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LOCATION
Pasadena, CA
(Northwest Pasadena, one mile from downtown Pasadena)
PROPERTY SIZE
1/5 acre (66' x 132' / 8,712 sq.ft.)
GARDEN SIZE
~ 1/10 acre (3,900 sq.ft. / ~ 66' x 66')
GARDEN DIVERSITY
Over 350 different vegetables, herbs, fruits, berries
FOOD PRODUCED
6,000 lbs annually
challenging for 10,000 lbs in 2008 (read more)
URBAN HOMESTEAD SUPPORTS
4 full-time adults, volunteers, and many clients
ENERGY USAGE
6.5 kwh day (and going down!)
SOLAR POWER PRODUCED
7210 kwh (as of 2/12/08)
GALLONS OF BIODIESEL MADE (since 2003)
1,000 gallons (as of 2/12/08)
"EARTH IMPACT FOOTPRINT" 5.2 acres per person
Tally Ho 2008
PRODUCE
1,130 lbs (4/31)
EGGS
Chicken 337 & Duck 463 (5/13)
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February 14, 2008
Urban homesteaders
Check out the March/April Issue of Spirituality & Health, there’s a small write up about PTF’s urban homestead.
Living Off The Grid (p 61/62)
How to leave a smaller carbon footprint, these people have done it in their homes and neighborhood.
Homegrown produce
NATURAL HOME (Most Popular & Emailed Story)
Pasadena Paradise: The perfect garden with creative urban results.
A Southern California family adapts their back-to-the-land philosophy to an urban garden with astonishingly productive results. Read entire article >
A warm welcome to all our new readers.
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February 15th, 2008 at 6:08 am
That was a really nice article.There was alot of good information. Still loving the new set-up!
February 15th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Hi,
I just found your site through Rhonda Jean at Down to Earth, and just wanted to let you know how thrilled I am to find it. We had to sell our farm where we had a CSA and market garden, and have moved into a suburban neighborhood and I am finding that our home on 1 acre may be more sustainable than what we were doing on 45 acres!
I’m looking forward to reading more.