A really remarkable story.

While reading an excellent website called the Yardstead, I learned about the Dervaes family – a truly remarkable story.

This is the urban garden on steroids.   On a lot almost exactly the same size as ours (1/5 of an acre overall, with about 1/10 of an acre available for planting), they manage to produce 6000 pounds of produce per year.  SIX THOUSAND POUNDS.  They use 6 kilowatts of energy per day.  The can, dry, freeze and ferment.  They have livestock!  AND BEES (wild bees, no less).   They conserve water like crazy.

And if that weren’t enough —  they’re about a mile from Downtown Pasadena, California.  Urban enough for you?  The freeway is a few blocks from their house.  Posh Oldtown is just blocks away.

These are remarkable people.  Click on the photo above to go to their website and read their story.  Maybe you could buy one of  their books while you’re there (yes, they also run a few businsesses as well).   Wow.

Filed under: Soil Amendment, Urban Gardening, Water conservation