Tag Archive for ‘solar energy’
HOMEMADE SOLAR OVEN
It’s summer and that means dusting off the solar ovens. No need to heat up the house hotter than it is for cooking simple foods.
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, [...]
COTTONWOOD CREEK FILM FESTIVAL (June 5-6)
Homegrown Revolution Screening in Encinitas with Dervaes family as special guests (and if you read further on we are trying to wrangle a OC/San Diego FG Gathering while we are at it!) Event Details VIP PARTY WHEN: Friday June 5 7:30-9:30pm WHERE: Lemongrass Salon 910 2nd Street Come celebrate the Second Annual Cottonwood Creek Environmental [...]
GA URBAN HOMESTEADING WORKSHOP REVIEW
Summertime garden IN SEASON By Deborah Geering For the Journal-Constitution Thursday, April 02, 2009 When I walked into the Urban Homesteading workshop at the Georgia Organics annual conference a couple of weeks ago, I was expecting a speaker who was —- well —- a little nutty. After all, what kind of person does it take [...]
Reel to Real Food Film Festival, Montana
Homegrown Revolution screening in BIG SKY COUNTRY! FEAST YOUR EYES ~FEED YOUR MIND ~ NOURISH YOUR SOUL Announcing the second annual Reel to Real Food Film Festival on March 13-15, 2009 at the Roxy Theater Missoula Montana. The film festival will feature six films. Come to learn more about our local food and agriculture system, [...]
POWER TOOLS
Justin measuring out the plywood to install a new (sustainable metal) roof (2007) with foregoat Lady Fairlight looking on QUESTION Love the new blog! I am curious about tools for the various building projects around the urban homestead. Do you use mostly hand tools, or a combination of hand and power tools, and — if [...]
URBAN FARMING
Putting in more raised beds More Raised Beds After five+ years the strips of 3/4″ plywood (though cheap) have started to rot at the bottom. So with our growing 10k challenge we figured now was a better time than any to give the raised beds a face lift. Eating What We Grow or Dough? On [...]
PTF FAQ
Q. First of all, I’d like to know where exactly you’re located in relation to the urban center. A. We are located in Pasadena, California ( a city on the outskirts of Los Angeles – less than 20 minutes away) and our homestead is located less than 1 mile from Old Towne Pasadena and the [...]
OUTREACH
Greywater & Rainwater Presentation After a long and tiring week/day Jules was invited to give a very brief greywater & rainwater presentation last Thursday at the Art Center College of Design as part of the City’s ‘Greening Workshops’. With such new greywater systems and using issues we aren’t experts at all. We are on [...]
