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Jennifer's Groups
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Keeping Chickens
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Permaculture for kids
(10 members)
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At the Market
(16 members)
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Community and School Gardens
(23 members)
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Water Harvesting
(32 members)
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Native Foods
(37 members)
Path to Freedom Urban Homesteaders
Profile
- About Me:
- I first learned about permaculture 3 years ago. At first I thought that it was some crazy group of people actually trying to grow some food in this inhospitable clime. Turns out that I was partially right. There are a LOT of people growing their own food SUCESSFULLY in Phoenix as well as keeping chickens, living simply, doing without excess, etc. I was inspired by both the concept of permacultre (holistic sustainability) and by the folks practicing it.
Nowadays I spend time volunteering for the Phoenix Permaculture Guild in whatever capacity needed. Along with Myron Mykyta, I developed this social network site. I've also been instrumental in setting up classes for the space at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. I'm always looking to build community and collaborations with other groups and non-profits. We currently work with Resoucres for Health/Pollution Solutions (kids), the Downtown Phoenix Public Market, Desert Marigold School and Earthminders. If you have a group that would be interested in some sort of collaboration, let me know.
OK - so here's the deal - email me at phoenixhomesteader@gmail.com if you:
--have any suggestions for classes
--want to collaborate with us
--have suggestions for this website
--have a homesite that might make a good tour site
There's more, I'm sure, but you get the drift.
Jennifer's Blog
Permaculture musings
Onions, Eggplants, Pluots and Tomatillos
As I continue along the path of growing my own food, I have successes and I have failures. Right now I probably average more failures than successes. I guess I have to admit to being a serial mass-murderer of plant life! (watch for the FBI "Most Wanted" poster!)
One of the crops that I have yet to master is tomatoes. Can't seem to get that one right. They mock me. I've tried many different locations and they die - either from hot or from cold (in the winter). It's maddening. I don't even LIKE t… Continue
Posted on June 25th, 2008 at 9:00am —
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Gas, Electric and Water - a journey to conserve.
It seems like everyone's trying to cut back, conserve and generally reduce their use of those pricey utilities. I'm no different. In fact I started tracking my water, gas and electric usage in earnest about a year ago. Below are my "stats to date" compared to 2006 and 2007 values.
Gas
Gas season is pretty much over for me even though my stove, water heater and dryer are all gas. In the summer, however, I hang washing on the line (actually I do this MOST of the year except sometim… Continue
Posted on June 24th, 2008 at 10:30pm —
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What's in YOUR laundry?
Posted on June 24th, 2008 at 7:30am —
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The shade house cometh!
Here in Phoenix - land of 100+ days of over 100 degree weather - summer shade is a much coveted commodity. People go to great lengths to park under the meager shade of saplings in parking lots or stand in the shade of a palm tree trunk at a bus stop. Yep - we're pretty desperate for SHADE! So one of the permaculture projects I've been looking forward to doing for a long time is building a shade house across the back of my house (Eastern/morning exposure) to provide my bedroom with some passive c… Continue
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or anytime, for that matter! I live on 840 acres with a cool mountain stream in the front yard! it has been here for at least 10,000 years, and will be here for as long as we feel like visiting it!
SO if you need to get out of the heat for a few days, and help me squish bugs, come on up!
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The logo group is not showing up on any of my pages. Any idea why and, more importantly, how to get it back? Thanks...
Seriously, I hate to keep asking for contact info for people when I know you've probably already given it out to noobz a jillion times. I don't know whether to ask anyway or root around the forums like a little piglet hoping someone else asked already. Maybey people could list themselves in the Bazaar secion - but how would you keep it from turning into an adzone?
I look forward to chatting with you soon.
Bridget
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