Living Off the Land — In the City
May 6, 2010
Jonathan Krausert in Rose Park. Photo courtesy of Catalyst Magazine.
If the 1960s and 70s were known for a “back to the land” movement, our current decade is giving rise to new urban homesteaders, people who want to grow healthy food and live more sustainably within the city.
Jonathan and Julie Krausert in Rose Park are committed to living close to the ground. Jonathan has turned their west side yard into a veritable Garden of Eden
that provides much of the food they eat throughout the year; Julie sews the quilts that keep them warm; together they raise chickens and bees. They give generously to the land and it returns the favor. They also give generously to the community, as teachers and mentors to those who want to raise even a small portion of their own food.
Katherine Pioli profiled the Krauserts in the April, 2010 issue of Catalyst Magazine. Read it here:
From Hives to Home Brew, by Katherine Pioli
You can learn more about growing and preparing your own food at Wasatch Community Gardens (Jonathan and Julie Krausert teach classes there) as well as at Red Butte Gardens. Want to nurture a hive of bees? Get help from the Wasatch Beekeepers’ Association. Curious about urban chickens? Consider going on the 5th Annual Tour de Coops on June 26.
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1. Rose Park News » Blog Archive » Rose Park Urban Homesteader | May 16, 2010 at 6:14 pm
[...] out this story about local homesteaders. You can learn more about growing and preparing your own food at Wasatch [...]
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Dorothy Allred Solomon | May 17, 2010 at 12:25 am
You Rose Park homesteaders encourage me to coax my “square-foot” garden along, despite frosts that have taken my cucumbers twice in the past month. The platform holds six square feet of plants and last year produced more tomatoes, squash, and peppers than we could eat. It was fun to surprise people with gifts of produce away even though we live in a townhouse.
The joy of growing things that bloom and ripen has ameliorated the culture shock of moving from Park City, where tomatoes always froze before ripening to the semi-rural town of Layton. I am convinced that the quotidian of watering and pruning encourages similarly healthy habits of mind and body. May be always keep ourselves gratefully rooted in Mother Earth.
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Tania Taylor | May 17, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Great posts! I especially enjoyed this one, as I am trying to ‘green’ my thumb and grow in my yard as much as possible, for the same reasons described. I want to know where my food comes from, and feel confident that I am being as truly responsible as I possibly can when it comes to making decisions about how I live. It can be hard here in Salt Lake though, with the unexpected cold weather! Good resources given, thanks.