Tag Archive for ‘edible landscaping’
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URBAN FARMING DILEMMAS
After 25 years of growing food here on our city plot in Pasadena, we’ve had to deal with a whole lot of yard issues. Many of you who have been following our decade old blog know that when moving here and starting our first city farm, we had to deal with lifeless soil and junk!
HGR COMES TO THE PASADENA LIBRARY JULY 26
A Homegrown Revolution Roots In Pasadena (PASADENA NOW) By TRICIA AREND Published: Monday, July 13, 2009 | 5:36 PM Gardener and urban homesteader Jules Dervaes is growing a revolution in his Pasadena home. Dervaes’ little urban garden plot that could has led him to found the Path To Freedom and Little Homestead in the City, [...]
PATH TO LIVING A SUSTAINBLE LIFE IN THE CITY
Sustainable Sundays @ the Natural History Museum Different Shades of Green When: Sunday, November 9 (10:00 am – 4:00 pm) Where: Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles Cost: Tickets are $9.00 for adults and $2.00 for children (5-12) and can be purchased at the door. In this new series, the Museum becomes a [...]
GARDEN OF EATIN’
Orlando Home & Leisure Magazine, October 2008 A Landscape Good Enough to Eat Save your money, improve your cooking and help save the planet by transforming your lawn into an edible landscape. By Cindy Heroux No, we’re not suggesting you chow down on that boxwood hedge or dine on dracenas, but there’s a growing movement [...]
FUTURE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
“If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week. That’s not gallons, but barrels.”* From Oily Food, by Steven Hopp. That was Then, This is Now. “In [...]
GARDEN IN JULY
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FRONT YARD GARDENS
Liberated Yard (since 1990): Growing food not grass. Providing not only beauty but food, medicine and income. The other day we received a phone call from a young lady who was impressed over the front yard’s edible landscaping and wondered if we paid for any “professional help.” I informed her that “no, we did it [...]
GROWING TIPS
Thanks to Linda for inviting PTF to speak at the Pasadena Smith & Hawken store. We appreciate her enthusiasm and encouraging support. Also thank you to all the S&H staff there for a warm welcome. Power Point Highlights The presentation lasted over an hour. Here’s an overview of what Farmer D had to share about [...]
IN THE GARDEN
It’s a busy time here on the urban homestead. Lots of produce orders to fill, constant planting and harvesting efforts. There’s also figuring out to best optimize both the productivity of the garden and use of the harvest in terms of preservation – perhaps into secondary “sellable” products which would generate a bit of extra [...]
