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Urban Homestead Facts

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
9000 kwh ( as of 10/20/08)

GALLONS OF BIODIESEL MADE (since 2003)
1,500 gallons (as of 2/12/08)

"EARTH IMPACT FOOTPRINT"
5.2 acres per person

Tally Ho 2008

PRODUCE
4,340 lbs (9/31/08)

EGGS
Chicken 921 & Duck 1028 (10/22/08)

HONEY
25 lbs (10/20/08)

Steps Taken

Everyday Steps

Growing 99 % of produce
- 6,000lbs on 1/10 acre

Food Preservation/Storage:
- canning
- drying
- freezing

In the Kitchen:
- baking/cooking from scratch
- yogurtmaking
- breadmaking
- cheesemaking
- sprouting
- cast iron cookware
- no dishwasher or microwave

Food Choices:
- buying in bulk
- organic
- local
- eating seasonaly
- reducing "food miles"
- fair trade
- vegetarian(over 17 years)

Raising Small Farmstock:
- chickens (eggs/manure)
- ducks (eggs/manure)
- dwarf rabbits (manure)
- dwarf/pygmy goats (milk/manure)

Composting Methods:
- making/using EM Bokashi
- vermicomposting
- composting food, garden and green waste

Fuel:
- homebrewing biodiesel
- running diesel car on biodiesel(~4,000 miles a yr)

Energy Conservation:
- "powering down"
- cut daily energy use in 1/2 12 kwh to 6 kwh a day
- 12 solar panels
- "green" power
- rechargeable batteries
- line drying clothes

Energy Efficient Appliances:
- washing machine
- refridgerator
- water heater(gas)

Energy Efficient Electronics:
- computer/printer/copier
- TV(no cable)/VCR/ DVD

Energy Efficient Lighting:
- compact fluorescent bulbs
- olive oil lamps
- oil lamps filled with biodiesel
- homemade soy & beeswax candles
- daylighting
- solar tube

Non-electrical Appliances / Hand-powered
- blender
- toaster
- grinder(s)
- popcorn popper
- solar oven(s)
- hand washer/wringer
- pedal powered grain mill
- straight razor
- handcranked radio
- mortar & pestle

Natural beauty/no makeup
Homemade Non-toxic Beauty Care Products
- toothpaste
- deoderant

Biodegrable/Non-toxic Cleaning Products:
- vinegar
- baking soda
- lemon juice

Natural Health Practices:
- homeopathy
- herbal remedies
- prevention

Water Conservation Efforts:
- low flush toilets
- toilet lid sink
- reusing laundry water
- limit toilet flushings
- limit baths/showers - mulching
- handwatering
- clay pot irrigation
- solar outdoor shower
- front load washer
- food not lawns

Hand powered garden tools:
- push mower
- broom, rake
- trowel, shovel
- hand clippers

Self-employed Working at home:
- honey business
- produce/flower business
- craft business

Crafts & Skills:
- winemaking
- survival skills
- edible landscaping
- sewing
- leatherwork
- fiber arts
- animal husbandry
- holistic care
- tinctures
- carpentry
- plumbing
- building
- haircutting
- bicycle repairs
- soapmaking
- candlemaking
- herbs
- urban farming
- website design
- photography
- self publishing
- video & graphics

Living Simply:
- making use or do without
- bartering
- monthly shopping trips
- reduce, reuse & recycle
- second hand clothes
- salvage/thrift store
- consume less

Passive Cooling:
- no AC
- wood floors
- blinds
- windows
- screen doors
- edible forest
- "living" screens
- solar attic fan

Heating:
- no central heat
- woodstove that uses scrap wood
- dress in layers

Walking the old paths:
- tithing
- day of rest
- stewardship

Saving seeds
Unschooling
Beekeeping

DIY Projects:
- solar oven
- cob oven
- solar outdoor shower
- depaved driveway/patio
- installed solar panels
- roofing
- sheds, etc
- animal enclosure, etc
- this website
- urban homesteading

Using canvas bags on shopping trips / no plastic

Transportation:
- biodiesel "veggie" vehicle
- 4 "car free" days a week
- walk
- bike
- carpool
- mass transit
- cross country train trips
- 2 airplane trips in 25 years

"Green" Home Upgrades:
- metal roof

Outreach/helping others along the path

CURRENT TRAILS

Growing 10k on 1/10
Rainwater
Waste water recovery

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FREE HOMESTEAD BLESSINGS DVD OFFER

May 14, 2009



We are excited to be able to offer THREE Homestead Blessings Collections by the West Ladies of Tennessee thanks to a generous promotional offer from Franklin Springs Media

Word has it they are working on three more - can’t wait!

Here’s how to enter this drawing

Purchase $50 worth of goods (not including S&H) at PeddlersWagon.com and qualify for 1 raffle ticket

$100 gives you 2 tickets and

$150 and over 3 raffle tickets

An initial drawing will be held after 25 tickets are in the “hat.” The winner will be announced here at LHITC. Subsequent drawings will be held after every additional 25 tickets received until all three prizes are awarded.

PRIZE is the 3 DVD set of Homestead Blessings Collection worth $50.00

Good luck ya’ll.

Or you could just go ahead and order a single dvd or their 3 dvd collection that we are now carrying on Peddlers Wagon.

Either way you help keep LHITC and affiliated sites online and growing for your source of helpful tips and information.

Or you could just simply donate and help us foot the bill for sites like FreedomGardens.org

HOMESTEAD BLESSINGS COLLECTION

Join the West ladies - Vicki, Jasmine, Hannah, and CeCe - in this exciting new instructional DVD series. Homestead Blessings is a fun-filled collection of homemaking skills presented in an educational and entertaining three DVD set. The southern hospitality of the West ladies will welcome you into this unique series that is encouraging to ladies of all ages and teaches valuable skills that can be applied to many homemaking endeavors. The three DVD set includes instruction in bread making, candle making, and soap making, and provides helpful tips in each of these three wonderful arts.

The Art of Breadmaking

Savor the art of breadmaking in this new DVD from the West ladies - Vicki, Jasmine, Hannah, and CeCe. Their down-home charm and wit entertain while demonstrating the fun-filled process of baking fresh breads.

From fresh whole wheat bread, to delicious cinnamon rolls, to classic southern cornbread, this DVD offers a host of scrumptious breadmaking delights. This educational and entertaining film teaches valuable homemaking skills to ladies of all ages.

Learn the classic art of making bread while enjoying the warmth and southern hospitality of the West Ladies. An encouraging picture of a family joyfully working together, the Art of Breadmaking is packed with expert advice, practical tips, and recipes sure to enrich your family.

Duration: 56 Minutes.

The Art of Candle Making

Learn the artful skill of candle making in this exciting new DVD from the West ladies - Vicki, Jasmine, Hannah, and CeCe. This creativity-inspiring film is full of helpful instruction, practical tips, and fun-filled insight into the unique art of candle making.

From distinctive and beautiful glow lamps, twisted candles, decorative ornaments, basic seven-inch candles, and much more, this DVD is filled with a range of candle making activities sure to encourage warmth and creativity for your family.

Bring the joy of candling making into your home with the southern hospitality and homestead charm the West ladies bring to this entertaining and instructive film. The Art of Candle Making is full of special techniques, artistic flair, and family unity sure to cultivate beauty, joy, and ambience in your home.

Duration: 48 Minutes.

The Art of Soap Making

Bring creative flair to your home with “The Art of Soap Making”, the new DVD from the West ladies - Vicki, Jasmine, Hannah, and CeCe. This inspiring DVD is full of instructive step-by-steps, artful how-tos, and entertaining advice in the pleasurable and highly useful activity of making soap.

Includes instruction in basic soaps, decorative soaps, soap balls, hand-milled soaps and much more! This DVD is packed with a host of activities sure to brighten your home, teach valuable skills, and cultivate family creativity.

With warmth, hospitality, and southern charm, the West ladies offer great insight, encouragement, and a joyful picture of family unity. This unique and creative DVD is sure to provide fun skills that will inspire families to work together, learn together, and enjoy the art of soap making.

Duration: 50 Minutes.

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6 Responses to “FREE HOMESTEAD BLESSINGS DVD OFFER”

  1. Ellen Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 3:38 am

    Ahhh, I just ordered two things on Peddlerswagon last month (shipped to the Netherlands so it was very expensive, over $ 175).
    Can I get a ticket after all?

  2. Mary in Oklahoma Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 8:13 am

    I’m thinking the same thing - we ordered $50 worth two weeks ago…
    :-)

  3. Jenny Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    The West girls are friends of a friend of mine, Jewels at http://eyesofwonder.typepad.com/my_weblog/.

    They had a wonderful visit together last September

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    June 1st, 2009 at 5:55 pm

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    June 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 am

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