In the beginning...

Last night I met with my friend Natalie.

Long time childhood friend, I didn't really see her for maybe 10 years. It's kind of neat that we met back up together to find we were both actively involved in the urban homesteading movement. I was involved by association, since the things I do to save money and eat the foods I like - parallel the movement, and she actually studied the theory/wrote thesis and even studied abroad in Scotland (correct me if I'm wrong, Nats??) to visit places that practice permaculture and Urban homesteading in a sustainable level.

I ordered hazelnut trees, recently to go with my chestnut trees. Once again, my motives being wanting "free food" as opposed to the environmental reasons...
But she was just in disbelief that so many things I did were just happenstance to wanting free food as opposed to deliberate involvement in urban homesteading. LOL

I learned alot from her last night about Zones around the house, where Zone 1 would be the circle that contains your house, and all the plants that need the most care, then a second further circle of things that need less care, and the outermost circle is a bunch of fruit or nut trees or other things that don't really need much maintenance.

I also learned that Chestnut trees would love to be with nanking cherry bushes, and hazelnuts. and it is SUCH A wierd coincidence that I have chestnut seedlings, nanking bushes, and ordered some hazelnuts. I mean, if there could be an award for "that is just downright funny how that all came about"... last night would have taken it.
We both also love goat milk and goat cheese, and discussed meat rabbits and raising chickens.

I've invited her to commentary on this Blog, as she is much more scientific, and informative about the things she talk about, and my posts are more like "today I blah blah blah, and oh hey free food". Ha! :)

I've also decided to make this a seperate blog from my edible landscaping one... they are in similar movements, but Urban homesteading is far more involved than just edible landscaping. It involved alternative energies, landscape, sciences, theories, meat, grains, all sorts of things.