Tag Archive for ‘olla’
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.
THE LITTLE FILM THAT COULD
After two years of being screened at many film festivals and community viewings throughout the world, we have published (in its entirety) our award winning short film Homegrown Revolution for free viewing on YouTube.
RAIN, RADIATION, RESTRICTIONS
Appreciate everyone’s emails and letters of concern over the possible arrival of a radiation cloud that is “reportedly” coming our way. For what it’s worth, here’s what the UN Weather Forecast has to say.
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
MORE OLLAS!
The other day we received our spring shipment of ollas – so ya’ll who have been waiting for them we are shipping them out this week! Thanks for your patience.
For you local yokels, if know someone who is an avid gardener/homesteader and
FILM & FOOD NIGHT: FOOD INC
We hosted a FOOD INC screening & potluck on Sunday night and you can too – in your own home! Tomorrow night at 9 PM (April 21) PBS POV will air FOOD INC in its entirety and is encouraging folks to host a potluck too Here are some ways you can help (I’ve taken the [...]
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, [...]
FROM FARM TO FORK
Good little article but there are some slight misstatements. 1.) We grow 99 percent of our PRODUCE not diet 2) We do buy supplement animal feed (grains pellets) oh, and our goal is “ZERO” food miles! Path to Freedom conserves water while cutting ‘food miles’ from Dervaes family’s carbon footprint By Carolyn Neuhausen PASADENA WEEKLY [...]
ECOFARM CONFERENCE, ASILOMAR CA
Now to the biggest, best farming conference in the West! Monterey Bay/Asilomar, EcoFarm Conference Jan 20-23 Before the conference started, we needed a place to stay for night or two before we were given our designated rooms on the conference grounds and were blessed with a place to stay beachside. (A big thanks to the [...]
