Check out this video from CNN about a family in Pasadena, CA that has been practicing all kinds of interesting urban homesteading techniques and has learned to live off of their 1/10th of an acre lot in Pasadena….
and a link to their website
They’ve got some really interesting appliances like a bicycle powered grinder and a solar oven…Just goes to show you what you can do.
Scott
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