Tag Archive for ‘Seeds’
NEW SEED SHELF
To be able to get the most from your garden, successive plantings are a must. Yet, doing so is challenging for so many reasons.
SPRING, GLORIOUS, SPRING!
Almost 5 inches of rain fell this weekend! With Pasadena under a 10 day imposed water restriction (remember to turn off those sprinklers!) the rain couldn’t have come at a better time.
WHO OWNS THESE TRADEMARKS?
Search TESS and see ORGANIC GARDENING SQUARE FOOT GARDENING EDIBLE LANDSCAPING VICTORY GARDEN SEEDS OF CHANGE THE PIONEER WOMAN SIMPLE LIVING LOCAVORE HOMESTEAD GARDENS BACKYARD FARMS GAIA VEGE HONEYBEES HOMEGROWN BIODIESEL BICYCLING GARDENER URBAN HOME & GARDEN COMPOST MASTER HOMEGROWN HARVEST LIVING HOMEGROWN HOMEGROWN HIPPIE PLANT THE SEED GARDEN GIRL URBAN FARMING HOBBY FARM URBAN [...]
STORAGE FOR STORES
When you start living a more simple, self sufficient how is that you actually accumulate MORE stuff? It’s true and a simple fact. Living a simple life, is in fact not simple. If you make food and goods from scratch you need all store all those supplies somewhere.
BENEFIT CONCERT
We were happily surprised and extremely grateful to the The Ridgewood Boys of Kentucky who are holding benefit concert for Path to Freedom’s growing outreach.
HOMESTEAD FINANCES
You know that old saying “Self sufficient is as self sufficient does.” Ok, not really old but a new take on Gumpisms. How can we be “self sufficient” on only 1/10 of an acre (if an acre is $1.00 we are growing our groceries on 10 cents)?
Urban Homestead: Local, Organic and in the City
[the] Dervaes Gardens sits practically on top of a Pasadena, California, freeway and is only blocks away from the famous Rose Bowl. Outside are all the trappings of twenty-first-century life: automobiles, satellite dishes, supermarkets, car washes, and stores…
SUMMER SOIL BLOCKING
Now that the first summer planting flush is over, it’s time to get started on the second round of planting. Folks often ask us why is our small garden so productive. One of the main reasons is we have successful succession plantings. When one crop goes out, another one comes in.
FOOD NETWORK: IT AINT EASY BEING GREEN
On a cold, drizzly, gray day in February two chefs were dropped off at the Urban Homestead.
See what happens when they have to whip up a tasty meal with ingredients from the garden and pantry in this “foodie’s” drama.
AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD
Another local write-up about the urban homestead that includes Jordanne’s Ginger Soda Recipe (note we use glass bottles but for the article recommend using recycled liter soda bottles for safety reasons) Farming a 1/10 Acre Urban Homestead by Chris Bertrand / Mountain Views News The Dervaes family live simply and richly, farming their Urban Homestead [...]
