Growing Potatoes in Tires

January 29, 2008

Chicago homesteader extraordinaire Nance Klehm, temporarily in residence here in Los Angeles, gifted us with some beautiful seed potatoes which we just planted. As we did last year, we̵7;re growing them in used tires filled with compost (see our surprise potato harvest in a post from last September). As the plant grows you add another tire to the stack, causing the growth of more potatoes. An alternate method, suggested by Homegrown Revolut...

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...

Steal this Book!

Mr. Homegrown

May 28, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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Our book has been released! It̵7;s available wherever books are sold, or you can get an autographed copy from us over on the right side of this page. Tell your friends and family! Blog, twitter, friend, digg and yell! From the press release: The Urban Homestead is the essential handbook for a burgeoning new movement: urbanites are becoming farmers. By growing their own food and harnessing natural energy, city dwellers are reconnecting with t...

SIPS and Kraut at Project Butterfly

Mr. Homegrown

August 24, 2009

Events

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auerkraut. Cost is $20. RSVP to [email protected] Here̵7;s the 411: Step into the 21st century by making your house, apartment and kitchen a center of production. This lecture/workshop by the authors of The Urban Homestead, Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen will introduce you to how to grow your own food, make pickles, ferment beer, keep chickens, bake bread and turn your waste products into valuable resources. By stepping into the DIY mo...

Back to the Ranch

Mr. Homegrown

November 15, 2010

Events

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Ranch photo from the Huntington̵7;s Ranch blog. I̵7;ve never had so much fun at a symposium as I did at the Huntington̵7;s urban agriculture blow-out this weekend. The two day event launched the Huntington̵7;s new experimental urban agricultural station known as the “Ranch” and featured a diverse bunch of speakers. The Ranch will provide much needed information on edible landscapes and food forestry, particul...

Urban Farming in Oakland

Mr. Homegrown

September 14, 2008

Urban Farming

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Public radio station KCRW has an excellent interview with urban farmer and writer Novella Carpenter. Carpenter has pigs, goats, ducks, chickens and more all on a small lot in Oakland, California. You can listen to the radio interview here (along with some other interesting segments on hunting caribou, cooking pasta, roasting peppers, and more) on chef Evan Kleiman̵7;s show Good Food. You can also check out Carpenter̵7;s blog, meaningfulp...

Urban Livestock and Bikes!

Mr. Homegrown

February 18, 2009

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India: chickens and bikes in a photo by Shabbir Siraj Urban Livestock Workshop Homegrown Evolution will be hosting an urban livestock workshop at our humble abode in Silver Lake on March 1st from 1-4pm. We̵7;ll be talkin̵7; chicken, permaculturist Joan Stevens will be rapping about rabbits and Leonardo Chalupowicz will share his recent experience of becoming a “backwards” beekeeper. We̵7;ll discuss how to integrate thes...

Urban Chicken Classes

Homegrown Neighbor

January 15, 2010

Animals, Chickens

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ens maybe you can share your knowledge in your community. I know that I certainly wish I new more when I got started. But its live and learn. Sadly, not all the chickens lived. But the hens helped me to meet my fellow urban homesteading neighbors…… and the rest is history. The chickens helped us to create community in our neighborhood so now we are helping others to use poultry to promote neighborly public relations and local food...

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:...

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Growing Potatoes in Tires

How to Homestead

Revised and Expanded

Steal this Book!

SIPS and Kraut at Project Butterfly

Back to the Ranch

Urban Farming in Oakland

Urban Livestock and Bikes!

Urban Chicken Classes

Is Urban Homesteading Over With?