Dervaes Family

The cooler temps (just had our coldest temps last night - 30 degrees) shorter days have got the guys digging in fall crop and me digging through my stack of favorite recipes to deal with the (coming) onslaught of fall veggies and trickle of summer veggies that are still holding on...

“Growing your own food is recession proof. You don’t have to worry about the prices. When you depend on other people you become powerless.” - Jules Dervaes Proof It Can Be Done: A Micro Farm in the Suburbs ( read full article) Tags: micro farm

Q & A with Farmer D 1. Where do you think the immediate opportunities lie for making progress in localizing the US food system? For over 20 years, I’ve been gardening in the city; but, since 1999 I’ve been growing food “for real” in my own backyard. The mo...

The menagerie of animals that live here on the urban homestead provides us with countless hours of entertainment and free “therapy” - bringing smiles to our sometimes stressed brows. Here’s Lucie (aka Lucie Goosey) digging her way to China (well, grubs or bugs more likely) Diggity dig! Est...

In their latest issue they feature a slew of urban farming efforts - including our urban micro farm! Here’s what Farmer D had to say: Individual Residences Examples of the use of individual residences for suburban agricultural use can be found in Pasadena California, and Boulder, Colorado. ...

Check out these two events in which the urban homesteaders will be a part of One on Thursday Nov 19 FOOD FORUM-Eat Drink & Be Wary (Guest speaker Jules Dervaes who will talk about seed sovereignty And the other on Saturday Nov 21 GREEN SCREENS FILM FESTIVAL screens HomeGrown Revolution with a Q &A...

The Jr High School “Harvest Homesteaders” canathon finished up today. This time around we made up a batch of peach jam and spiced apple sauce. Peeling and cutting the apples. I told the girls they should get extra credit for peeling and chopping the apples with an eco-plastic knives! O...

Jordanne & I gave a hands on canning workshop at a local girls high school today. Seven enthusiast girls made a batch of delicious strawberry jam which will be donated to a local food bank for the holidays...

The highly acclaimed and anticipated HomeGrown - 21st Century Family Farm (by Robert Mcfalls) is now available for community screenings via : http://homegrown-film.com/host.html Please note: (Since we are constantly asked this) — Despite popular belief, we have not received any monetary b...

It’s been awhile but with the holiday’s coming up I figured it was a good time as any to remind our readers how they can keep dispatches coming from the urban homestead via Little Homestead in the City (which is still by far the best, oldest and most comprehensive site/blog on urban hom...

Justin is the earliest riser of us siblings. He’s got a lot of energy and wants to get out in the garden first thing in the morn. Yep, he’s a born farmer - got dirt in his veins. Wh...

Amy walks to the drinking bowl after her daily water bath For those of you who have been following the saga of Amy here’s an update. If you are just new to the blog read about her story here, here and here She molted well and is eating like horse and gaining weight - all good signs. ...

Arsenal of squash Rosa Bianca eggplant ...

First it was corn then soy, rice, cotton, wheat but now GM is entering the world of backyard veggies crops...