuca (tastes like potato) with Robin
8:33 - Gathering fallen breadfruit so wild pigs don't eat them
8:45 - Old compost heap is full
8:56 - Bamboo composting cage Robin made
9:38 - Harvesting jackfruit seeds and cooking them, delicious !
🌱 Learn more about my 1:1 coaching services at: frugilife.com
🌱 My best-selling ebooks are here: My website: thebananagirl.com
🌱 Physical signed copies of my books: ur0.jp/Xyz0N
🍌 Customised meal plans by Freelee: ur0.jp/8yH4n
🌱 My main Instagram: instagram.com/freeleethebananagirl
🌱 Our Garden of Freedom Instagram: instagram.com/gardenoffreedom_
Raw till 4 testimonials: https://thebananagirl.com/pages/testi...
Learn more about Freelee here: thebananagirl.com/pages/about
My partner and I were both sick of the rat race, so 7 years ago we left our rather comfortable life in the city to follow our dream of growing our own food and living off-grid. We used all our money to buy 12 acres of rainforest in Queensland, Australia. We lived in a tent for the first few years. Initially we had no shower, so we bathed in the creek. We then made an outdoor shower connected to the creek. We had no toilet, so we made a composting toilet and attached a water sprayer. We had zero electricity until we got solar panels. We really wanted food freedom, so from the beginning we planted fruit trees, and a lot of them. I'm proud to say that we now have planted over 1,000. We used the bamboo from the land to build tons of primitive technology. In my late 30s I finally learned to make my own clothes, crochet, and one of my favorite skills using palm leaves from the land to weave into bags and mats. I was really growing, even my leg hair! But it hasn't all been wins. We've been set back by cyclones and by a one in 100 year flood. From poisonous tree sap that blistered me for weeks, anaphylaxis reaction to insect bites, to a cockroach making my ear its home in the middle of the night. But we are hooked. This is the life for us, and here we inspire you to also move off grid and grow your own food.
