A journal of modern day pioneers forging a new frontier in the city through intensive agriculture and extreme sustainability in urban homesteading.

Reviving the old-fashioned "can-do" spirit of self-reliance and resourcefulness, they have faced many challenges. With faith and determination, these once-ordinary city dwellers are boldly reclaiming their lives and land. continue

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October 22, 2007

Q. My question is, since you do support yourselves with your property, where did you find your clients?  To whom do you sell your produce?
Also, how do you keep your property attractive?  I have a very small space (as do you), and I don’t have any outdoor storage, because the building restrictions are so prohibitive [...]

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September 5, 2007

Q: Do you have a different philosophy about retirement now that you are working towards self-sufficiency?
A: We don’t believe the modern form of “retirement.” My father has told us that he will never retire from the job that he was put here to do – stewardship. Even as one gets older, he [...]

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September 5, 2007

Q.Thank you for your wonderful website. It was passed along to me on an online thread discussing peak oil. I was so tickled to see one of the amazing Craftsman homes from near my home town (born and raised in Arcadia, owned my own Craftsman home in Monrovia before moving to the Seattle area), not [...]

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September 5, 2007

Q. Question about Finances
Hope its not too personal! First off we have contacted you before just to say hi and how impressed we are with what you are doing. We live in England and rent 10 acres of land, we are in the process of starting a CSA Vegetable Box Scheme, it should begin next [...]

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The Urban Homesteaders
Jules DervaesJustin DervaesAnais DervaesJordanne Dervaes
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LOCATION
Pasadena, CA
(Northwest Pasadena, one mile from downtown Pasadena 100 yards from 11 lane freeway)

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
~ 400 different vegetables, herbs, fruits, berries

FOOD PRODUCTION
~ 6,000 lbs annually / 99% of our produce $75,000 savings

URBAN HOMESTEAD SUPPORTS
4 full-time resident adults, a menagerie of animals, volunteers, and many clients

ENERGY USAGE
$12 a month / 6.0 kwh day

WATER USAGE
$600 / 175,000 gallons a year

SOLAR POWER PRODUCED
12,410 kwh as of 5/12/10

GALLONS OF BIODIESEL MADE
2,500 gallons as of 5/12/08

FACTS N FIGURES
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