They have escaped from concrete to the village and they have never been happier: Jelena and Milos are now growing quince and tomatoes, instead of rushing into the office (PHOTO)
They like being in their household, to plan their lives on their own, to spend as much time as they can with their son, to teach him real values
Jelena and Milos came to a decision to move from the city to the village, to leave the office and concrete and to try to live on their property, growing fruits and vegetables. They made a step forward. They said that they are happy, although they invest the money into production and development, they don't complain, they believe in agriculture and the future outside of the city.
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They found their happiness 650 meters from the Serbian-Hungarian border, in Kelebija. A farm, which was founded 200 years ago by the family of Milos's mother, Krmajski, was completely rebuilt and this young couple has been living here for the past two years.
They started with a couple of hectares, and they currently have eight and a half, and most of it is covered in fruits. They grow quince in a conventional way, and the vegetables in the glasshouses are organic, unpasteurized and manufactured in accordance with the OCS (Organic Control System) certificate.
They supply the customers from Subotica who want healthy food and they buy potatoes, onion, tomato, beetroot, zucchini, lettuce, carrots, peppers. They are selling it mostly on the farm, or they deliver it to Subotica since they don't have a good experience with buyers from Novi Sad and Belgrade.
They would like to expand their land to 15 hectares and to start making quince or apricot brandy.
Besides being their own bosses, living in this oasis in the north of Backa, ten kilometers from Subotica, is extremely important for growing up of little Vasilije, who spends more time outside than ever before when he was in the city, and he is constantly with his parents.
- My sister, and three other sisters from my uncle's side, and I spent our childhoods together here with our grandparents. My parents lived there later on, and now my wife and me with Vasa. We have been thinking a lot about moving - Milos starts the heartfelt story.
- He studied archaeology in Belgrade and is one exam away from his diploma. The wife graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Subotica, department of agro-economy, and after that, she became a winner of the "Zoran Djindjic" scholarship, she even spent some time on training in a company in Berlin.
- Living in that enormous, polluted city, which has its beauties without a doubt, I realized that I don't belong in the city. Noice, chaos, and too many people made me nervous. When I visited the German villages with my colleague, I was amazed by the tidiness and modern way of functioning. As soon as I stepped on the meadows, I was certain that I wanted to live on a countryside - Jelena remembers.
Milos worked for the Institute for the Protection of Monuments in Subotica on archaeological excavations and says that at one point, when they decided to live together, Jelena and he should make a decision - whether to stay or to try to invest into their future and future generations.
- We have thought hard and we made a decision to try. My godfather from Belgrade joined us with whom we entered all of this. My personal motive was the desire to continue the family tradition, to keep the farm alive like it used to be and to do something for our future since it was hard to live from the paychecks.
They bravely entered the organic agriculture, they raised three large greenhouses and they planted 3.200 trees of quince! Symbolically, they married in the stables in Kelebija. Upon moving to this town they changed their life habits, now they are getting up at 4:30 in the morning, to finish everything to 8:30 until the heat starts.
- I miss nothing from the city, I just lack the ability to organize myself well here. Although it has been two years since we moved to Kelebija, I still don't know what to do in the morning, especially now when we have a child. On the other hand, Milos' mom, who grew up here, is very good at organizing her time.
Although they practically live on the border with the European Union, they don't think about going abroad. They like being in their household, to plan their lives on their own, to spend as much time as they can with their son, to teach him real values.
- There are things that cannot be bought. That is the main force that drives everything, and the physical work and exhaustion go away easily after a few deep breaths - said the Nedeljkovic family from the north of Backa.
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