The Urban Homestead is the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose instead to act. By growing their own food and harnessing natural energy, they are planting seeds for the future of our cities.If you would like to harvest your own vegetables, raise city chickens, or convert to solar energy, this prac (more…)
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Informative and easy to use!
A friend purchased this book for another friend. I then purchased it for my husband and I. It’s fantastic!
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A light and enjoyable read
I appreciate the positive tone that authors maintained throughout the book. It wasn’t political either.
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Excellent General Info
This is an excellent general info/idea book. Got me motivated to start a balcony garden. It doesn’t go too in depth which makes reading from cover to cover quite enjoyable.
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homesteading for apartment dwellers
The Urban Homestead was a bit simplistic for my tastes. Living in Seattle ,(where the majority of residents do not live in apartments) I was a little blindsided by how this book…
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Outstanding Book – Worth Reading!
This is a really cool book.
I see several negative reviews that said this book was too “beginner” or was too “basic”.
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A must read
A must read for anyone who cares and is interested in the world they occupy. Gardeners and social activists alike will enjoy this witty romp through there urban habitat.
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A book for everyone just starting out
There is no doubt that this book is an excellent guide to begin to discover about Urban Gardening and being *more* self-sufficient in the heart of a city.
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Great Book for Beginners
This book entertainingly and simply explains a wide variety of homesteading subjects as low tech as foraging and as high tech as solar power.
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Great for urban beginngers eager to tread more lightly
This book is a great resource for urbanites who want to become more self-sufficient and be gentler to the planet.
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Excellent source for ideas and inspiration
We had to wait several months to get this book from our library and it was well worth the wait. Although we are experienced gardeners and live a low-impact lifestyle as it is, we…