introduction

Part 1: Why I Chose a Shed

Chapter 1: The End of Decorating a Home That Reflects My Taste
Chapter 2: The Luxury of Your Own Outdoor Space
Chapter 3: Short-term stays in outdoor spaces for city dwellers: hiking, camping, and car camping
Chapter 4 Why do I sometimes envy natural people?
Chapter 5: Dreaming of a space in nature that I can cultivate
Chapter 6 Six-pyeong Farmhouse 1
Chapter 7 Six-Pyeong Shed 2
Chapter 8: Making Choices with Your Spouse

Bridge 1
Instead of a second home with taxes, I chose a shack.

Part 2: What I Learned from Buying Country Land

Chapter 1: Finding a Land That Fits Me Well and Wants to Hang Out With
Chapter 2 So how much do you need?
Chapter 3 Things to Check Before Going to See the Land
Chapter 4: How to See and Choose the Land
Chapter 5: Three Ways to Buy Country Land
Chapter 6 I became the owner of the field… .
Chapter 7: Approaching as a Good Neighbor First

Bridge 2
From the Agricultural Land Act, which regulates the ownership of agricultural land, to the Healing Agriculture Act, which encourages farming experiences.

Putting up the third tent

Chapter 1: The Space I Want: Farmacy
Chapter 2: Firmly compacting the soft ground
Chapter 3: Which Shed Should I Buy?
Chapter 4: Creating Your Own Special Shed
Chapter 5 How to draw water
Chapter 6 Bringing the Tent to the Field
Chapter 7: Reporting a tent and connecting electricity
Chapter 8: Decorating a Comfortable Shed Like Home

Bridge 3
A hut is not a second home.

Part 4: Healing Farming at the Garden Pharmacy

Chapter 1: I Will Farm as a Hobby
Chapter 2: Palm Gardening Also Requires Facilities
Chapter 3 Farming During the Winter Off-Season
Chapter 4: Pesticide-Free Gardening and Natural Cycle Farming
Chapter 5 My Little Forest and Bushes That Will Bear Fruit
Chapter 6: Companion Animals That Can Be Raised in the Field
Chapter 7: The Happiness You Get from Experiencing the Whole Process

Bridge 4
The Tent: An Invitation from the Rural Areas to the City

Acknowledgements
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In the fall of 2022, a video with the thumbnail titled "6-pyeong dream villa" was uploaded to Han Hye-jin's YouTube channel, a model and broadcaster.
This video, which has recorded a total of 2.15 million views as of February 2023, shows Han Hye-jin living in a shack she built with her mother in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do.
She tells of her memories of going there to rest and relax whenever she gets tired of city life.
You can read books and enjoy delicious food made with vegetables you harvested yourself in a space decorated with beautiful and thoughtful interior design.
Although it may not be familiar to city dwellers, 'farm huts' have been attracting a lot of attention in recent years as spaces that connect the city and nature, as in Han Hye-jin's case.
According to the Agricultural Land Act, a farm shed is a temporary shelter of less than 20 square meters that can be installed to store agricultural supplies and for temporary rest during farming. This space has been particularly popular among those tired of the crowded lifestyle in the city since the COVID-19 era.

The same goes for Jang Han-byeol, the author of “I Go to a Six-Pyeong Shed on the Weekend.”
After obtaining a lawyer's license in 2013, the author, who works as a researcher at a national research institute in Sejong City, finds himself yearning for a life in the countryside.
At the same time, he is well aware of the conveniences of city life, knows that he must work in the city, and knows that it is impossible to move his entire living area to the countryside all at once.
While it would be possible to secure a second home outside the city, this is by no means an easy task, especially considering the family's financial situation.
Nevertheless, the author, tired of the closed indoor life, began to look for his own space where he could rest alone in nature, and after much deliberation, he chose a shack.
Even if it's not a second home that requires a lot of investment, I realized that a shack can provide a natural refuge that I want, and it can be a great alternative to a minimalist life, a way of life that allows me to focus on what I truly want.
He bought a small field in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, built a shack, and went there with his wife every weekend to seek healing, living a life of healing in the five provinces and two villages.

For those who are looking for a quiet place in nature, their own shelter
A six-pyeong shack could be a great solution.

In "Part 1: Why I Chose a Shed," the author of this book, Jang Han-byeol, begins by carefully examining why she so desperately wanted a space in nature.
Born in Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, he experienced all kinds of living spaces, including dormitories, boarding houses, studio apartments, and officetels, after entering university, before settling into a small apartment as a newlywed home in 2013.
He poured his love into decorating his home with exquisite taste, but soon found himself dissatisfied with his work.
This is because the apartment where the author lives did not have an outdoor space that could be cultivated to his own taste and become attached to.
He examines the reality of our society, where there is an absolute lack of urban natural space for each person, and analyzes why hiking, camping, and car camping are so popular.
Finding natural spaces is never a 'luxury' thing.
According to the authors, neuroarchitectural research shows that our brains receive great emotional comfort when experiencing natural spaces.
Many people in our society console their regret of not being able to go out into nature by enjoying works such as “I am a Natural Person,” “Architecture Exploration House,” and “Little Forest,” which became a huge hit as a comic and film.

People's desire for second homes can also be understood in this context.
The author also realized that his health was deteriorating a few years ago and began considering various options for building a second home in a quiet rural area.
But his final choice was not a second house, but a six-pyeong shack.
Compared to a second home, a shed is much more advantageous in terms of taxes, and the investment costs and management burden are relatively low.
Above all, after much deliberation, the author discovered that what he wanted was not a 'second home' but a 'space of rest in nature'.
He decides to live the life of a 'part-time city dweller' by purchasing a small field in the countryside, less than an hour's round trip from his home in Sejong City.
Now all that remains is to convince his wife.
The author considers this issue so important that he devoted a separate chapter (Chapter 8, Part 1) to it, titled “Choices Made Together with Your Spouse.”
If you've decided to pursue a weekend hobby, the author recommends that you thoroughly explain to your family why you want to do it, the pros and cons, and the costs and effort involved, and obtain your spouse's approval before you begin.

Buying rural land is never easy.
How do I find a place where I can hang out and socialize?

Cultural psychologist Kim Jeong-un introduces the German word 'Spielraum', a compound word of 'play' (Spiel) and 'space' (Raum), in 'Time Flows in a Completely Different Way in the Seaside Workshop' (21st Century Books).
This word means 'a subjective space of autonomy where I can do as I please', and the author refers to the work of selecting and cultivating one's own field as finding 'one's own Spielraum'.
Jang Han-byeol explains in detail the process of acquiring farmland in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, from beginning to end, saying, “Unlike real estate, choosing real estate, especially undeveloped farmland, was like choosing a rough diamond before it was cut.”
He describes the process of looking for land based on five priorities: 1) travel distance, 2) available budget, 3) land area, 4) not too far from villages or neighboring houses, and 5) not too much traffic noise from the road, while making the image of his tent and the land on which it would be placed as concrete as possible.
The author satisfies readers' curiosity about rural land by detailing the final costs of buying land and building a farmhouse for each use.

Next, in "Part 2: What I Learned While Buying Countryside Land" of "Let's Go to a 6-Pyeong Farmhouse on the Weekend," things to keep in mind before buying land, guidelines to refer to when going to see land in person, three ways to buy country land, and things to keep in mind when building a toilet and septic tank are covered.
In particular, the issue of calculating the total floor area of ​​the septic tank is a very important issue that can be easily overlooked, as the author said, “I experienced the most dizzying moment of all the processes of building a hut.”
The author also provides detailed evaluations of the pros and cons of the fields he purchased in terms of convenience, usability, and investment value, and offers advice to readers looking into rural land.
According to the author, land cannot speak for itself, so it is up to the buyer to decide which land meets the conditions he or she wants, and which to prioritize if it does not.
The author states that "buying land is half the battle in the 5th and 2nd villages of the country or in the challenge of a second home on the weekend," and that "usually, the costs involved are also more than half," and emphasizes the need to adhere to the principle of "clearly setting the desired purpose of use, budget, and priorities among each condition."
Additionally, when purchasing land, don't forget the practical advice of establishing good relationships with rural residents.

We'll walk you through the entire process of putting a shed on the field, from A to Z.
What should you keep in mind to make your tent feel as comfortable as home?

In Part 1, the author analyzes why people living in isolated apartment complexes in the city long for a space in nature, and in Part 2, he tells the story of purchasing land in the countryside. Now, in Part 3: Putting Up a Shed, the author begins the story of ordering a shed, receiving it, and putting it up in the field.
This chapter is the one that will be of most interest to readers who are interested in tents and are actually planning to build one, and will provide the most practical help to them.
Before setting up the tents myself, the author thought he could just choose a factory-made tent, have it delivered, and set it down in the field, but he soon realized that was a mistake.
It is not easy to comply with the standards for a hut stipulated by law, and since it is a space placed in nature, it is also necessary to carefully consider how it will fit in with the field or surrounding environment, and how the field will be utilized according to the layout of the hut.
There are many things to consider when decorating the interior of a tent.
Even a small studio apartment measuring 3 pyeong can be decorated with interior construction and home styling, so you can clearly see how much room there is to decorate a 6 pyeong shack while reading Part 3 of this book.


The author argues that the most important thing is to have a conceptual design of what kind of space you want to create in your field before setting up a shelter.
He named his Spielraum 'Farmacy', a coined word combining 'farm' and 'pharmacy'.
And he defines the 'Farmacy' as "a play space where city dwellers can work happily and sweat in a small field in the suburbs and in return harvest vegetables to eat, pick fruit from fruit trees in the summer and fall, and get eggs from chickens."
He meticulously designs the hut that will be the center of his field according to this conceptual design.
The author, who spent more than half a year agonizing over the tent products of almost every company in Korea, even visiting exhibition halls, carefully introduces the final candidate models he considered and shares his experience of decorating the tent specially to his own taste, including the rain cover space near the entrance, high ceiling height, tiles on the entrance floor, switches and outlets, electricity and lighting, sink and faucet, toilet, and outdoor bench.
The author then goes on to explain in detail in Part 3 how to install a water supply system in a shack, sketch the shack's shipping and delivery site, report the shack and connect electricity, and purchase the necessary home appliances for the shack. He then goes on to explain in detail how many things need to be paid attention to in order to make a 6-pyeong shack a comfortable space that satisfies all five senses.

“Do you know the joy of healing farming in a garden pharmacy?”
The happiness of five chickens and thirty-five lost trees

In the final part of this book, "Part 4: Healing Farming in the Garden Pharmacy," the author's three-year experience as a farmer unfolds in a warm and rich tone the kind of happiness he finds in his own garden.
So this chapter is full of specific tips that will be useful not only for those looking to build a farm, but also for those who want to pursue hobby farming in the countryside.
He explains how he conceived his garden, how he utilized the 6,000-square-foot space, and vividly describes the process of building three essential agricultural facilities for hobby farming: a brick frame garden, a sprinkler system, and a garden lattice.
The process of installing a fixed greenhouse to allow farming even during the winter off-season, and the time spent carefully planting and tending thirty-five fruit trees, including mulberry, apple, apricot, plum, and cherry trees, are also recorded in the manuscript.
Lastly, the indispensable presence in the author's field are the five Baekbong Ogol hens, the 'Baekbong Five Sisters', who were adopted in May 2022 and are now being raised.
It is heartwarming and touching to see him build a chicken coop like a carpenter with his sleeves rolled up and spend the winter with his five sisters, who regularly lay precious eggs.

The author's farming story, which includes planting over 30 different crops as a hobby, is both gentle and interesting, and full of food for thought.
He originally wanted to farm as a light exercise, like gardening, but at some point, he regretfully confessed how many mistakes and failures he had made in farming, and he became passionate about building the foundation of farming.
The author's battle against weeds and pests, choosing organic farming methods that maintain the natural ecosystem as closely as possible, is quite solemn, and the process of forming deep bonds with the full-time farmers who are neighbors in the shack and understanding the reality faced by farmers in Korea is very moving.
In Part 4, he emphasizes how much happiness and satisfaction he enjoys and how much his mental health has been enriched through his experience of healing farming and his own field, which he created after much thought and trial and error.
Growing vegetables, trees, and livestock in one's own space in nature, inviting loved ones to the open field, and sharing vegetable salads made from the harvest with them was truly a joy and fulfillment for the author.
In modern society, it is difficult to find the satisfaction of experiencing the entire process of something, completing it, and enjoying the results, which he discovered in his own shack.

The Tent: An Invitation from the Rural Areas to the City
How can we take a step closer to rural areas?

In this book, “I Go to a Six-Pyeong Shack on the Weekends,” which is a collection of stories about the author’s own experiences living in a shack, the author does not miss out on the realistic concerns that our society is facing.
The hut not only provides satisfaction to the individuals who use the space, but also contains something important that suggests something about the relationship between our cities and rural areas.
The polarization of South Korea between the metropolitan area and other regions is a serious problem acknowledged by the majority of our society, and rural areas in the provinces are losing vitality due to rapid population decline and aging.
The number of young farmers under the age of 40 is only 310,000, which is about the population of one provincial city.
How can we overcome this reality?

Through the bridges between chapters in Parts 1 through 4 of this book, the author argues that increasing the number of city dwellers who farm as a hobby on weekends is a priority.
Rather than blindly recommending rural life, he emphasizes that it is more important to first clearly identify the strengths of rural areas and gradually allow city dwellers to gain experience there.
In this context, the author criticizes the Agricultural Land Act, which regulates shacks and second homes, from the perspective of suspecting that city dwellers who purchase small fields in the suburbs are agricultural land speculators.
The author's analysis is that shacks should be regulated by the "Healing Agriculture Act," a promotion law, rather than the "Farmland Act," a regulatory law, and that shack promotion policies should be developed to discover and support weekend and experiential farmers who farm with their families and take a break.

Jang Han-byeol vividly experienced through his own experience that the shack he chose could become a bridgehead connecting the city and the countryside, and that under the current legal system, the shack serves as an 'invitation' from rural areas to city dwellers.
He analyzes this issue persuasively, drawing on his legal knowledge as a lawyer and his long-standing interest and insight into the issue of local communalization in South Korea.
Even the majority of city dwellers who cannot immediately move to the countryside have a strong desire for open spaces in nature.
Even if they are unable to purchase a second home due to their circumstances, they can be given the opportunity to learn about the rewards of farming, rural life, and socialize with their farming neighbors.
It's through a six-pyeong shack.

The invitation to the hut gave the author, who visited there every weekend, many things.
The author hopes that through this book, the joy and healing he found through his experience in the hut will spread more widely.
Even though I live in the city, I know and have experienced firsthand how happy it is to be able to find a refuge in nature that I have nurtured myself at any time.