Farms: Urban self-reliance: homestead in Oakland's small rented lot
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Sheila Cassani began farming her rental home while a college student. She started with a small vegetable patch, but it soon spread to keeping chickens and bees and planting produce on nearly every available patch of the small yard not dedicated to the poultry. Cassani and her partner Matthew wake up at the crack of dawn to let the chickens go free-range, but she says the garden isn’t a lot of work once you’ve put in the initial investment. Since they're renting they've trying to keep their investments low. They focused on reusing found materials, such as old fence to make raised beds, bamboo that grows on the property for trellises and chicken fencing (even indoors, their furniture was mostly found, including a pallet wood sofa). They’ve dubbed their East Oakland (California) homestead the “Kansas Street Farm” and they try to keep things as closed loop as possible by catching rainwater, composting, using the chickens to prepare the veggie beds and fermenting leftover produce. Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/urban-self-reliance-homestead-in-oaklands-small-rented-lot/
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Anybody know where I can find that fly trapment system??
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wtf is that black dot?!?!
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Great ideas! Most of us live a spoiled life and waste everything. I respect what you do. We are pushed to spend our energy on working and making as much money as we can. I would rather live more simple and spend my energy on living a self contained lifestyle.
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04:41 Look at em midget descendants of the T REX. Oh sure back in those days they weer: The Kings and Queens of dinosaur land and todady you are nothing more that KentCRAPPY FRIED CHICKEN (Trademakr, 1997)
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My pullets and even many heavier standard hens would scale a 5'fence no problem. Fortunately I have acres (which they roam).
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I like it
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Everyone should do this!
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cool. hopefully you'll have a nice place of your own soon. nice tips on the vegies
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Love this! I'm renting and not sure how long I'll be here, so I'm setting up wicking buckets and pots and a raised bed from a repurposed shipping crate. Also putting in a small rainwater system that's portable when I go. So much you can do!
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Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Thanks for sharing. The path to true freedom is self-reliance. Well done!
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In this country renting is very common (the 'landlord' being a housing corporation). You can rent a real house with garden, or an appartment, and you can do with your garden whatever you like. But many people do not make good use of their garden. It seems to be 'in fashion' or have the garden all paved and then put some ornamentals in pots on the pavement. So my garden with lots of edibles, Hugelkultur and rainwater system (with small pond for the overflow, this is a rainy country) looks a little strange in my neighbourhood. And now I am going to have chickens too; the coop is already here, I have to make a 'run' area and then the chicks can come (next spring). Thank you for showing your lively garden and chickens!
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i love people like you . kind to animal . let them live and enjoy they life . iam with you on that . bless you .
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You must be so hard-working to create and maintain all this!
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Love your videos but I can't watch any of these where the audio is clipping super bad. Painful
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dont give flies to eat to the chickens . They may get infested with tape worms or some parasites / diseases . My chicken got infested with Tapeworms because of the flies
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Honey Chickens are made to eat mmmm good farm fresh chicken ain't nothing any better not even the Colonels!!!
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Unbelievable beautiful
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Sheila is so hot!!!
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Bless you🌷
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well, its quite strange to call a cottage an urban environment