The Urban Homestead® - A City Farm, Sustainable Living & Resource Center, A Path to Freedom towards Self-Sufficiency. In the mid-1980s, our family set out to do the seemingly impossible: To create a new revolution in sustainable urban living.
Finding ourselves owning a run-down circa 1917 craftsman-style house in the metropolis of Pasadena (the 7th largest city in Los Angeles County) and just 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles with the intersection of 134 and 210 freeways 30 yards from our home, we shelved our dreams of idyllic country living and "five acres and independence" and decided to do what we could, with what we had -- RIGHT NOW. No one thought it was possible. Residents in our low income, mixed race neighborhood thought we were the "crazy white folks. " We forged ahead, calling our project the Urban Homestead® model and with no small means of blood, sweat and tears, we worked to transform this ordinary 66' x 132' urban lot [LINK: Comparison Diagram of Property ] into a self-sufficient city homestead with an organic garden that now supplies us with food year-round.
All About Pumpkins - Pumpkin Varieties. Aladdin A large modern Jack-o-lantern variety.
We have been experimenting with this variety as it is resistant to powdery mildew. We are fairly close to the Pacific Ocean and we have lots of foggy evenings and early mornings. American Tonda These are an unusual looking pumpkin. Simple Container & Urban Gardening Tips to Grow Your Own Food.