Book Review: The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City

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Written by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City examines the topic of self sufficiency in a whole new light. Now city dwellers can also enjoy the perks of a self sufficient lifestyle. This book also covers topics relating to a green lifestyle.

This book was published by Process in June of 2008 and is a part of the Self Sufficient series. Readers will enjoy the illustrations that can be found throughout this particular book. Both Coyne and Knutzen operate a popular self sufficient blog called Home Grown Revolution that focuses on this lifestyle in a city setting.

If you only have a patio at you city home, you will definitely want to read The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City. You no longer need a 10 acre farm to live self sufficient, this book will teach you how to grow your crops in your patio in containers! There are great tips about self-watering pots, bean teepees, and even how to troubleshoot pest problems.

Make sure to read the chapter on Urban Foraging. Useful information located in this chapter includes tips on how to revive your bread that is getting a bit stale and how to eat an acorn (eeks). There is also some interesting information on dumpster diving – seriously.