My name is Xay. I was born in the village nearby, where my family used to be farmers. I lived a long time in the city, but it has become too fast and too stressful for me. At some point, I decided to come back home and start a different life: healthier, slower, more sustainable, autonomous and happy. In February 2017, I started to build my home and grew the garden on the lands owned by my family. I choose living in a simple way. Only some electricity supply from a solar panel, cooking with wood fire, and of course no internet (there’s no signal here anyway). It wasn’t easy in the beginning, but now I enjoy very much eating food from the farm and meeting visitors. I grow every kind of plant, especially local species, depending on the season, and I love to experiment with my farming in a totally random style, learning more and more every day. I grow flowers for insects and butterflies, and also different plants and vegetables. Most seeds come from local villagers.
