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Welcome to the premier Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Dervaes Family answer questions from gardeners online, share tons of stories and tips for raising chickens, garden updates, and much more. This episod has two parts, so be sure to check out both. Listen carefully to each story to catch the secrets of…
Welcome to the Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Dervaes Family interviews Miss California United States 2017 and learns about her message of “Redefining Beauty,” continued work with sustainability and healthy lifestyles, and her experience growing up in rural Pennsylvania. Become a patron of Urban Homestead Radio and you could be recorded sharing…
Welcome to the Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Dervaes Family share their experience with their most recent visiting film documentary crew from France 5. France 5 is the equivalent to the United States PBS broadcasting and has an audience that spans France and Belgium. Along with that amazing encounter, Anais, Justin, and…
Welcome to the Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this special episode, the Dervaes Family shares the audio from the memorial dedicated to their late father, Jules Dervaes. You’ll get to here prominent members of the community and local government share their memories of Jules and the incredible influence he and his family had on the…
elcome to the Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Dervaes Family interviews the co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, Gene Baur. Farm Sanctuary is internationally famous for saving discarded animals from commercial farm piles of dead animals, reviving them, and helping them thrive and grow in a healthy environment. Gene is the Best-Selling author of…
Welcome to the Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Dervaes Family share their distinguished heritage of horticulture that extends far back into their family tree, funny stories of growing up on the homestead, the reasons for their continued efforts in promoting their father’s cause of freedom through self-sufficiency, and much more. This is…
Welcome to the premier Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Dervaes Family answer questions from gardeners online, share tons of stories and tips for raising chickens, garden updates, and much more. This episod has two parts, so be sure to check out both. Listen carefully to each story to catch the secrets of…
Welcome to the Urban Homestead Radio podcast! In this episode, the Urban Homestead have a very special guest and dear friend on the show: Lil’ Mo and the Dynaflos! Learn more about Mo and Mike from Lil’ Mo’s Unholy Four and Lil’ Mo and the Dynaflos! Both bands are international rock-a-billy phenomenon with huge fan…
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We’ve been on our Path to Freedom journey since 1985 and started blogging about it 16 years ago in July 2001. Thanks to everyone who’s been watching and supporting us the whole way through. We’ve got many podcast episodes coming up, and our workshops are posted as Patron-Only Special Episodes (www.urbanhomestead.org/podcast). Become a patron to…
We’re excited to share with you a little behind-the-scenes snipbits of us recording our podcast episodes. Be sure to tune in to your favorite podcast listening platform (links below). Please subscribe, rate, and review it on iTunes. It helps the podcast to be seen by more listeners as well as give us great feedback for…
Justin shows you how to use the Olla (Oy-ya) Pots (unglazed clay pots) to help water your plants in tubs or raised garden beds. They’re a great way to irrigate and were an ancient watering technique that delivers water directly to the roots. The use of buried earthen jars for watering plants has been used…
Jordanne Dervaes of the Urban Homestead turns over the soil for the chickens and ducks to eat. Aside from excess garden food, the animals enjoy eating the bugs, thus making them a great pest control option. Best practices for this is to do it once a day. Sometimes, the animals can eat all of the…
With the right amount of soil (special recipe) and water, Justin is able to make a whole sheet of soil blocks pretty quickly. The device shapes the soil into cubed blocks which also adds a hole for the seeds. After many flats are made, Justin adds the seeds and then puts the flats on a…
We’d like to just say thank you to everyone who’s supported us! We’ve got 11 podcast episodes preloaded with 5 of them launching on June 13th. Be sure to connect with us on facebook @urbanhomestead or @dervaes, twitter @urbanhomestead, or instagram @theurbanhomesetad. Help spread the word about our podcast launch by pledging your support on…
The Urban Homestead theme song was written and performed by Tom Feher. Participating musicians & vocalists: Ed Tree; Rob Sandiford; Terry Kirkman; Jimi Yamagishi; Duane Thorin; Anais Dervaes; Jordanne Dervaes; Melissa Thatcher; and Christina Roldan O’tega. The Urban Homestead was established in 1985 in Pasadena, California by the Dervaes family. The Urban Homestead is a…
