How To Start An Urban Homestead | Where To Begin
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- Todays topic is all about how to start an urban homestead. Were going to share some stuff to think about if you are wanting to start an urban homestead.
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I love how we all have talked about pollinators ❤ found my people ❤
More important than most would think. I didn't think about them at first but glad my wife wanted flowers because it help a ton
Over here in Cape Town, South Africa, I started an urban homestead, back yard square foot veggie patches except one patch that's just for sweet potatoes. In my front yard I have a very neglected food forest that when spring comes I will attend to that.
So many great points. I love the idea of a rambling wall of berries! And I just love all the kid friendly zones.
I need to add some more berries, the kids eat them so fast we barely get to save any
Yes. Love where and how the bees are positioned 🐝
There are edible flowers such as calendula, nasturtiums, lavender, dandelions, etc. so you can still create an all edible garden
In Michigan here also!!! Where about are you? We have been plucking away at becoming self reliant. Gotta go catch up on your videos!
I live in South Australia and apparently it is illegal to catch water in buckets here as well!! But its not an "enforced" law...and I've had noone come and police it so.....water caught in buckets it is!! LOL!!
I really enjoyed this video. I’m in east central WI so it’s nice watching videos with a similar climate/growing season. I’m in zone 5a. Thanks for sharing. I’m just starting my urban homestead journey 😊
Someplace to sit, something to snack, and something to see... It cant be all about "food"...LOL
Love this so much. I'm in Ohio and i have yet to see any urban homesteaders here in Toledo and in my zone. But Michigan being our neighbors with similar zones and weather patterns is really inspiring. Great tips. Thank you!
Rainwater is life for us. Urban homesteading here in South Africa. We aren't alowed to use municipal water on the garden due to drought. We have just put down wood chips and also deep bedded the chickens for composting. Thanks for this video🤗. We are also vlogging our journey although it seems South African Channels don't get that much exposure 🤔💚💚
Hi, I just found your channel and I'm now a subbie :) . I'm trying to get more sustainable and doing some urban gardeing in my townhouse in the middle of the city with a supersmall garden :) . Going from a luxury shopper to a more minimal sustainable lifestyle. I'm so happy I found you. All the best, xx linda
Your yard looks so great and vary good tips on helping with gardening. Getting bees ready helped our garden this year. Have a great day
Crazy how having some flowers and bees can really make things produce like crazy
I love seeing this movement! I turned my frontyard into a garden and love it!🌻🐞🍅🥦🥕🌽🐝
That's awesome! My friend at Homestead Dreaming built a bunch of raised beds in her front yard last year. I hope this movement keeps growing and growing
You have awesome garden.
Love your hedge and the privacy it provides! You all so so much with your lot in the city. I miss some serious benefits to gardening in the city; we had far fewer critters and pests to contend with.
We still get a few critters but yeah there is a bit less and no deer. Having the fence line all green is one of my favorite things
Glad to see your bees are doing well!!
Yeah going to add a honey super this week, wish I could film more about them but sometimes you just have to get the work done and filming makes it take a lot longer
Happy to hear your say we all do it a little different. So happy to see more urban homesteads popping up. Ours is located 10 minutes from downtown San Diego.
What a beautiful place to live, my wife and I have been out there a couple times. It's good seeing the urban homesteading movement growing. For sure everyone has different setups, were still working on a lot of ours
Growing up!!! Such a great point!!
Vertical is the way!
This was super helpful and your homestead is beautiful 😍
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it
Great video! So many great points! You really have me really thinking about beekeeping too. Collecting rainwater is actively encouraged where I am (south Florida). It helps minimize the use of city water for landscaping & growing purposes. We are VERY close to our aquifer, so we have to be very careful with how we use water too.
Beekeeping is a lot of fun. I've had some struggles but their doing good now and I feel better about it. Very cool that they encourage rain water collecting
Enjoyed. Thank you.
Thank you
I am so jelly of your bees. I have been wanting bees for years haha I have an idea of where to put them
You got all the chickens and quails, they are better for more production. The bees are super cool though
@@Citystead yea true, we each have our awesome things
I recommended rabbit manure! It's not hot and you can add it directly to your garden. Rabbits are probably one of the best animals to raise for meat in small spaces as well.
I have done a ton of looking into meat rabbits. My problem is just not having the time to take care of anything else right now
I’d love rabbits for garden manure (not meat), but I’m afraid it’s too hot for them outside down in south Florida.
some of your flowers ARE edible. roses, nasturtiums, lavender, lillies... it's all good to eat.
I live in the U.P. Only been here a year. I'm hoping to buy the house I'm renting someday. We get deer, here. How can I keep them out of the garden; and, what might I plant to share with the wildlife (deer and squirrels?
Rain catching is illegal in some places because of drought and generally dry climate. Taking that rain water can throw off the growth of much needed vegetation and also make the area more prone to wild fires.
Very solid point
Can you use water from rain water off a normal roof I was worried about the shingles…
I only use mine for watering plants. I'm not sure about using water runoff from shingles for drinking. Even if you had filters I'm not sure how good it would be.
Yeah I figured that but would it be harmful to the plants, I would figure it would have some sort a effect?
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What size is your lot to be able to do this?
We have almost a half acre lot
Bit worried about your bees. In June, they should have been really active,. Had they swarmed
Good noticing, I did have a swarm it was a bummer but something to learn from. The hive bounced back and did really well the rest of the summer.
@@Citystead . Yes. That's a shame! They would have taken about 15 lbs of honey with them as they swarmed. Been there. Done that. Look into chequerboarding for the future. It seems to work well if you do it at the right time. Get more equipment and think about it!! Don't forget the bees haven't read any of the books so they can be quite unpredictable. Regards from the UK