She has been Living in a Cabin in the Forests of Sweden for 8 years | Home Tour
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Tova has been living in a tiny cabin in the forest for 8 years. In this video she gives you a tour of her home.
This is a vlog about our struggles and joys of living off the grid in the forests of Jämtland, Sweden.
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Tova, Mathias and Ivar
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Where is the toilet?
@@lindatyler3372..toilet on the earth
Farstu in English to us is called a mud room..
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@@Talasbuan are you married??
When I was 57, I moved to a state park in SC, set up a tent and lived there with my dog for a year...worked as a teacher at a school 12 miles away...few park visitors during the off season so we practically had the place to ourselves...camp fires and long peaceful walks...stars at night by the millions...when teachers at work found out where I lived, everybody either snickered about it or felt sorry for me...I always felt it was the best year of my life....there is nothing compared to serenity....nothing.
That's nice
Where? Winter? Left dog when working?
@@frankiebe4818 Off season would be any time after Labor Day and before Memorial Day weekend...left dog in friendly town vet's place and picked up after work. Winter was the best season for camping re: weather as in SC it can get chilly but seldom snows. Rains and at night the sound on the tent was very soothing...also, none of that damn SC heat and humidity!
@@francispoldiak2139 tnx. I live in a class b camper right now. Im lucky i can bring my dog to work. I wanna be as flexible/portable as i can. I wanna fit everthing in 3 luggage
South Central?
It is amazing how this woman is completely satisfied with what most of us would consider a simple and frugal life. She has a beautiful and gentle personality. She is really proud of what she has accomplished. She has everything she needs to survive. Good for her.
A smart individual can see the accomplishments and appreciate them. Most people are smart and want good for others. Maybe you should give people more credit so people like me don't have to defend them when you go on the attack.
It is a pretty sweet set up though 😁
She is one of those authentic people who do not need photoshop to be happy.
We'd all be satisfied with this if we were honest with ourselves and deprogrammed our Capitalist brainwashing.
The father lives there too. They were making videos together for a long time before she got pregnant
As it says at the end of the description, the names. Mathias is the father and Ivar is the baby
Tiny home, big library...these proportions are wonderful!
Exactly!
For me it's tiny house basics, and a massive workshop.
I have over 300 books in my phone library. They are with me everywhere I go. (Not in the cloud either). The library in my office is almost obsolete. Eating the stuff in that jar everyday for breakfast would take me 11 years to accept. No coffee in this cabin... I love tea and coffee & bulk coffee is much cheaper than tea... I’m just saying this because we all “off grid” with different mindsets. The weather in the southeast United States is so mild that year round indoor and outdoor use is about 97% of the year. Very interesting to see this style and culture of living off the land. Now a days off grid doesn’t mean “survival” like it did a hundred and fifty years ago. There are serious creature comforts now. Love the insight of this video but that’s a hard life to just “step into” even though it’s beautiful - and it really is beautiful.
"Farstu" is a shorted version of what in modern Swedish would be "förstuga". In this case 'för' is the word 'före', before. 'Stuga' can be translated as cabin or cottage. So "before-cabin" / "fore-cabin", the cabin before you enter the real cabin.
I think 'mud room' is a good choice of word. The farstu's purpose was, IS, to protect the inner cabin from weather and wind. Not let rain, snow and cold air in, and make the heat stay inside.
At the same time it was a perfect place to leave muddy clothes and boots.
How many people live there?
The world needs more people like yourself. Your lifestyle is easy on the earth.
Yeah... We need more people like you. Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, ElonMusk and the rest od rich needs more fresh air to use their yachts, Bentleys, and pivate jets (1 hour od flight is more than you will use during a year even when you own a car and travel everyday 100 km, the same without yachts)
@@krzysztofhurbiszewski6539 And you need this guys for whine one internet :)
Hear me out: more people like her are not needed to be easy on Earth, but because their lifestyle also means they don't consume the things that make those people you mentioned richer. @@krzysztofhurbiszewski6539
In the winter you can use the outside as a freezer.
🤣
yep very convenient actually. if you wanna cool drinks or something. about two weeks ago it was like -24 C here. i think a freezer runs at -18 C :)
Will animals eat the food? Honest
question. I’m a city dweller, and we never keep food outside because it attracts animals.
@@bcotrell It do attract animals but mostly they try to avoid places where they hear human voices and smell human scent. Also how u storage food depends. When you put it in the basket and let it freeze less odor it will emit. Temperature you can adjust by burying things under compressed snow. Snow is good insulation so under thick snow things don't get so cold and also smells will attract animals even less.
@@bcotrell Especially racoons.
99.9% of people would rather be living there right now than in this crazy insane on-grid life right now. God Bless you.
💯
ya definitly away from all the nonsense going on right now.
I've got some friends that have a stretch of woodland property. I'd love to help build a small cabin with them and become a groundskeeper for their property
Jen A. Damn straight. I'm sick of being made sick by the manmade EMFs that won't allow me to have a moment of peace and is constantly putting both my mind and body under stress and many other symptoms. I'd love to escape and come back to the me I seem to have lost.
No thanks i need the city life
I have to get out of this city I live in. It hurts my mental health, and I have been in therapy many times and even warded into an institution for a couple of days to help calm my mind. I feel this kind of life that she's living is where my heart lies.
Try to spend time in nature
Just go
Realize the video is an idealized version of this way of life. I also find the city causes anxiousness. Your personal problems will follow you but a smaller community can be helpful. Note 'community' instead of city. There is work everywhere for the willing. Isolation isnt the true answer but is a band aid. Try to stay active and eat whole foods instead of sugary processed crap. There is nothing wrong with you. Life is a rollercoaster so keep going and never give up. The best days are yet to come amigo
@@jamespitson6524 They are finding that so many of us that truly love being IN nature.....might be suffering from PTSD. If true, vast numbers of the world are suffering from it! Or just anxiety, etc.
Go for a walk in the park or go for a simple hike bring some things in a backpack. Granola bars and water go for it.
Choosing to live like this is smart for so many reasons that I'm not gonna elaborate on. Let's just say that there are indications in this world, and have been for quite a while, that we need to step back and start living more independently with nature.
You are spot. We need to move in urban side.
So you are technically against the advancement of medicine and contraception
You are literally being a primitive anarchist, I recommend that you go to therapy or an asylum
It's not smart to live this way, it's harmful :)
Of course the first thing the bizarre Leftist brain conjures up is "contraception"
My uncle lived like this his entire life until. He lived in the Balkan mountains in a cabin that had no electricity. The only water he had was running water from the top of the mountain. The clothes on his back and his knife and gun. He was the happiest person I knew. R.I.P Adzo Ramo.
Zvuči kao plan... Pozdrav s Ćićarije
🙏🏻🤍
Adzo the great
Adzo legenda ispred svog vremena .Na kojoj planini živi ?
@@lucaantonelli1511 All hail Adzo the Great!
Visiting the library and happened across your video. I have been off grid in a cabin for almost five years - ALONE. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I asked for this. The world moves too fast for me. I found that many old dresser mirrors brightened the place up reflecting candles, giving psychological space, and helps with having motion inside the cabin which is me, myself, and I. We get along with one another much better now. I particulary liked your answers as to why you made this choice. I have several of my own; but more important is that I never want to go back to what is normal living. Thank you for sharing your deeply inexplicable existance. Touched.
i feel ya.🌈🌎🙏🏽🦋
The real world is full of hypocrites
Your world is pure free from junk
World is too fast for me too, I retreat from it mostly and one day hope to have a tiny house on some land
Sounds nice TheWebock!
I also live alone in the woods. Ok, with two cats and sometimes with three children. And I would never cope without electricity, I think. Once you get used to the lifestyle, it is unthinkable to move to a city again. We are not created to deal with all these distractions.
I can't believe some non-thinking person asked if you have baby proofed the cabin. What I see are 2 wonderful people with their baby next to them being spoken to in a soft and loving way. Tova thank you for showing us everything. It all works because you all are smart and organized. I love you all, dianne
baby proofing is a novel thing LOL It just came into existence when I had my kids - car seats were just starting then...... strange that we all survived :)
baby proofing is for people leaving the baby wander while they caress thier phone with thier finger tips
I dont think that sweet baby is going to hurt the old cabin.lol
Yes, baby proofing is not necessary if you teach your children.I never had to babyproof my home.
Baby proofing is only needed for people who don’t watch their children constantly. I had four sons and never baby proofed or moved anything. I watched them and taught them what not to touch.
Her self composure, grounding and serenity is so inspiring. Hopefully I will live like this some day and find true inner peace.
Make sure you film it though. Otherwise no one will care
me as well
so glad to see that even a cabin in Sweden has a 'junk' drawer for those items that have no other place :D
Agreeing
Exactly my thoughts
I'd have a microwave and some tv dinners in there, and maybe a stereo. And some drugs. Lots of drugs.
Lol ikr
A home without a junk drawer is not a home!! 😁
The footage of the child in the snow is simply precious!
That baby so cuute. Over here: Someone would see a baby in the snow, freak out, and call the law on ya.
@CharlyRomeo2009 Had it happen to me over nothing so Karen's are out there.
I think you look like your grandfather 🇸🇪
Legit snow angel
@@dalisegar2513 that actually happened about 2 weeks ago!
As strange as it sounds, you can just feel the love emanating from that little cabin and it’s occupants. From the cats, to the precious baby and everywhere in between, that home is full of love and respect.
Ya, but did you see how irritated that cat was when she stopped petting it for a second?
They couple fought at the end of this video. I am not sure where do you see the 💕 LOVE
The best of all the cabin are the baby and the cats.
@@lsophial Damn didn't know you lived with them to know that. Way to go Felicia
It's a cosy home that functions perfectly. Reminds me of my nana's cottage in Ireland. No running water so buckets were carried from the spring, bread made by hand daily. The food was all home grown and delicious. Something to be said for keeping it simple.
Not far from where i was born we have a park that has a museum in the middle which was a a family home for 400 years which was stolen from the church when King Henry the VIII, Put the majority to the sword,They were given the land in the 11th century made two lakes from the local stream kept cows and sheep and chickens,When they weren't allowed to "eat meat" which walked around on four legs,They ate fish and chicken Chicken wasn't meat because it only had TWO LEGS
Your nan had the internet? Wow.
But Ireland is Irish 😮😮🧘♂️✍️❄
It is quite remarkable how much people are interested in this way of living. Makes me think how far we have gone in the wrong direction. *That* is what matters.
Lovelovelove ❤️
Exactly what I keep saying. People inevitably return to the old ways. Humans like simplicity in the long run
This is what life actually is, its inevitable people want to get back to this. Something real and authentic.
Agreed. Way to far
As a person who lives in the city centre I totally agree. Human beings werent made to live alongside concrete and huge, towering buildings. It's in nature we truly belong.
When I think of the monstrously wrong direction we have gone in, (which is quite often), I see that it was and continues to be at the behest of powerful and greedy men who set the standard for masculinity = toxic. We haven't had balance since the madness took hold a long time ago. We desperately need more women like Tova to get us back to a good place because sadly there are women who believe in the wrong direction. We also need the men like Adzo Ramo who is fondly remembered by Night Kruzer. I believe a fundamental question all human's need to ask is what exactly do we want to achieve for the benefit of all humans, our planet and it's other inhabitants.
Some people would call that place boring, but watching, it was so calming, like the weight of the world was left in the city. Felt like i could breath better after watching this place.
in what hell hole of a 3rd world country are u living in bro
@@Archonsx why would you assume they live in a third world country?
@@Archonsx they're probably actually implying they live in a 1rst world country and all the distracting and clustered environment there unlike where the lady lives in the video
Amen Brother!
@@Archonsx let me guess you're from america
Tranquility, slow pace of life, time to yourself and with no distractions when you pursue your personal interests. The sound of your fire going while you read and drink a cup of tea or cocoa. Paradise. I'm someone who loves my personal space and my privacy; I would get used to that so fast.
If everyone lived in a cabin there wouldn't be books and cocoa in the first place. You can't have cocoa farms, schools that teach you to read, publishers who print books, and stores selling the cocoa and books if everyone is living in a cabin in wilderness.
The cabin is full of modern products that can only be produced in factories by people who've enjoyed modern education for years. If she has a husband and sleeps with him it means she's using modern contraception. If one of them gets seriously ill or injured they'll go to a hospital. They aren't self-sufficient at all, they just live in a place where they can't see the civilization that's providing for them.
@@MargaritaMagdalenaYou don’t need to give up absolutely everything. You find a nice middle ground. We need to go back to nature, but we can still have nice things, that aren’t so demanding on our environment.
a lot of people will be saying "how can you live like this?" whereas its making me say "how can I live the way Ive been living" so beautiful ❤ your boy is having the best childhood he could hope for, thank you for sharing 🙏
Thank you for sharing your lifestyle, I love it, reminds me of my childhood in Pennsylvania, USA. I now am 81 living in Massachusetts and miss the woods. You are a strong woman and may God continue to bless you and your family.
stunning and brave
Mr black tell me about messachusts state of us.
I can’t believe people ask why you would want to live that way. The world would be so much better if we all lived that way. It’s a beautiful place and way of life! Thanks for the great video
David Lewis... I totally agree with you. It is unbelievable that anyone would question this couples choice, of how they live their lives. I watched the video, but felt I was intruding into their private space, etc. Some people are just inconsiderate, nosy and interfering... With no regard for others privacy or choice!
agree
@david lewis, as a matter of fact, we can all live with a little less useless stuff from now on, just by being aware of it.
But we cannot all live the 'Talusbuan' way if we would like, we are just with to many..
For the knowledge to live like this, we shouldn't forget that maybe 7% of the modern population would survive this way, others don't have a clue..
In the past, much of this basic knowledge was lost, due to famine and plagues, which costed millions their lives, and the natural solutions for health where gone with them.
This dip in knowledge, is filled up with our modern solutions, and we should be happy with that, use them both ways, sensibly.
To me it isn't thàt strange to question this way of life, giving up the comfort, cost a lot of energy in order to survive, and then limits other creative expression's which you might have.
And I am happy for them to grab this opportunity as it passed by, and share the videos with us who couldn't do.
In this way we might both become more aware.:-)
@@patriciabarnes7034 If they didn’t want us to see I’m sure they wouldn’t show us so I don’t feel bad for watching, but I know what you mean. People like to criticize when it makes no sense to when they’re trying to live healthy rewarding lives. Happy new year
@Dennis Yen , everything which makes you deeply attentive, whatever it might be, is not a 'drab lifestyle' anymore.
It is just the working of attention in you, not the thing you choose, which is free.:-)
my whole life: I've lived with suicidal grief and homicidal rage...
and, in THIS moment, as I watch THIS video, I am happy to say...
that I am happy. blissfully, easily, gently, expansively: happy...
Hey friend, hopefully you have found some measure of peace
The way you organized everything inside your cozy cabin is just perfect! Wishing all the best to your family. Greetings from Ukraine.
When a Swede says "It was really cold", you can bet it was really, really cold! Wonderful tour and I admire your ability to live this way off the grid.
It does not look like she is completely off the grid. She still has access to youtube ..... :-)
@@jonathanthink5830 she also said they are so close to the village.
Jonathan - they use mobile data.
I live the same way in the US, in the center of a city in an old Victorian built in 1902. We are truly blessed, those like us. I don't have solar power yet so I use a generator to produce whatever electricity I need to charge everything. I'm 63 years old and have had this lifestyle 12 years. No one has ever asked me why, but I would tell them that it was my choice, and that I'm happy this way. It's all about the quality of life.
Love from America. 💖
Envious.
@@barbarabrennan1753 *I’m very envious...*
That's amazing!!!!
👍❤🇭🇲 sounds wonderful
I'd love to live like you do but the wife won't.
The Art of living, a precious spiritual way of life that so few encounter.
WHAT A GLORIOUS WAY TO LIVE! MY DAD HAD A FISHING CAMP OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO , IN NEW ORLEANS EAST, THIS REMINDS OF THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS. THIS IS LIVING! THANK YOU FOR SHARING
I love your home and the location. I live in a converted horsebox which is built inside entirely from wooden pallets, over a hundred pallets were dismantled, sanded and oiled, it took a few weeks. I live on a farm in the UK so like you in the winter we don't get much solar power, so I bought a wind turbine that gives 600 Watts of power and I'm going to make a water wheel for the stream, using a car alternator. I'm a beekeeper which replaces sugar. I have chicken's and ducks for eggs and meat. I have a milking nanny goat called willow and a log pulling horse that also is ridden and pulls a cart. I'm a tanner so any animal i eat gets skinned and tanned and made into clothes, knife pouches and belt pouches. Nothing goes to waste as any bones or antlers are made into coat hooks, rune set's etc. Like you my two dogs live under the bed and they are both lurchers and have a job, they help with the hunting. My cat also, she keeps the rodents under control. I have a log burner which is toasty and stays lit all night. There is no other way of life for me, I've lived like this for 13 years and could never go back. People think I'm a little mad because i ride around in full viking clothing but that's okay, it gives them something to talk about 😂and makes people smile and ask me questions. In my spare time I'm learning to play the bowed lyre, I'm getting there. Thank you for sharing your journey. I also forage herbs and fungi and make tea's, tinctures and potions and grow all of my own fruit and vegetables. Simple life, can't beat it ✌️
How you get money to pay for internet?
Beautiful life!
Sounds incredible, compliments and courage!!!💪👍 We live full time on our ⛵😂
Sarah, how did you get to begin this kind of a natural and healthy way of life? You are blessed.
@@onelove4255 how you get money to eat your food the same
Since august 2016 i live in trailor in the bushes. I have a little goat farm, with chickens, rabbits and three dogs of my own and one strayed dog. I understand you, sister and i admire you. I could easily live like that for the rest of my life. Only, i have sun povered electricity all the time. Greetings from Bosnia
I agree with you here....Because I experience the same way too
@@chelsreise8354 Greetings
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8 years and I wish you at least more 80 years at that blessed place. Happy New Year !
As a rumanian who works in Sweden for 1 year now as telecom engineer been in a lot of places like this. I was always amazed by the peolple who chose to live in the middle of the nature. Whole clip is nice but the best part is at 20:16 and 22:10. I appreciate you a lot guys! Big hugs!
"Walk out the door and into the forest and be part of nature". That says it all to me. You are a lovely, informative hostess. Thank you for allowing virtual visitors into your cozy, very-well organized home.
In a German children's story; "Master Eder and his Pumuckel" there is a line where they are showing their small home and the visitor comment is that "it is very small"! The Pumuckel replies:" Happy people don't need such big homes because they don't need to avoid each other, so often" That, stuck with me for 40 years! I embrace your choices, there is a natural flow/order and harmony. When you are sharing a meal, together in the home, with the animals, there is a sense of exquisite balance/inclusion..being held in each others arms-feeling, that comes across in the videos as well. Thank you, for the tour such a talented and creative home-maker, Partner, Parent and Land Steward, you both are! Wishing you all, a very healthy and prosperous New Year!! Loving greetings!
What a nice story! 😄
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Das stimmt, 100 Prozent
Eloquently said James.
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I came from watching live news about the chaos in the United States to this video. You guys are doing life correctly! Bless you and your family. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us all!
and these people are so honest, they don't show a story in the name of freedom, because it can be marketed well, but show people who have always wondered what it is like to live in a lonely Swedish hut, how it can be can. Thanks for that. Real freedom doesn't take up a lot of space when you are at peace with yourself.
I was scrolling and found this simple lovely video. I wish I was taking a live tour through this cabin right now......away from COVID and the chaotic mess the U.S. is going through right now. Thanks for sharing 💕
Hah, I came from the same exact thing. seems like some sort of eerie premonition, but eh 🤷🏾♂️
I quit watching "the news" months ago. Amazing how much more peaceful life is now.
Fantastic video... Your calm voice and unique accent made me feel I was there, I could feel the quiet, peace and joy of your lives.
It makes me think. .After years of immigrating to Canada, with housing prices through the roof (like from 10 to 20 times my yearly salary) and rent increasingly unaffordable, I´m strongly considering a similar lifestyle by constructing my own little home and living rent free. Current technology allows us to live completely off grid. I´m getting old and need to work on that.
Thank you so much for the inspiration!!
Her accent sounds strangely norwegian..
My problem is; I have not been living in a cabin in the forest of Sweden for 8 years.
Seriously same
ikr?! answer to 21:11 is ``why not?!`` like, these are absolute goals even though i hate cold weather, i would trade my tiny apartment in Amsterdam for living there in a heartbeat.
yeah
Ditto
I lived in a cabin half of this size for about 2 years in the woods.
It sounds a lot cooler than it is. Winter was brutal. Yes.. there was a wood burning stove.. but..
No. Wouldn't trade my brick house with a basement and central heat and air for it. I prefer having a toilet and shower inside the house, too.
Thanks for the tour, I grew up in the wilderness, 14 years in isolation and we never relied on stores for food or clothing. We made everything by hand, clothing, leather items you name it.
so you would hunt and gather every day (re: no stores)? like what did you do for food exactly?
@@urmama54 bear soup, bear paw lasagna, bears head cheese, bear jerky, bear back ribs... 😉
What did your family eat?
@@urmama54 I guess the same thing people did for millennia before grocery stores. They hunted, gathered, fished, and grew their own. Where do you think the grocery stores get the food from? It's been raised, fished, etc.
Thank you for inviting us into your home. So organized. Do the things you want to do in your own way and in your own time. So pleased to look a little bit into your life and see how you do things and how you build out your home and homestead. Thanks for having us.
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Life with a purpose is living everyday to the fullest. This is a very clear example of such conviction in a way that it connects with the natural world. Few are the ones who can do that, but it goes to show there is beauty in simplicity.
"I need to live in a cabin in a forest in Sweden!" my brain tells me, an Italian who's already sick of winter after 3 weeks of 2 degrees and a thin layer of snow...
Lol.
Hahaha 😂 that made me laugh
The whole impression of a real winter is much more enjoyable and passionate when there is a thicker layer of snow and some minus degrees. But maybe that´s because I am use to it.
Lmaooo same. I'd love to live in a cozy cabin in the woods but I have such an intolerance to the cold. I get fed up with just 60° F
stessa cosa io HAHAHQH
An intimate portrait of a beautiful and deliberate life. Thank you for sharing. My best wishes to you all for a wonderful new year.
A family living the simple life, one they are happy and contented with. There will be many families watching this who will be encouraged to do the same. Thank you for posting this video.
This reminds me of my family's cabin. It is a breath of fresh air and realness compared to all the super expensive " off grid" tiny homes that are popular.
No library is complete without Terry Prachet!! My youngest daughter and I lived in a cabin a little smaller than yours, for 10 years when she was younger. Every item had to have 2 purposes or we couldn't keep it... We did have a wonderful little wood cook stove that could heat us right out of our cabin at below 0° f.
Many adventures winter and summer here in the Colorado Rockies with our two dogs and a cat that loved to go hiking with us (even in the snow!). It is so important for children to be in reality in the wild. I wouldn't change those 10 years for anything. I understand everything you are doing, and doing well!!💜👵
Wow. Sounds wonderful.
Ahh moorepork...
I found this extremely interesting to hear how this totally sustainable family is living in the woods with everything they need in a tiny little cabin
though not mentioned: pooping, bathing
With all that butter and eggs I'm not so sure about sustainability. :) Not saying that I have a problem with that or that I do better. It just doesn't seem to be the solution for sustainability problems to move into a forest in the woods. ;)
@@alquinn8576 composting toilet and sauna/shower hut is our solution for our offgrid situation. Humanuer methods are super beneficial to the land, and grey water systems to feed the herb/flower garden is smart/sustainable water system to use. Avoiding the use of harsh chemical products becomes the game, because the last thing you wanna do is harm the forest if you live in it.
@@bened22 better than just consuming products and working a mindless job and paying for your life in a stinky city.... everyone can sustain in different ways, who are you to judge her process?
@@missymoonwillow6545 I didn't. :)
There is a lot to be said for a simple life. It can be a hard life, but a life well lived.
@Myth Tree Probably just need a compromise. I know I do.
@Myth Tree Well you have been through it for sure. I am rural and know the mice. 😲 Finally found some solutions but it was horrible getting there. Allergic to smoke myself so can't use the fireplace. The neighbors smoke from really far still can waft over and it is a bad day sometimes. Well water...Testing is vital. Gardening same thing. Healthy habits and discipline and a plan is required.🤔 Yep...5 acres is probably enough for me.🙋♀️I have less land now and it is not the best for me.😕 Just have to figure it out what works, right? 😊
@Myth TreeCommunity can really help. Experience is sometimes necessary to know what's what for you and needs can change too. Of course, best to you as well.💕😊
Great, I know what is like, since 2 years ago I spent 6 months in a Taoist monastery on a mountain top. It was 3 Hrs tedious hike away from a small village. Without any hot water shower and stove to heat up the room. Nobody became enlightened yet in a 5 star hotel.
Neither did you.
I love your HOME. Thank you for sharing. So cosy and warm lovely space to live. I have enjoyed your presentation very much.
So peaceful to listen to this lady. Mesmerising...
I think you're one in a million Tova. I feel something deep inside when people like you make a life that doesn't conform to the wired world. Honestly it makes me question my own existence and what I focus on every day. Huge respect, thank you for a completely unexpectedly visceral video. This will stay with me.
@Lynda Totally agree. Never worry about the news...never thought of it that way. Amazing. (Sigh).
@@valueinyou9931 corporate careers are stupid.
The idea of working hard and step up the ladder.
People don't need that.
In alternate world, I hope there are no career men and career women.
People can live simply and can go anywhere in the world without the need of money and passport.
That's my stupid idea of how to live a life (in an alternate universe, of course)
I guess I'm sounding Utopian right now.
@@norpriest521 You know what...? I don't think you're sounding stupid at all, honestly. I mean who's to say the other way is not stupid (you know, the corporate ladder crap with politics and traffic and stress leading to heart disease, spending 5/7 of every week of our adult lives away from the people who mean the most to us) ...and look at our world because of it. Do you know I read a statistic the other day that prior to the year 2000 in the US, we averaged three (3) mass shootings a year...? And additionally, in the same statistic, it shared that through July 2022 the US has had 240 mass shootings. 240. And the year at that time was barely half over. I don't pretend to know exactly what the answer is, but your comment isn't stupid at all. In my opinion if you look around and DON'T question things, that seems stupid. Great comment.
Thank you for opening your home and for letting us meet your gorgeous baby. I give you a lot of credit for doing what you and your husband have chosen to do. YOu are an inspiration! You have a lovely cabin and have really made the most use of it!
hi I think the same, I wish you many more generations🙋👍
Merci pour votre message de simplicité, de patience, d’intelligence et de courage. 😊 la vie n’est pas que le luxe.
Your cats seem to be stress free, content and happy.
After they stuck the bits of paper in the gaps in the walls ;)
I can find em a city cat...and they can greet each other.
It's Sweden dude even the people there are chill asf :')
I've noticed some youtubers here in the USA who profess to live "off grid" in the "wilderness" all seem to have brand new stuff, trucks, atv's, chainsaws, pots, cooking stoves, thermal clothes and bedding and either go out for supplies or have them brought to them. It's like they moved a full service motel room into the woods for a holiday. I grew up poor in Michigan winter's and we would put newspapers, overcoats and whatever we could find onto our beds to stay warm in our unheated upstairs bedrooms that always had ice on the inside of the windows. I was about 10 when I woke up one night with a mouse shivering near my head, I just went back to sleep. We canned vegetables, laid in cabbage and carrots in a hole in the ground, butchered one of my grandfathers pigs, and went to the woods for our firewood. We had an outhouse until 1964 and heated water on the stove to take a bath in the kitchen. I played all sports in school just for the showers. I don't mind those youtubers doing what they want but please stop pretending you are "roughing it".
I understand what you're saying, thank you for sharing your experiences! It's a hard life when you're truly 'roughing it' and it does seem a little on the nose when people who are clearly very wealthy and can afford everything they need claim to be roughing it (like the US youtubers you speak of). They're doing it by choice, not necessity! When I was young we lived in a trailer that was parked into an old silage pit so the vegetables would grow spectacularly!! They were mostly grown in large plastic rubbish bags though as the pit would get mushy in the rain - the soil was so good though. The pit was in the middle of miles of farmland and we'd have to walk over an hour just to get to the car. We had a tin bath outside with a fire underneath it to warm the water, and mum would wash us kids in it then wash the dishes, then wash my little brother's cloth nappies. It was also used for washing our clothes. Mum had a nanny goat she'd milk every morning. I guess because I was very young I never noticed it as 'hard' but looking back, it would have been a pretty hard life for mum as she was a single parent with us two kids, living in the middle of nowhere with no electricity or phone or anything, and even to get to the car was a very long walk over farmland!! In my late teens I was on and off the streets for a while, so yeah I know there's a huge difference between having nothing and having to survive somehow, and being able to afford anything you want to live as _though_ you have nothing as many of the US 'off griders' do. I really enjoyed watching this video because her little cabin reminds me a bit of what the old trailer looked like before it was destroyed, and my dad later had a similar cabin in the woods with a longdrop outside, the cabin could only be accessed by crossing a river in your bare feet! - he was super poor too so all he ate was bread that he made and cooked on the wood stove, and drank his home brew beer. I have also experienced mice climbing into/onto the bed when it's so cold there are sheets of ice inside the windows, but once one crawled into my pocket while I was asleep and I woke up with it squished in there, I felt so bad Y_Y
People like you and I are lucky in a way, to have experienced something most people can't even imagine - it helps build character and gives us a greater appreciation of the things we have now, and I think gives us better survival skills in hard times. That's how I feel anyway :) I'll stop rambling now, but I hope you're having a lovely day.
EXACTLY. I'm from the south of Spain and I hate when posh people from the city come to the countryside, most of them are foreigners, and pretend to live "as poor people". It makes me laugh. They all have Feng Shui and yoga in common, apart from last generation technology to record themselves living this "authentic lifestyle"... This seems to me like a Zara Home commercial or something similar. Ironically, all of these wealthy foreigners here, who come from the north of Europe, skip the part of "working from 6am to 6pm at 40°C in the countryside" in this new fancy philosophy they call "natural lifestyle" or "authentic lifestyle" or "bio- whatever".
Thank you for saying that.... it is annoying...
I grew up poor in a trailer, no water, wood stove in rural West Virginia - It ain't the same. I had to work hard to get out, and God help anybody that tries to put me back.
@@myronquick8312 you have an interesting handle "Myron" . It is also, a rare, Cretan birth name. My father was a Myron.
Lovely. I could live there in a heartbeat. I live in a van but as soon as I step outdoors, I am in my living room of mountains, forests and deserts, all with cathedral ceilings filled with stars and planets. I’m so happy for you. I live off grid because it is simple and true.
Amazing!
Solo Over 50 Why did you stop posting videos?
Solo over 50
Did you move to the city?
I watched your video some time ago, but I occasionally find myself thinking about it and i rewatch it. I am enchanted and in love with your way of life. It's practical, yet filled with coziness and a quiet simplicity that I yearn for. Thank you for your content.
I love Sweden and Swedish people! So authentic and speaking with heart!
Tova you did really well and you're English is very good well done ,I live in the UK and this video is just what i need as we are in lock down and can't go out xx
Thank you Ms Tova for opening your home when most people prefer privacy. You're an amazing woman and I understand that you like living that way, that's purely your choice. I hope your new home is bigger and your little one will be as strong as you!
stunning and brave
I lived for a month like that. It was challenging but do able. It humbles one, who are use to living in this modern worldly society. Actually it is applaudable for people who are living permanently.
The purity of a baby's smile in the snow - priceless !
That is what my face looks like finally having snow after Years of rain.....xD
Baby literally growing up in a Christmas Card.
Everything is magical as a wee one but man the little fella got Magic on a Whole New Level.
Its so God Damn beautiful there just wow :)
Your taste in fantasy is outstanding.
Your home is charming and cozy.
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Charming and cozy.. please... you can reach and touch both sides of the house from the inside. No thanks Ill take my big house over this storage shed any day.
Wow, her English is absolutely perfect, she shows me that it is possible to live a very basic life completely void of consumerism and thrive. what an inspiration this lady is. ❤️
Most swedish speak good English plus their language is similar to English.
@@ajl2232 Swedish is not at all similar to English. Its grammatical structure is very, very different, e.g. it has gendered nouns and complex adjective/verb declension; verbs are inflected totally differently; the definite article is an affix, not a separate word; it has an absolutely bewildering (to non Scandinavian foreigners) array of vowel sounds; etc. Like English, it's generally a subject-verb-object structure and a small amount of the vocabulary is recognisably similar and...that's about it as far as similarities go.
But imagine if billions would suddenly go and live in the forests = no forests, no peace in an instant. There are too many people on this planet. What this couple has its actually a form of luxury.
Yes, i liked it
*excuse me she bought everything her home Is made, and filled to the brim with. She also regularly buys supplies and non necessities. Just look at her place.*
Just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. I am living with my 2 dogs in a kind "Circus Wagen" made of wood since 3years without running water, but a good stove and I have electricity. In Germany it is hard to find a place and it is not allowed to live off the grid. Videos like yours are always a big inspiration, what else is possible. I love all the books in your house. I am looking forward to watch more of your videos.
I am very impressed about your report of your way of life!
I have a similar but larger cabin in the southern mountains of Switzerland and I can share your feelings of being connected with nature, woods and animals. Here we have Foxes, hares, wild boars, deer, deer, badgers, etc. and soon we will have also wolves, you can hear them already from beyond the mountains on the Italian side. Also bears will be coming. Here the biggest middle European jungle is developing because people are leaving all villages and the woods are growing faster and faster. Our house has no electricity and we have our own source for water. Heating up means chopping wood blocks mostly by hand etc.
But the rewards are great: the sound of nature, of the trees and birds. The loneliness and decoupling from civilizations unrest gives you an inner strength and calm.
Great way of living!
Heartly greetings from Switzerland!
Lots of Respect from Pakistan
So eloquent and sweet, speaks in a natural manner in front of the camera. It really shows that the place has offered inner peace.
She speaks English very well.
@@daisychain3007 English is a compulsory school subject.
The best part is seeing your beautiful son, Ivar. He is truly a wonderful child.
when i was 18 i would think this lady is crazy, but now I think she's really smart.
Such simplicity, yet perfect completeness! If I close my eyes, I could imagine sitting here, in a snowstorm, sipping on tea, reading a book, and holding the hand of someone you love! Thank you so much for the experience.
then someone starts to break the door down with an axe... what do you do then
@@granola661 😆😆😆😆
hi 😃I think the same, I wish you many more generations🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
perfection!!!!
@@granola661 click click boom
I truly enjoyed the tour of your cozy cabin, thank you. This year has been very hard for most people due to the pandemic but your videos have kept many sane. Wishing you and your family good health, happiness, success and prosperity in the coming !
Dear Rosa. For your information, this is a faked pandemic. If you do your own research on what inventor(Kary Mullis) said about PCR(or RT PCR) -who said it should NOT be used for diagnostic purpose-and the fact that PCR for COVID-19 was imported to each country in the year of 2017 alone, you will be able to make yourself understand that the whole hassle was merely the result of greed of corrupt beauracarts(including WHO and World Bank) and evil pbarmaceutical companies. Visit David Icke website or that of Michael O'Bernicia.
@@wookyungkim5507 omg I cannot believe you even said that or thought it. Hundreds of thousands of people have died in the u.s.. alone and you say something that ignorant
@@marlenejones6266Do turn off corrupt corporate media and do your own research! US CDC admitted as early as in Sep that they only ESTIMATED in counting the numbers of Coronavirus deaths beforehand and admitted that only 6% of the ESTIMATE are deemed to have died 'of' this Commom Cold virus! www.eutimes.net/2020/09/cdc-revises-the-us-death-toll-only-6-died-directly-of-the-disease-94-had-serious-comorbidities/
@@marlenejones6266 Also, WHO admitted that chances are extremely low that pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic ppl spread virus to others. Also, it is being revealed that hospitals are in fact empty despite Tier 4 lockdown in UK or the equivalent in Germany. Read true newa from Evidencenotfear.com and give me yr email address. I can send you literally hundreds of references evidencing that you are being fooled by TV or main stream media!
@@wookyungkim5507 Completely agree!! Unfortunately not many people see that... I have a channel too, where I show my life but also talk about all that you are saying. Feel free to check out!! ☺️
I love the peaceful tranquility of her life. 💙
Oh my goodness that part where Tova is speaking to the camera with the kitty just zenned out in her lap.. so sweet.
I love the "take-outs" at the end! Glad to see your sense of humor with using English in these videos! And, of course, your beautiful baby at the end; no words to describe the incredible opportunity you are giving him, living in concert with Mother Earth. Thank you for sharing.
In rural America or in the south the structure built on the side of your cabin or house is called a lean-to. It is built at the entrance to your house usually in the back and is big enough to change your shoes or coats, keep fire wood if needed, and extra food or supplies. Your door to the lean-to is separate from your entrance to your house. Usually big enough for two people. We also have root cellars where you can keep foods you’ve canned or food that needs to be kept cool. I don’t have a root cellar so I can keep things in my basement. I live in rural Tennessee and it is extremely quiet and the night sky is amazing.
Mud room.
I’m in Tennessee also. Where exactly are you? I’m in Maryville. Im thoroughly interested in the tiny house movement. There’s something very appealing to me about a cozy, minimalist life. 🙏😊
In the south, a lean to is a three sided structure, either used for storage or out in a field for animals. That's either a mud room or arctic entry if you live somewhere colder.
It was always called a porch or a lean too when I was a child.. mudroom is abit middleclass for most homes in the UK
I would, as a Swede, translate "farstu" to "vestibule".
Makes everyone being on grid seem so spoiled! How much we could really do without. It looks as though you have everything you need. Thanks for the tour. I applaud the way you live! Have a good New Year!
Agreed
They may have everything they need but almost entirely thanks to the people who live on the grid, use fossil fuels (and plastics), and work for others (i.e. produce/manufacture and provide goods/services to trade with or buy from) in the nearby village. It's easy to live this lifestyle when you have a plethora of nearby safety nets to support you. I don't believe much Camellia sinensis (tea) is grown in Sweden and I didn't see a metalworking area to make stainless steel pots and pans. I can see where people like yourself become enamored and want to romanticize this lifestyle but realistically there's nothing special or unique about it. It's the equivalent of living in a cabin near a lake in Wisconsin year round- without the socialized medical system.
@@beeorganic god what a narrow minded, immature, response. Troll out begging for notice ! Any reasonable viewer watching even a few of your films, could catch on to how dynamic your work has encompassed a rich outpouring of passionate living ! Consider this persons ignorant view point just that. A clump of horse poop on the way towards becoming a weed, then a mulch, then substance to aid in further growth.my love & best ambitious green fields of growth & a flourishing existance..Canyon in California
@@beeorganic I don't agree but I see your point and find it too narrow. If they would not make videos they could do without a lot of your so called safetynet - and the socialized medical system is not what you think! I'd rather live out on my own like they do than in a city - alas as for now I am really thankful for the grid, waterlines as well as an insulated older home. I dream of a larger kitchen, however mine is large compared to Tova's. I do not romanticize their life style, I admire how they live it! I know there are conveniences I don't like to do without. Their choice of how to live and telling who ever wants to hear it impress me, it is unique, because not many do it, city life has more glamor.
@@canyonhaverfield2201 calm down, dear. Someone has a different opinion than you....you'll live
I enjoyed your video very much, you have chosen to live very simple in the middle of a forest and that is true living. I admire you for the respect you have for the planet and your baby is adorable.
So you are technically against the advancement of medicine and contraception
21:05 Love the kitty. I use to spend some occasional summer days and nights in a small lake front mountain cottage without electricity and other modern conveniences and it takes some getting use to. One night as my girlfriend and I slept, one of our cats jumped on my chest meowing and alerted me that something was wrong. Our small wood stove was leaking and the smoke was reaching a dangerous toxic level. I managed to get up and carry my girlfriend outdoors, but it took a while to revive her. I thought she was gone! We were lucky to have the kittens around! Animals are amazing! Every home should have one. They are our link to nature.
But then you have to take care of them and deal with any mess they make...not my forte for sure.
Oh but it's a labor of mutual love.
Battery operated smoke detectors are needed in any place being heated by fire or using candles. Candles or lanterns with pets around are very dangerous. IT's far more likely your pet will kill you in a fire than save you from one in that situation(it happens often). Usually small animals will die of oxygen deprivation faster than humans on equal level so don't depend on them to save you, take the proper precautions.
as a photographer i undrstand the stock of vidios you share are amazing you should be very proud of your work.
Amazing. Love your warm, artistic, hygge-filled home. It’s an experience you will always remember. So many people today are so far removed from the land and nature that they have forgotten or never learned how all humans are connected. Good fortune and health to you from California.
Nothing wrong with living in the woods long as you have a hospital,school,dentist and grocery store nearby!!
not necessary,learn to live off the land and be less dependant on modern bullshit
You don’t need a grocery store if you have animals and a garden.
Or a school of u homeschool or are already an adult and you can travel to the dentist imo
I loved the tour, thank you!
Happy New Year! Let’s toast to yesterday’s achievements and tomorrow’s bright future.
I so enjoyed the video of your cabin. So organized. I had 2 different questions. Where do go to the doctor? Also what type of flying bugs were flying /hovering over the water in hour stream? They looked like dragonflies but different.
I love your home. I’m fairly new to this channel and was wondering if y’all live there full time?
@@lavettemcfeeters6216 Thank you! Yes, we live here full time
Simple living but high thinking. Happy the man. I like it very very much.
After watching this vlog, I found myself watching all of them. "Off Grid Home Birth " brought up tears of emotions. It was beautiful. What you two do everyday is just admirable. I love your videos and please do not change anything, they are perfect. Give a warm hug to your beautiful baby for me.
Mia, it is not necessary to live off-grid for a home birth. I was born in the same bed where I was made, lol. Many may think I am crazy, but I always feel that it made a difference in my life's beginning: the peaceful and comfortable home was the first thing I sensed. I always used to tease my Mom, saying: "When I was born, I came out, looked around and thought to myself 'hey, I recognize this place... I think I saw it once already, 9 months ago!" Mom always would giggle and say, "you are my most wacky child:" and I would reply, "I know, that's why you had to have me first"... I loved my parents so much... they were the most wonderful couple I can think of... so much love!
It's amazing how small a space we can live in and how we can organize it to fit in all that is important to us. I've done it living aboard a small boat and it was the best time of my life. Thank you for showing us around your cozy and cheerful cabin and for reminding me what's really important in life.
i guess living in a small space is managable when you have plenty of space outside and you are working/occupying yourself outside most of the time, especially when you live with several people in 1 small home....
I love that Swedish interior style of antique wood and modern Ikea. It's awesome....
You are adorable, your husband is really lucky. I think raising your child in that environment will be very beneficial to him.
“The drawer where you put everything where you don’t know what to put”
We call that a “Junk Drawer” in America. Usually in the kitchen, just about every home has one.
I got a junk living room lol
@@northgeorgia7357 me too
I got a kitchen junk drawer and a bedroom junk drawer 😏
@@richstarx same 😊
I've got a junk house!
That is the most content cat I have ever seen.
When I die I want to come back as her cat. It looks like the cat is living his best life.
Henry David Thoreau would have admired you. I so like the idea of opening the door and walking into the forest. Can I also say: that cat you hold is so gentle. So content your cat to be petted. I think very many cats can be very temperamental. That's OK, they have a mind of their own. I hope you are all well, and you are still as inspired by nature. All the best to you!
I think your home and lifestyle are beautiful. Prayers and blessings from my family to yours. ❤️
What a beautiful baby, he’s going to have a great life. I think it’s important to live simply. You don’t have to worry about very much. Electric bills no water bills , No mortgage payment. Just a beautiful life!
I just came across your Channel this morning. I cannot believe I hadn't seen it before. I subscribed instantly. My stress level dropped just watching this video, the tour was awesome.
I just found this vid, what a great example in simplistic living. I live in rural New Zealand aiming to pare back material requirements in a practical sense. This is a fun journey to gently step away from materialism.
Ivar is such a beautiful baby! Thank you for showing us around and as always the drone footage is breathtaking. Also, the bloopers at the end are fun. Thanks again and Happy New Year!
I absolutely love everything about your lifestyle and values. The 10 year diary was an absolutely beautiful idea💕
You made my day better. As simple as that and this is the proof of some connection among humans that can’t be well explained. Your delicate way to move, speak, smile, touch and explain your life just made me calm. The whole speed of the movie brings us to another vibratory level. Your baby is just adorable 🥰 he is already showing the same vibe and connection to nature and human interaction. I live in NY so I can tell I might be at kind of an opposite place and as I said your video meant a lot. Thank you 🙏🏽
The best way to see that living close to nature reveals our humankind and opening to others. For me, living in a of town, it's obvious that you and your kid are just full of kindness and positive energy. Thank you for sharing it!
Your baby is so cute with his rosy cheeks, love watching him explore.
I almost live like that in a small village with just 30 people in Denmark. Gravlev, Djursland.
Threw out the oil boiler 4 years ago because I wanted to be climate concious. Never got a new heating system.
Have two very good woodstoves, cold water and electric raditors I never use.
Love to fetch firewood. Boil water for the coffee - and take a cold shower. Then go to work.
Not off grid like in Sweden. Been off grid in Sweden for many many years i Härjedalen.
Wonderfull video which makes me believe I don’t need to change a lot. Except some sort of hot water for my girlfriend. 61 years old, hunter, outdoorsman, tv cameraman - but love my girlfriend ❤❤
Again thank you for a video that made me believe in how I live.
Jesper
what nice childhood memories someone is going to have...
If he will remember anything lol