Tag Archive for ‘Solar’
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.
HUNG OUT TO DRY
Well, since I have never had a dryer to use (except when visiting friends or traveling), I cannot comment on using a dryer from firsthand experience. All I know is that an electric clothes dryer is an energy hog.
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)?
REAL FOOD, REAL SIMPLE: Weekly Meal Wrap Up
Whew doggie! It’s been a busy week here at the urban homestead. Busy with bees (getting ready to harvest some honey!), battling bad bugs, moving the tender greens to cooler spot in the yard and getting things ready for a major can-a-thon.
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 [...]
SOWING A REVOLUTION
Thanks to those who wrote and offered us accommodations – appreciate all your offers. Once again, here’s our Northern California itinerary schedule from Jan 15-23. We kick off the year,right back where we started last year at the best environmental film festival in the West Wild & Scenic Film Festival Here’s a blurb from their [...]
FRIENDS, FAMILY, GOATS & AWARD
Along the stream bed Justin and Sergio play with rocks Going for a stroll Sunday morning was spent as usual here on the urban homestead – planting, cleaning, chores, etc. Sunday afternoon, we spent a good part of the afternoon reconnecting with friends who dropped by. One friend needed an “eco project” for school so [...]
COLESLAW
Boy, it’s hot out! Yeah, I know, what should expect now that’s it is July. We’ve been at or hoovering around 100 degrees this whole week. When the temperatures rise my enthusiasm for cooking wanes (except for solar cooking which keeps the kitchen cool) Instead opt for no cook/bake foods like salads and slaw. [...]
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, [...]
UNUSUAL EDIBLES
Having so much flora here on the urban homestead one never really gets to figuring out all the ways one can go about using and preparing all the different parts of a plant- there’s the fruit, flowers, roots, shoots, leaves etc that are edible and even useful but overtime we’ve lost all that know how [...]
