Tag Archive for ‘Vegetables’
HARVEST UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2011
With only a few weeks left till spring, winter isn’t over with us just yet.
RAIN!
It rained over an inch this week. The garden is drinking it the much needed watering after a dry January. There’s still more rain to come. What a blessing!
URBAN HOMESTEAD RECORD HARVEST!!!
These last few days, I too have been anxiously waiting the final harvest tally from Justin.
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?
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
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…
JUNE HARVEST TALLY
June is the tipping point month were things can either go up hill or downhill … and fast! So far, we are holding steady. Some things are growing well, while others not so much.
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.
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 [...]
LOVIN’ REMINDERS
Nothing says ‘I love you’ better than homegrown veggies There’s a slew of photos from last weeks work and happenings here on the urban homestead (from cheese making to brewing a spring garden tonic with weeds) in queue but first I liked to take some time remind folks that spring is just around the corner [...]
