Urban Homesteading
An urban homestead is a household that produces a significant part of
the food, including produce and livestock, consumed by its residents.
This is typically associated with residents’ desire to live in a more
environmentally conscious manner.
Having an allotment or vegetable garden has been common throughout history, notably, victory gardens during the WW1 and WWII eras, immigrant gardens, the Integral Urban House, and the inner-city community gardening movement in the 1970s.
Back Yard Food Production - The Survival Podcast
Aspects of urban homesteading include
- Resource reduction: using solar/alternative energy sources, harvesting rainwater, using greywater, line drying clothes, using alternative transportation such as bicycles and buses
- Raising animals, including chickens, goats, rabbits, fish, worms, and/or bees
- Edible landscaping: growing fruit, vegetables, culinary and medicinal plants, converting lawns into gardens
- Self-sufficient living: re-using, repairing, and recycling items; homemade products
- Food preservation including canning, drying, freezing, cheese-making, and fermenting
- Community food-sourcing such as foraging, gleaning, and trading
- Natural building
- Composting
Having an allotment or vegetable garden has been common throughout history, notably, victory gardens during the WW1 and WWII eras, immigrant gardens, the Integral Urban House, and the inner-city community gardening movement in the 1970s.
Back Yard Food Production - The Survival Podcast
Not
long ago humans fed themselves, provided for their on needs and were
largely self sufficient. They knew how to feed themselves, how to take
care of animals, what to plant and what to do when something went wrong.
Urban & Suburban Homesteading - The Survival Podcast
Here are two things I know about my audience. The majority, over 70% live in urban and suburban areas. The second is that a major majority of those would like to get out of the city some day even if the shit never hits the fan. There is also the reality that many at least for the short term are held by job, family obligations and other factors. So I thought today would be a good day to discuss urban homesteading and tomorrow we can discuss urban prepping.
