Transportation 
AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD pt1(2)
Who turned on the heat? It feels like summer out! Temps have topped 85 degrees. Guess winter is behind us as we sprung forward last weekend. It’s certainly been a busy week of activity here on the urban homestead, so I am afraid I am behind in keeping ya’ll up to date. So once again [...]
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BIODIESEL
Some more incoming links from Sunday We aren’t one to laud biodiesel as the answer to the fuel crisis (two wheels, two feet or four would suffice), we look at it as a band-aid solution. Once every one to two months Justin brews a 30 gallon batch (using recycled veggie oil from one of our [...]
(4) PEAK OIL
We love this used oil delivery set up! The other day one of our clients dropped off 21 of these containers full of used cooking oil. That’s A LOT of GREASE! They pulled up and left the oil on our driveway. Justin took a photo and said “Look – Peak Oil.” Very funny, very funny. [...]
(2) BIODIESEL RUNNING
Justin has a new lady in his life – her name is Mercedes Benz. This old classic beauty is Justin’s latest pet project. We acquired this turbo diesel wagon under very special circumstances – a good friend of ours is in the process of moving and also had some unexpected vet bills to pay since [...]
(2) HOMEBREWING BIODIESEL
Flashback We’ve been brewing our own biodiesel (using free waste veggie oil) since Jan 2004 (also see out biodiesel photo gallery) and the book (and only book) that help us get started is the Biodiesel Homebrew Guide by backyard brewmeister Maria “Mark” Alovert. Maria’s been influential in the homebrew biodiesel movement. Her simple to read [...]
(0) HOMEMADE FUEL
Homemade Fuel 3:23 (CNN Video) People are converting their cars to run on alternative energy, such as used vegetable oil, to avoid high gas prices. View Video {Thanks Wendy for the email alert!} How We Got Into Homebrewing Our Own Fuel After simple living, smoothering the lawn, growing food, raising citified farm animals and energy elements were [...]
(2) SPORT UTILITY BIKE
Bike hauling: Caution this vehicle makes wide turns! No oil or polluting transportation needed to haul supplies. :: Resources :: Burley Bike Trailer Xtracycle
(0) WHAT’S NEW FOR THE NEW YEAR? PROJECT #1
GROW FOR TEN THOUSAND Our readers know that that we’ve been hinting for months about a great new project in the works. As we start the new year, the moment has come to reveal our plan, along with a new logo exemplifying the revolutionary spirit of PTF’s Homegrown Revolution™: To harvest 10,000 pounds in 2008 [...]
(20) ROADMAP TO SUSTAINABILITY
Front yard in October, 66′ x 132′ urban, edible eden Bare Necessities…. the simple bare necessitiesI ‘ll stop before I have our readers, humming the catchy tune from Disney’s Jungle Book When people ask what I do, I proudly state that I’m an urban homesteader or urban pioneer. What’s an urban homesteader? An insane (sane) [...]
(4) END OF SUMMER SHOWERS
Yom Kippur Blessing Summer ended and fall started with an unexpected blessing – rain. And lots of it. Here at the urban homestead our gauge measured 1.25 inches of rain. That one storm brought nearly 1/2 the amount of rain we received all last season (a miserly 3 inches). Although unexpected, what a blessings this [...]
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