Urban Homesteading
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For those that think you need to have acres and acres of land to live off the grid, check out this family who grows everything they need to eat on just 1/5th of an acre in the suburbs.
This family lives entirely off their little piece off land, and the whole family lives on under $30,000 a year. This is a really cool video and it shows how you can really survive without the so called “modern conveniences”
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Neal on Tue, 2nd Sep 2008 10:13 am
While they have goats, chickens, rabbits and such they made no mention of eating any meat. I don’t know if this was due to the focus of the story being on the gardening or a choice on the families part. Still very impressive effort. The living on $30k was a bit short sighted though considering the value of four adults working the gardens/animals full time needs to be considered at some level.
I liked his compost pile also….cement bricks with gaps for air and for the enriched soil to spill through.
homesteader on Thu, 8th Jan 2009 11:09 pm
Although we have several acres available for farming, we use maybe 1000 square feet for gardening. The rest is pasture for the milk goats, chickens, etc.
An excellent video illustrating the potential of self-reliance with minimal resources in the suburbs. Enlightening.
Mike-
Farmfresh on Fri, 6th Feb 2009 5:54 pm
Come on join us!
I have been an urban homesteader for about 25 years now. While my family still hold an outside jobs, we grow a lot of our own food. We have a garden, dwarf fruit trees, grapes, and berry bushes. We also raise chickens for eggs and meat, and have even raised our own meat rabbits. It is a very wonderful thing to put a meal on your table that came in it’s entirety from your own labor on your land.
Our homestead is located in a large city as well. Just like the video shows a homestead can be beautiful and productive as well.
I started my website to help others interested in learning how to homestead. Homesteading is much more than growing your own food – it is a mindset, a way of life. It doesn’t matter whether you live in the wild woods, on a farm, a suburban lot or in a city apartment… you too can be a homesteader!
“Stop Dreaming About the Good Life and Start Living IT!”
Mike/ on Tue, 13th Oct 2009 4:18 pm
Excellent video! I’m a little late in finding it, but this family should inspire all of us.
Mike D on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 1:10 am
Interesting. Humbling.