the idea of living off the land might sound romantic however reality bites really hard on the rear end. The Learning channel did a documentary drama for several couples re-enact 1900 rural life. Those people suffered a great deal of hardship in the drama. They became really ill from the flu and they had to be evacuated to hospital. They lost a lot of weight as a result of building the wood cabin.

We aren't equiped mentally to deal with the stress of living off the land.