Implementing systems to make your home more self-reliant
Grow Food
Save Money
Save Energy
Improve Health
Respect the Planet
FOOD GROWING
The freshest food grows in your own yard!
• Homegrown, organic food is top-notch nutrition.
• Reduce the carbon footprint of industrialized food systems.
• Reduce food chemical exposure.
• Growing food is a rich educational experience for children and increases their connection to nature.
• Organic food gardens create ecosystems that benefit all plants and animals in the area.
• Learn companion planting using plants as allies.
• Greenhouses and season extenders for year-round harvesting.
RAINWATER HARVESTING
Diverting rainwater for use in your garden is smart and easy.
We’ll show you how.
• Move rainwater where it is needed.
• Helps prevent erosion and runoff issues.
• Helps recharge the groundwater.
• Pulls water away from foundations
• Save on water bills.
• Plants grow better in rainwater than chlorinated municipal water.
• Greywater is a safe and eco-friendly method of reusing water.
• More available water for food growing and landscapes.
• Can increase the plant palette for a broader field of plant variety.
• Lower water bills by reusing water. over running the faucets.
• Laundry to landscape!
• Increased self-reliance through drought prevention.
GREYWATER
Plants love greywater!
• Greywater is a safe and eco-friendly method of reusing water.
• More available water for food growing and landscapes.
• Can increase the plant palette for a broader field of plant variety.
• Lower water bills by reusing water. over running the faucets.
• Laundry to landscape!
• Increased self-reliance through drought prevention.
COMPOSTING
Composting is a way of converting household waste into food
for the soil and your plants.
• Compost builds healthy rich soil
• Less garbage to landfill
• Lower your carbon footprint
• Save money on garbage bags (if you use
• them) and hauling service
• Better soil will mean better quality food and increased yields
• Worms – vermiposting
AND SO MUCH MORE!
Chickens coops, runs, tractors
Bees
Rabbits, hutches, runs, tractors
Pygmy goats
Aquaponics
Permaculture consulting
Edible landscapes and gardens
Urban orchards
Low-maintenance garden systems
Backyard habitats
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“This is a David and Goliath story– backyard gardens competing with Monsanto’s patents … rain barrels and greywater versus the worldwide privatization of natural resources … bicycles against the power of Big Oil. Garden by garden, neighborhood by neighborhood, each partial effort is a step in the right direction.”
– Rachel Kaplan, Urban Homesteading
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