Tag Archive for ‘Homestead Life’

SAY AHHHHH

It’s so human nature for folks to be curious.  Ever use someone’s bathroom and curious as to what’s in their medicine cabinet? Well, what we try to over here at Little Homestead in the City is let you take a peek into our lives through musing and photos (lots of photos!)  By writing and showing [...]

HODGEPODGE

Hey Lucie, got any teeth in that beak of yours? The unsolicited media request haven’t stopped. That’s good, in a way, because it means that urban sustainability and food security are important and relevant issues. With the recent Living Green Channel, KPFK radio and largest Spanish paper La Opinion highlighting the urban homestead lifestyle this [...]

BACKYARD BARNYARD ON LIVING GREEN CHANNEL

click here for more videos like this Host Elizabeth Chambers chats with Jordanne about the benefits of citified farm animals. Since 2002, Jordanne and her family have shared their urban homestead with a menagerie of animals — chickens, ducks, two rescued cats, red wiggler worms (which compost garbage) and two goats (Nigerian Dwarf and a [...]

MODERN DAY URBAN HOMESTEADER

Nothing ventured, nothing gained Here at the PTF urban homestead not only does one have to deal with everyday urban homestead life – there’s the ongoing outreach efforts. I know many of our LHITC readers would like more postings of daily happenings here on the urban homestead. I ditto your sentiments exactly! However, this year [...]

TEA TIME

Tea time here on the urban homestead.  Using our and a friend’s Grandmother’s fine china and silver tea sets for an eclectic yet elegant table. Grandmother’s linens and a freshly picked bouquet… now all we need are our guests Our dear knitting mentor,Betty (center), expressively shares a story with the ladies.  Betty is an incredibly talented [...]