Paloma Textiles

It's April, the time of year when I start thinking about this year's garden. . .In researching whether or not to take the plunge and start raising hens this spring, I came across a great website on urban homesteading:  www.pathtofreedom.com.  The  project was started by Jules Dervais in 2001, with the intent of sharing knowledge about living a simpler lifestyle, leaving a smaller footprint behind on the planet, and resisting the wastefulness of our dominant consumer culture. 

For over 20 years the Dervais family members have lived off their year-round organic permaculture garden which they set up in a small city lot (1/5 of an acre) in Pasadena, California.  Their website is almost overwhelming in the amount of information offered; the authors discuss almost every aspect of raising food in an urban setting, in addition to  energy technologies for living (almost) off the grid.