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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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Tag Archive for ‘Clay Pot Irrigation’

HOMEGROWN POTATOES

Time to harvest our Po-ta-Toes!

Here in So Cal, where we have a to be desired growing season, started the potatoes back in December.

EVERY DROP COUNTS

We can’t sing the praises enough of clay pot irrigation, an ancient method of plant irrigation – considered the original drip irrigation system. And yes the ollas are 100% LEAD-FREE

AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD

Lots has happen this week – we lost Amy, upgraded the blog and more. So we are taking a bit of break of sorts since it was a week of considerable stress and little sleep.

We do have some great post formulating that we are working as we hope to bring you more “homestead happenings”

WATER SAVING PROJECTS

Water! Water is vital to the all aspects of the urban homestead and, though we are dependent on the municipal water source for most of our water (digging a well is out of the question – looked into it), we do our best to conserve what water we do use. On the homestead in New Zealand, [...]

THE GOOD LIFE IN PASADENA

Well, I thought I was going to be posting about our travels, but it’s taking longer than I had anticipated – because there is so much to share! Still trying to catch our breaths here…. as the tidal wave of work washes over our return to the urban homestead! I will hopefully get to the [...]

AROUND HERE

Our Freedom Garden continues to grow and flourish! Growing food security here at home. Purple Top Turnips (via FreedomSeeds.org) Clay pot irrigation/tomato bed Lazy animals Preening chickens Snoozing chickens Clusters of grapes (means homemade WINE soon!)

MAY HAPPENINGS – OJAI to OC

I greet some of our young LHITC fans. May’s shaping up to be another busy month we’ll be in Ojai one week and OC (Orange County the next) Hope to see some of you there Here’s our out & about schedule MAY 16-17 New World Fair, Pasadena Convention Center (Homegrown Revolution film showing on Saturday [...]

IN THE GARDEN

Our summer Freedom Garden is taking shape complete with our collection of Freedom Seeds. We can proudly say that “Freedom Grows in Our Garden” How’s your summer garden shaping up? Care to share? The weather has been pleasant, even on the cool side. The day starts off overcast with slight to partial clearing around lunch. [...]

MAY FILM & FOOD NIGHT

What: Film Screening of ARE WE RUNNING DRY & Local, Vegetarian Potluck When: Sunday, May 24 (5:30 PM – 9:00 PM) Where: 626 Cypress Ave, Pasadena CA (see map) Cost: $10 (children under 12 are free) A small entrance fee is require as it helps pay for facility rental, dvd screening fee, sound system, and [...]

OLLAS ARE HERE

For those customers who have been waiting patiently for their ollas, happy to say the wait is over! We just got our latest shipment of ollas and will be packing and shipping them out this week. I still can’t get over the simple beauty of these clay pots, they just look so lovely all together [...]

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