Jan 31, 2016

From gardening to canning to keeping chickens, we look at the ways of urban homesteaders and how this method of sustainable living keeps you healthy while reducing your carbon footprint.  Includes an interview with Erica Strauss, author of The Hands-On Home: A Seasonal Guide to Cooking, Preserving & Natural Homekeeping.

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Erica Strauss’ Website

• Northwest Edible Life

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• Little House in the Suburbs

Books

• Just a  note, whenever you can, buy titles from local bookstores, like Diesel Book Store for those of you based in Los Angeles
• Little House in the Suburbs: Backyard farming and home skills for self-sufficient living by  by Deanna Caswell  and Daisy Siskins
• Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
• The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year by Spring Warren
• The Hands-On Home: A Seasonal Guide to Cooking, Preserving & Natural Homekeeping by Erica Strauss and Charity Burggraaf