”I left behind a good life for a better one.” Matt Swarbrick had traveled the world filming ecosystems for the BBC series Planet Earth, but he realized he didn’t know the birds in his own backyard. So, he and his wife Jenny left city life to, in his words, “grow cabbages and children” on 80 acres of former quarry land in Wales. 🌍🎥 ➝ 🚜🌱👶! With nothing but a dream (and a big loan), they restored the soil with no-dig gardening, turned pastures into thriving agroforestry, and built homes straight out of Middle Earth—one a Celtic roundhouse, the other a Viking turf cabin. Now, their farm feeds 100 families, and their land tells a new story: that a regenerative, self-sustaining life isn’t just a fantasy. We hope you enjoy this repost. Welcome back, Matt & Jenny!
Kirsten Dirksen
”I left behind a good life for a better one.” Matt Swarbrick had traveled the world filming ecosystems for the BBC series Planet Earth, but he realized he didn’t know the birds in his own backyard. So, he and his wife Jenny left city life to, in his words, “grow cabbages and children” on 80 acres of former quarry land in Wales. 🌍🎥 ➝ 🚜🌱👶! With nothing but a dream (and a big loan), they restored the soil with no-dig gardening, turned pastures into thriving agroforestry, and built homes straight out of Middle Earth—one a Celtic roundhouse, the other a Viking turf cabin. Now, their farm feeds 100 families, and their land tells a new story: that a regenerative, self-sustaining life isn’t just a fantasy. We hope you enjoy this repost. Welcome back, Matt & Jenny!
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