Why Urban Farm?

June 10, 2007

Nicolas Poussin̵7;s “Et in Arcadia ego“ It̵7;s been a challenging week at the Homegrown Revolution compound. We lost one chick, bringing our nascent flock down to two. We decided that since chickens are social animals to add two more in case of other unforeseen problems bringing our total up to four. Such are the cycles of life and death on the new urban homestead. Bryan Welch, who raises livestock and is also the publish...

Urban Homesteading Thing Catching On

Mr. Homegrown

November 21, 2011

Thoughtstylings

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I have a Google alert set up for the phrase “urban homestead”. Lately I̵7;ve noticed more real estate and apartment listings using this phrase. Our neighbors Anne and Bill even used it to rent out their duplex. A rental listing that includes the photos in this post came from a real estate concern renting out an apartment in Edmonton, Canada. For $1,600 Canadian dollars a month you get: hot water on demand system. sunroom has...

The Very First Urban Homesteading Book

Mr. Homegrown

June 15, 2012

Reviews

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The urban homesteading shelf at your local bookstore, thanks to the great recession, sure has gotten crowded in recent years. There are many fine volumes now alongside our two books with a great diversity of authors opining on chicken coops, homemade soap and composting. This is a good thing–we need as many voices as possible. But there̵7;s nothing new here. On a serendipitous trip to the library last week I stumbled across what must...

Is Urban Homesteading Over With?

Mr. Homegrown

March 22, 2013

Animals, Bread, Chickens, Food, Gardening, Thoughtstylings, Transportation

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ot changed, specifically the uncertain future of fossil fuels. I̵7;m not trading my trips to the feed store for a shopping spree at Hot Topic anytime soon. So I thought I̵7;d plug a few search terms relating to urban homesteading into Google Trends to see what is going on. This is, of course, highly unscientific–Google Trends may just reflect media generated interest, not what people are actually doing. Here̵7;s what I found:...

Poo Salon and Urban Forage Classes with Nancy Klehm

Mr. Homegrown

January 14, 2011

Events

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Our good friend Nancy Klehm is coming to town for a visit. We̵7;ve invited her to be a guest lecturer at our “Academy of Home Economics” and she̵7;s agreed to teach a couple of classes. If you live in the LA area, this is a chance not to be missed. First, who is Nancy? Nancy Klehm is a radical ecologist, designer, urban forager, grower and teacher. Her solo and collaborative work focuses on creating participatory social ec...

Looking for the Union Label

Mr. Homegrown

September 12, 2007

Domesticus

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We̵7;ve got a bad case of Ohrwurm, a German expression translated as “earworm” and used to describe a song stuck in your head. Our earworm came after a search for union made socks and underwear on the internets recalled a highly catchy ad jingle from the roller disco era, “Look for the Union Label” (youngsters can watch it on youtube here). We looked for the union label and we were surprised to find it via a company c...

How to Homestead

Mr. Homegrown

February 23, 2008

Self Watering Containers

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Homegrown Evolution̵7;s Self Watering Container video is up on the brand new site How to Homestead, described by its creators as: “the only site on the web providing you with a collection of how to homestead videos to stream or download. No longer relegated to the rural sphere, homesteading can be done anywhere and we are here to show you how.” With many homesteading activities, from chicken slaughtering to tortellini making, int...

Revised and Expanded

Mr. Homegrown

June 7, 2010

Events

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A revised and expanded version of our book, The Urban Homestead is now available everywhere books are sold and via this website. And we have a new cover thanks to our fantastic publisher Process Media. No longer does the woman stand behind the man! As for the “expanded” part, new projects include:• How to sterilize jars and bottles• How to make infused oil• Six ways to preserve a tomato• How to make soda bread• How to store grain w...

Mongolian Giant Sunflower

Mr. Homegrown

July 20, 2011

Gardening

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the native sunflowers that reseed themselves every year I think I̵7;ll plant a few Mongolian Giants each summer. If you̵7;ve got a favorite sunflower variety, either ornamental or edible, please leave a comment. Mrs. Homestead here: Turns out sunflowers can also help clean up radioactive contamination. Good to know! They̵7;re planting them in Fukushima. (via Boing Boing)...

What To Do With Old Vegetable Seeds

Mr. Homegrown

November 27, 2012

Gardening, Permaculture, Vegetable Gardening

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In short, throw them around. We̵7;ve got a lot of expired seed packages sitting in a shoe box. And I̵7;ve been reading a newly published translation of a book by the late, “natural farmer” Masanobu Fukuoka (review coming soon). Fukuoka inspired me to distribute those old seeds around our micro-orchard to see what comes up. Fukuoka has some tips in his book The Natural Way of Farming for creating a semi-wild vegetable garden:...

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Why Urban Farm?

Urban Homesteading Thing Catching On

The Very First Urban Homesteading Book

Is Urban Homesteading Over With?

Poo Salon and Urban Forage Classes with Nancy Klehm

Looking for the Union Label

How to Homestead

Revised and Expanded

Mongolian Giant Sunflower

What To Do With Old Vegetable Seeds