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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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April 22, 2010

“Earth is crammed with heaven
And every bush aflame with God
But only those who see take off their shoes.”
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet
April just on whooshed by and brrr is it ccccold.
Spring just up and left, it feels like December – we got over 5/8 of inch or rain and can you believe there’s snow on [...]

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March 11, 2008

The 100+ year old house next door is being renovated which means that for the last six months or so, we have had lots of activity there. And, the presence of a lot of men. Latino workers, that is.
Generally, this affects us very little. …
Until, Fairlight gets into her once-every-23-days heat cycle [...]

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March 7, 2008

Some new updates to the journal today. Scroll down to the bottom of this blog to check it out. I need to implement some css styling (To P~ , I’ll be sending you an email soon regarding this! I haven’t forgotten!) and make it pretty, but it’s functioning.
Other new features will come [...]

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February 22, 2008

… with creativity. Projects abound… only to crash into the immovable barrier of the age-old dilemma: too little time, too many ideas.
It’s Jordanne again, the girl behind the site (actually SITES, as in the plural form). The one whose brain feels a bit too much like a computer these days. Honestly, when I [...]

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February 21, 2008

Hi all! Jordanne here! Just a quick note to inform those of you on Internet Explorer that I am aware of some display issues on this journal. This is due to IE6’s crappy … er… flawed system. Thanks to those of you who pointed it out as I am an [...]

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August 23, 2006

Sorry for the late of postings, it’s been busy here on the homestead. Well, that’s nothing new, I suppose. Weather’s hot, back to typical August weather.
Day of Rest & Reflection and Forward Thinking
Saturday, we spent a quiet and relaxing day with a friend as we hiked in the local mountains. We walked up to our [...]

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November 22, 2005

Scenes from New Orleans
SIX DAYS IN NEW ORLEANS: November 2005 – by Jordanne, Anais & Justin Dervaes
Open the thesaurus and find the word “desolation.” All those synonyms and more
could describe what we saw last week when we spent a busy six days in New
Orleans. Ten weeks after the crippling damage from the recent Hurricane [...]

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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

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