Alright! Today the Global Homestead Collective proudly presents a special post all about...
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and !A Bit of Backstory
We'd like to share with the readers that we currently live in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. In a nearby village we acquired a plot a few years back and started creating our new garden and orchard. Before that, we gardened in the gardens of relatives, usually on a season by season basis, so nothing permanent could be planned and executed. In our new garden we're aiming for a much more permanent design, relying on permaculture principles.
In the meantime we had a house built on our village plot and that's to be our future (and only) home, when it's finished.
~Bobby and Gery
Thanks guys! Now on to the interview...you won't be disappointed!
1.) Would you consider yourself more of a hunter or a gatherer?
G: What about fishing? Is that hunting? We have fished a lot, but gathered a lot more. So maybe we're both?
B: Right, more like horticultural gatherers with the occasion fish thrown in!
2.) What song best describes your work ethic?
G: You're thinking too complicated. With two ex toddlers around, my work song is Old McDonald had a farm. And now I want a cow!
3.) What has inspired you the most to live a self-reliant life?
G: I don't want to be self reliant! What about the next door lady giving us goose eggs in exchange of a bucket of slugs? What about the old timer down the road that let us use his leftover wooden materials for a jar of our honey? It's good to be able to rely on someone, this human connection is so much missing in a "modern" society!
4.) You've been given an elephant. You can't give it away or sell it. What would you do with the elephant?
G: Can we train it to pick the fruit of the taller trees or shake the walnut trees? That would be great!
5.) If you were to walk outside right now and find 1 million dollars what would you do with it?
G: OK please stop daydreaming, you will not find a million dollars and if you did their owner would come looking for them. With guns!
6.) What's your ideal climate and terrain?
G: There's no ideal climate. People thrive in all climates and terrains. I really like to just make do. And we have been blessed with a very nice location for our garden and house!
7.) What was the last gift you gave someone?
G: Well we don't buy much stuff for giving, but I feel it's better to give something you've made yourself. We regularly gift plants in pots, seeds, jars of canned produce from our garden.
8.) If you were able to pick one member of the GHSC to work on a project, who would it be?
9.) How long have you been on Steemit?
G: grumbling
10.) How did you hear about Steemit?
. I thought - wow budding tv star homesteaders are using this platform to great effect! And that was that.11.) With price of Steem being so low, what keeps you coming back?
12.) Who has been the most inspirational for you on this platform?
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and others from the original HSO crowd I'm sure I'm missing right now. Also my Steemit mentor, 
- he helped me with advice and direction many times and has always been available to bounce ideas around or to simply chat. In recent times, you guys as creators of GHSC as well as 
for creating the co-op.13.) Can we find your work on any other platforms?
We also had a big handmade paper Flickr gallery but the recent changes in their rules forced us to remove it and post a selection of the photos on our site. Some of those I'm sure Gery will post in Steemit as well as we're proud of our past projects.
14.) Have you had to make any sacrifices to get where you are today?
G: Hmm, time is the biggest sacrifice we both make. Rarely leaving a "vacant" minute a day, doing our best to progress bit by bit along that path we've set our feet on.
15.) If the GHSC were a physical location, full everything homestead and self-reliant, where would you find yourself the most?
G: Most certainly I'll be in the kitchen, cooking up something extra for our always hungry kids and teaching them food preparation along the way. On the rare occasion they're sleeping and I'm not, you'll find me with my hands brown-green from working the tomato plants in the garden!
16.) If you could interview anyone within the self-reliant community, on Steemit or otherwise, who would it be?
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!17.) If you were in charge of the GHSC mess hall for a day, what would you feed us all?
G: Move aside please! So we'll start with French crepes with farm butter and our grated quince jam for breakfast, along with some elderberry flower and dry mint and lemon rind cordial. A light lunch of colorful vegetable salad mixed with homemade pasta and some garlic, mustard, honey and olive oil dressing. Dinner would be oven roasted vegetables with thyme and rosemary with some sourdough buns and for the omnivore crowd - a whole slow cooked pock knuckle in bacon and molasses dressing.... disappears into the distance, muttering shopping lists and recipes
18.) Are there any skills you are currently trying to hone?
19.) Has there been one thing in particular you've learned about yourself this past year?
G: I learned that sleep is the most important thing for me, even more important than food and water. It's impossible for me to do anything in a sleep deprived situation.
20.) If you could meet any one person in the GHSC community who would it be?
and if possible his partner 
! They've been an inspiration in all they do and I have a feeling we all will have plenty of stuff to learn from each otherSome of these answers were just the best! Gerry's answer to the Mess Hall question had my mouth watering. I would dare say though that number 8 was my favorite! We would love to work with you guys as well!
I hope you all enjoyed these questions! If you have any favorites that you would love to see pop up again or any you would love to see, please let me know in the comments!
Like always, the Global Homestead Collective is here to Unite, Educate and Encourage! Please join us on discord, and be apart of this amazing community! We couldn't do it any of this without you!
Much love,
