Wild Heart Homestead

We grow a dense yet diverse number of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers in an organic no-till system that we began building in 2020 to replace the pre-existing lawn. We utilize drip irrigation, rain water catchment, and natural fertilizer sources to promote the long-term integrity of the soil and natural resources. Our lot is 0.25 acres tucked into an area directly between the city center and nearly 200 acres of conservation land. In 2021 we spent the year farming at a beginning farmer incubator where we learned a great deal about intensive production. View the report. One of the hopes for our urban homestead is that it can illustrate how possible it is to be self-sufficient on very little land. One of the ways that we achieve this is by prioritizing biologically-rich, naturally regenerating soil. We do this through both our practices but also by how we amend the soil and feed the plants. We have a small hive yard where we keep our honey bees using traditional langstroth hives. In

We grow a dense yet diverse number of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers in an organic no-till system that we began building in 2020 to replace the pre-existing lawn. We utilize drip irrigation, rain water catchment, and natural fertilizer sources to promote the long-term integrity of the soil and natural resources. Our lot is 0.25 acres tucked into an area directly between the city center and nearly 200 acres of conservation land. In 2021 we spent the year farming at a beginning farmer incubator where we learned a great deal about intensive production. View the report. One of the hopes fo