Urban Homesteading

My gr-gr-gr-grandparents came to the U.S. in the early 1800's. After settling down in our little town they practiced the skill of urban homesteading! They grew their own vegetables, raised their own animals, had a compost heap. They made their own clothes and canned their own food.

Generations have followed them, in the same town and others. Urban homesteading has been a fact of life in my family.

I follow in their footsteps. I have gardened since I was a child. Learned to sew from my mom. My gr-grandmother taught me how to quilt. I can my own veggies.  I have pasted the skills down to my children and they are currently teaching their children to urban homestead.

I have lived in the same house since 1996 and have had a garden on the same plot since then. I can, I cook, I eat, I grow. I urban homestead. I have a garden, composting. I have an orchard, rhubarb, and asparagus patch. This is urban homesteading at it's finest!