Homegrown
Evolution
http://www.homegrownevolution.com/
About
Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne write Homegrown
Evolution, a blog that explores a fast-growing new movement: urbanites
are becoming gardeners and farmers. Kelly and Erik are the authors of The
Urban Homestead coming out in June of 2008 from Process Media. They have
researched and experimented with small scale urban agriculture since
moving to their tiny bungalow in Los Angeles ten years ago. Since 2006,
in this practical, hands-on blog, we have shared our successes and
failures and include step-by-step directions and links to resources that
will get you started urban homesteading immediately, whether you live in
an apartment or a house. Contact us at survivela [insert “at” symbol]
sbcglobal.net.
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The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the
Heart of the City
by Kelly
Coyne
About This Book
ISBN13:
9781934170014
ISBN10: 1934170011
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
The Urban Homesteadis
the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are
becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing
and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban
homesteaders choose instead to act. By growing their own food and
harnessing natural energy, they are planting seeds for the future of our
cities.
If you would like to harvest your own vegetables, raise city chickens, or
convert to solar energy, this practical, hands-on book is full of
step-by-step projects that will get you started homesteading immediately,
whether you live in an apartment or a house. It is also a guidebook to
the larger movement and will point you to the best books and Internet
resources on self-sufficiency topics.
Projects include:
- How to grow food on a patio or balcony
- How to clean your house without toxins
- How to preserve food
- How to cook with solar energy
- How to divert your grey water to your garden
- How to choose the best homestead for you
Written by city dwellers for city dwellers, this illustrated, smartly
designed, two-color instruction book proposes a paradigm shift that will
improve our lives, our community, and our planet. Authors Kelly Coyne and
Erik Knutzen happily farm in Los Angeles and run the urban homestead blog
www.homegrownrevolution.org.
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About the Author
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen are creators
of the blog homegrownrevolution.org, a green living and self-sufficiency
resource for urbanites. They contribute regularly to Daniel Pinchbeck's
new online magazine, realitysandwich.com. They live in Los Angeles.