Tag Archive for ‘urban homesteader’
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.
FUTURE FEAR SBS DATELINE
Others are approaching the future differently, believing the biggest threats we’re facing are problems that we’ve caused ourselves. Meet the Dervaes family of so-called ‘urban homesteaders’. They’ve already adapted and are living self-sufficiently and almost entirely off-grid.But are they all being over cautious, or will the rest of us be under prepared?
THE FOUR PEEPERS AND HOW THEY GREW
The little peepers are sure growing fast! They graduated from the kiddie pool to the big one last week and are eating greens.
BABY QUACKERS!
Khaki Campbell (a heritage breed) babies have arrived on the urban homestead. Khaki Campbell’s are an excellent duck breed for the urban homestead. Medium size, they are relatively quite, good layers (they don’t go broody) and are consider land ducks so all the need is a shallow tray of water to be happy.
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
INTERVIEW WITH URBAN HOMESTEADER, JULES DERVAES
My Halal’s Kitchen interview with Jules Dervaes, whom we can learn so much from about living a life free of the constraints of super-consumerism and significantly reduce our carbon imprint on the earth…
BRINGING THE REVOLUTION HOME
Urban Homesteading not just about bringing food, goods, services closer to home but making the home center your life. One of the steps backwards we have taken is bringing “socializing” home.
WHAT’S URBAN HOMESTEADING?
Now that the urban homestead movement is well, “trendy” So, what’s in a name? What is the movement of urbanites who are growing their own food, raising barnyard in their backyards and “putting up” in the kitchen.
Urban homesteading is about taking a step backwards and living a more simple, purposeful life but doing it in an inner city environment – surrounded by the modern world.
URBAN HOMESTEADING ON THE WEB
Here’s a sneak peek! We are almost ready for re-launch of the spiffy new Little Homestead in the City “Blook” (aka blog book) Jordanne could use a bit of encouragement as she’s on the homestretch and dealing with all the headaches that come with moving and coding. A couple of pieces of chocolate helped her [...]
THE URBAN HOMESTEAD FEATURED ON SATURDAY EVENING POST!
The iconic Saturday Evening Post does a feature on the Urban Homestead! If Norman Rockwell were alive today, wonder what his artistic rendering of an urban homesteader would be? That would have been somethin’ Urban Homesteads and Hope By Jen Stewart The concept of “urban homesteads” are gaining popularity in recent years. To put it [...]
