Think you can’t produce much food in a small amount of space?
Think again.
Yo, yo, YOU! Have you ever scoped this site: www.pathtofreedom.com? They’re outta sight! Check this action, their yard produces over 350 varieties of edible and purposeful plants. They’ve got solar panels, solar oven, cob oven, chickens, ducks, goats, and a biodiesel processor. Here’s the kicker - they do it all on 1/5th of an acre right next to a freeway in California. It’s an URBAN homestead! Scope their location:
They have an organic garden on 1/10th of an acre that grows over 6,000 pounds of produce every year. It gives them food AND income. Income? Yep, they sell produce to restaurants and catering companies. You really gotta visit their site to check the pics of their back and front yards.
This is important stuff to know. Why? Because by the end of 2008, for the first time in history, HALF of the world’s population will live be living in cities. It’s true, check the Reuter’s article here.
Home food production is important no matter where you live. This action is happening on the East Coast, too. Scope “Garden Girl” straight outta B-town:
Want information on how to plan your own garden? Go here.
- Ranger Man
BTW: You NEED some of the wicked cool gardening books listed in the SHTFblog Amazon store.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Tina Russell // Feb 28, 2008 at 5:31 am
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
Tina Russell
2 GeologyJoe // Feb 28, 2008 at 8:22 am
The downside to urban gardening are the environmental issues associated with urban soil, urban air quality and urban storm water run off. Unless you can control all three you could end up with slightly toxic foodstuff.
3 Babs // Feb 28, 2008 at 11:54 am
I’ve seen them and I’m fortunate enough to be moving into a place with an actual backyard, so I’m going to be trying this out.
Not sure what to say about the toxics issue. It’s certainly something to consider, though if I were in an urban garden, I’d eat the produce.
4 buzz kimball // Feb 28, 2008 at 2:04 pm
try the used bookstore (or rangerman’s amazon dot com storefront ) for some of those books on container gardening…
now i’ve grown pot inbetween the tomatoes and even in my closet, the later actually got me interested in natural history and ecology again, after many years out of high school…
being in the closet isn’t very practical and then i got a hankering for BC BUD and HARD DRUGS, but that’s another story….
actually, i spent most of my time picking stuff, so my “friends” don’t let me near their crops anymore ( tomato crops). i avoid trafficers…
5 The Scavenger // Feb 29, 2008 at 12:45 am
Path to Freedom is a great site. I have followed them for some time now and these folks are die hard. Really enjoy your site and the info you provide. I am writing a (fictional) story over at my blog you may or may not be interested in. Survival, TEOTWAWKI,and ofcourse the SHTF. You may enjoy. I am not a Pro or anything just had an idea and wanted to let it out.
6 Dayum. // Mar 1, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Damn she’s a hottie. What a phenomenal body. I wonder what sort of zombie spray she plans on using when the lazy mutant zombie hordes come to raid her veggie patch after the SHTF though.
7 Michael Hawkins // Mar 3, 2008 at 11:20 am
That path to freedom project is nothing short of amazing!
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