A family swapped their suburban home for a rural homestead - and now grow their own food and chop wood for heating. Amy Johnson, 34, and husband Peter, 46, decided they'd had enough of the rat race during the Covid pandemic.
So they moved their four children to County Mayo in Ireland - buying a six-acre property for £200,000 (€230,000) after selling their previous property in Lincolnshire for £275,000. The family now does its best to live off the land, growing fruit and veg and fetching water from a well.
They estimate they're now saving roughly £285 (€327) monthly on utility bills and hope to slash their current £430 (€500) monthly food shop to £175 (€200) after harvesting their crops. And Amy, previously a receptionist but now a full-time homesteader, said they couldn't be happier following the July 2022 move.
