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Gardening for Geeks: Plans for Domestic Terraforming - WIRED
We're always saying that you can be more self reliant even with a tiny amount of space. This excellent guide from Wired shows exactly how this can be done whether you have a 3'X5' balcony or a full size 40'X60' suburban backyard through Domestic Terraforming. Not only does this guide include plans for gardening, but also for placing chicken coops, apiaries, rainwater catchment systems, compost tumblers, and mini greenhouses to create a self-sustaining system in a small amount of space. This is a must-see.
Oakland's Urban Farmer, Novella Carpenter - Berkeleyside.com
Novella Carpenter is a writer and urban farmer living in Ghost Town, an aptly named rundown neighborhood in Oakland, CA. She converted her property and a neighboring abandoned lot into an urban farm oasis where she grows food and raises a variety of livestock, i.e. "edible pets." Her books are inspirational to anyone interested in urban farming: Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer is coming out in paperback on May 25.
Urban Homesteading in the Bay Area - NY Times
The New York Times heads to the Bay Area in California to report on the urban homesteading movement that is flourishing there. Urban homesteaders are busy growing food on abandoned property, canning vegetables and fruit, slaughtering pigs, and brewing beer and apple cider vinegar. Bay Area urban homesteaders have also developed the community aspect of urban homesteading by putting together classes and workshops to practice these skills with others. This article also links to several useful resources that host these workshops for your information!
Why Become an Urban Homesteader? - Apr 22, 2010
Urban homesteading is a movement growing slowly but surely all over the country. From the self reliant persective, urban homesteaders do a great thing by developing their own self reliance as well as contributing to the sustainability of the neighborhood and city around them. What are some reasons....
The Massive Potential of Urban Homesteading - Apr 21, 2010
by Lauren I've been keeping up in the news about the Dervaes family in Pasadena, CA for several months now. If you don't know who they are, the Dervaeses are a family of four who over the past ten years have converted their suburban home into a self sustaining urban homestead. It's called The Path....
Keeping Up With the Dervaes - SGVtribune.com
If you haven't heard about the Dervaes' urban homestead in Pasadena, CA, you may have been living under a rock! This family is spearheading the urban homesteading movement. The homestead began ten years ago and since then, they've become 60-70% self sufficient while living in the city. They sell their produce to local restaurants, use solar panels, and make their own biodiesel. This is a nice article that profiles the Dervaes' accomplishments and also includes a few recipes straight from Anais' kitchen.
A very good urban homesteading blog
Here is a very good blog on urban homesteading with a lot of new articles and blog posts. Seeing how others are building an urban homesteading lifestyle helps all of us move forward too.
Riverfront Times: St. Louis Urban Homesteaders Quit Rat Race
One St. Louis, MO couple maintains an urban farm replete with pigs, ducks, rabbits, bees, and vegetables on 3,700 square feet. Producing enough food to sell to local restaurants allowed urban farmer Justin Leszcz to quit his 9-5 job. Even if urban homesteading isn't in your future, maybe you'll find this story uplifting.
The story of an urban homesteading pioneer
This is a great article about Jules Dervaes who lives in Pasadena CA and started down the urban homesteading path ten years ago. People like you are contacting him more than ever about how to transform their lives into a more self reliant lifestyle. Fore more information, you can visit their home page.
About chickens in Salt Lake City
A great article about growing chickens in an urban setting. Zoning might be an issue but more and more people are doing it for financial, environmental, and health reasons. You can probably do this too. And after you do it, others around you will become more comfortable doing it as well.
Apple Tree Growing - Life on the Balcony
Sometimes urban gardening is difficult because of the limited space urban environments entail. This post teaches you how to grow apple trees in small containers. However it should be remembered that two apple trees are always better then one, so that they can cross pollinate.
Composting on a Balcony - Life on the Balcony
Surprisingly you can start composting on your balcony. If done properly other people wont even notice the compost. Provides a list of required materials and easy to follow directions.
10 Container Garden Questions - Life on the Balcony
Live in an apartment or house with roof or patio room? This site answers a lot of common urban gardening problems. For example it covers topics such as micro-zones, sunlight durations, cold weather crops, and more.
Food Health Blog: Recipes and Health - Hartke Is Online
Check out this site for some delicious food recipes. Some great recipes are for a rack of lamb and strawberry muffins. Moreover this site provides health tips. One example is to remove your dairy intolerance by drinking raw milk.
Maximizing Limited Space - Hartke is Online
Urban gardeners face many challenges when creating their home gardens. Pests, limited space, poor soil, and limited sunlight are all dealt with in this article.
