I saw this short clip (seriously its only a minute long–watch it) on Oprah about the Dervaes family in Los Angeles and I’m sort of obsessed with them. They live on 1/10th of an acre and produce 3 tons of food every year.
- April 24, 2009
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denise
April 24, 2009
I have been following them for a couple months now and feel the same obsession. I read their journal everyday at pathtofreedom.com
denise
April 24, 2009
More video to fuel your obsession
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCPEBM5ol0Q
Katie
April 24, 2009
WOW!
That’s exactly what I want to do someday!
nicole
April 24, 2009
wouldn’t it be amazing to live that way? thanks for the link!
seesaw designs
April 24, 2009
so inspiring.
Rachel
April 24, 2009
Amazing! I’m so inspired.
Honora
April 24, 2009
Wow. That’s totally amazing. Not to mention inspiring! Thanks for sharing that.
abigail
April 24, 2009
I saw this too, and love them.
oh to live in California.
Tiffany
April 24, 2009
Amazing!
Linda
April 24, 2009
This totally makes me want to add onto our growing garden! Thanks for sharing, I gotta share this along to others!!!
red ticking
April 24, 2009
amazing…had not heard of them… bravo for them and what they are doing… talk about giving back!
Joslyn
April 24, 2009
they are totally obsession worthy. awesome!
Molly W.
April 24, 2009
Before moving to Ireland I lived in Pasadena, now I’m dying to know exactly where they are! SO neat!
Birdie in DC
April 24, 2009
very cool. it shows just what is possible!
CMN
April 24, 2009
WOW. Seriously?!? That’s just about the coolest thing I’ve heard All. Week.
Thanks for posting it!
LoGunns
April 24, 2009
Perfect!
life according to celia...
April 24, 2009
sometimes little things come along that make your day so much better. this is one of those things…
Rebecca
April 24, 2009
that’s so inspiring. i’m only in college but some of my friends have a community garden at their apartment. it’s gonna be awesome this summer!
Gretchen
April 25, 2009
wow! if only we had that sun!
cozette
April 25, 2009
Okay, I’m obsessed now too!
Melissa
April 26, 2009
Thank you for this interesting and inspiring post. I have a friend who is interested in this kind of thing, so I was able to pass this post along to her.
{lovely little things}
April 26, 2009
Wow, that’s very impressive, I hadn’t heard about then via Oprah, thanks for the link.
love.boxes
April 27, 2009
What an amazing story. We have a small yard, but are able to produce quite a lot of food in very small garden using the square foot gardening method. We also grow herbs in pots. However, our operations are very humble compared to this family.
kim
April 27, 2009
Ha! My husband wants to have a homestead and I want to live in the city…it looks like I just found the perfect compromise! Thanks for sharing.
JaNae
April 27, 2009
Oh I saw this too & my first reaction was to announce to my family "I want my yard to look like that!"
One of my brother-in-laws just got chickens & another one just got beehives- I'm so jealous.
I do love that this is getting to be a lot more popular
Law of Attraction
April 28, 2009
Obsession is too mild of a word. This is all I can think about now. It’s like someone took my dream and made it a reality. Now I just need to make it my reality. Thanks for the inspiration.
Anonymous
April 28, 2009
If that is pressure treated wood framing their planting beds, then it is treated with all sorts of chemicals that could leach into the soil and be taken up into the food. Edible food should never be grown in planting beds bordered with preservative-treated wood.
Stephanie
April 28, 2009
I just watched that clip from the Oprah show. This is totally AWESOME. Do they garden/produce food for a living…or do they have “regular jobs” and keep up with all of that too? I’m inspired!