MODERN HOMESTEADING
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| Gaian Institute |
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To help families and communities to grow from self-reliance to co-sufficiency by providing permaculture and preparedness products and programs. Ben Lawson, Co-founder/Director
MALIBU, CALIFORNIA |
GARDENING
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| Abundant Life Seeds |
Certified organic farming and seed cleaning operations from some of
the finest organic and bio-dynamic seed farms in the world |
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| Agrinaturals | Biological & Microbial Pesticides, Plant Growth Promoters & Biofertilizers | |
| Agromin | Soil for a greener world - a pioneer in green organic materials recycling | |
| akamai backyard | Smart, simple gardening - Easy permaculture . Reclaim natures abundance. | |
| Arbico Organics | Natural & organic solutions for growers. Beneficial insects, Natural pest control. | |
| Berries Unlimited | Source for high quality tissue cultured berry plants and more | |
| Bluestone | New plantable, biodegradable pots made from coconut husk fibers. Perennials. | |
| CA School Garden | Create and sustain California School Gardens. "Let's Get Growing." | |
| Canning Lids | Reusable. BPA free. Water bath. Pressure canner. Vacuum sealer. Washer safe. | |
| Compost Guide | Composting Fundamentals. What and how to compost. What NOT to compost. | |
| Composting | How to compost. Information for beginners to experts. Links to other sites. | |
| ComposTumbler | Continuous compost. Never fills us. Recycle yard, garden, & kitchen throwouts | |
| Container Tips | Container gardening tips. A complete guide to container gardening. | |
| Container Guide | Guide to container gardening: Seeds, tools, preparation, care | |
| EarthFlow Design Works |
Modern Homesteading. Nature as teacher. ReSkilling. Organic Gardening. Local Economy. Building Community. |
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| Earth Machine |
Drum kitchen, garbage, & yard waste composter |
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| Eco-nutrients | Fish fertilizers made from marine fish and kelp | |
| ENRECOS | Waste resources under management. Natural Blend Soils. Vermipro. | |
| Envirocycle |
Spinning compost barrel with natural aeration. Separates "compost tea." |
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| Espoma Organic | Organic plant foods since 1929. Safe for people, pets, and the environment. | |
| EVO Farm | Aquaponic farming systems. Mar Vista, CA prototype. David Rosenstein, developer, education, urban farming concepts. | |
| Farmer Seed | Seed and nursery. Serving the needs of America's gardeners for 123 years. | |
| FishRich | Our plant fertilizer products are made from the remains of the Bell Perch™ raised and processed at our facility. | |
| Food First Institute |
Institute for Food and Development Policy is a think tank that carries out advocacy and education on community food development |
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| Fox Farm | Handcrafted organic, peat-free potting mix and fertilizer | |
| Franchi Seeds | Seeds to grow traditional Italian vegetables. Also: www.mycooksgarden.com | |
| Fresh Preserving |
Leading producer of BALL jars, products, and information for home canning |
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| FungiPerfecti | Grow gourmet mushrooms on kitchen counter. Plug spawn for logs & stumps. | |
| Fytowall | Vertical gardens features modular panels with light weight soil-less systems | |
| Garden Planner | Revolutionary new software to make vegetable gardening easier | |
| Gardeners Edge | Garden & yard tools and equipment, Giving the upper hand on a green thumb. | |
| Gardeners Place | Seed & Plant catalogues. Hundreds of selections for your home and garden. | |
| Gardener's Supply |
Offers raised beds made of recycled wood and plastic, perfect for raising produce in suburban lawns |
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| Gardening Helpline | Common Ground Garden Program helps LA County residents to garden, grow their own food, & healthfully prepare it. Helping create solutions. UC Davis Extention. | |
| Gourmet Mushrooms |
Grow organic mushrooms in your own home or in your back yard: Morel, Trumpet Royale, Shitake, more |
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| Grow Box | A gardening planter that automatically grows your vegetables for you - naturally | |
| Grow Organic |
We carry everything you need to grow organically |
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| Growers Exchange | Fresh herb kits are sustainable, decorative and easy to grow. Specializing in farm frsh herb plants. Culinary - medicinal - aromatic. | |
| Growing Roots | Interior plant pros. Plants remove as much as 87% of indor air pollutants | |
| GrowLife | Turnkey hydroponic growing chambers. PHOTOTRON. A Growing Experience. | |
| Harvest to Home | Organic vegetable & herb delivery service. Box, bed, & maintenance service. | |
| Hello Harvest | Straight from local farms ... delivered to your doorstep | |
| i-garden | Gardening resource for kids and families - grow your own | |
| Irises | Pacific Coast, Tall Bearded Redblooming and Louisiana Irises | |
| Johnny's Seeds | Superior products, information and service. Seed varieties, tools, and supplies. | |
| Join the Farm | Experimental sustainability project near CSUCI, Camarillo, CA. | |
| Junior Gardener | Junior Master Gardener Program | |
| Kitchen Gardene | Promoting the "local-est" food of all, globally. | |
| LA Rain Gardens | Free pilot program for NE San Fernando Valley. Need gutters and location for garden. | |
| LED Garden | Have a green Winter. "Sonny Light" LED kitchen garden. | |
| Lee Valley Tools | Practical gardening accessories for every type of gardener and garden task | |
| Local Food/LA/OC | Sustainable Produce, urban delivery. Fresh, organic groceries. Free delivery | |
| Local Harvest | Premier website to connect with FRESH, LOCAL food. Sustainability & Nutrition! | |
| Mantis Compost | ComposT-Twin provides constant supply of rich, compost for gardens | |
| Marilyn's Own | Going GREEN before it was COOL ! Natural Solutions for the perfect garden. | |
| Service volunteers who love to garden. Enhancing the environment. | ||
| Miranda's Magic | Planting seeds for tomorrow. email: lotara7@yahoo.com | |
| Mushroom Garden | Grow-at-home mushroom kit lets you grow up to 1 1/2 lbs of gourmet, tasty oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days...right from the box! | |
| Natural Gardneing | Natural Gardening Company. Organic Seeds: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers. | |
| Nature's Own |
An organic alternative to pest management |
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| Ocean Friendly Gardens |
Conservation of water, energy, & habitat. Permeability of soil & surfaces lets water slow down & sink. Retention of rainwater & prevention of wet weather runoff. |
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| Omri |
Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) provides organic certifiers, growers, manufacturers, and suppliers an independent review of products intended for use in certified organic production, handling, and processing | |
| One Gun Ranch | Made to order "farm boxes" are chemical, hormone, pesticide, & additive free | |
| Organic Garden | Info on creating & maintaining a healthy, natural, chemical free garden | |
| Organic Mechanics | Organic, peat-free potting mix delivered by biodiesel trucks. | |
| Org. Garden Guru | The dirt on growing organically - without chemicals | |
| Pasadena Learning Gardens | Exists to increase local food production and sustainable landscaping, and to articulate why these are noble goals. | |
| Planet Neutral | Earth friendly products and tools for your home, lawn, and garden. | |
| Plant Success |
A beneficial soil organism inoculant. It contains a diverse blend of mycorrhizal fungi that once established increase the surface area of your root system 100 - 1,000 times. This greatly increases the nutrients and water available to your plant. What results is a larger more robust plant | |
| Plants on Walls | GROW YOUR OWN: Vertical gardening for everyone. Easy. DIY. Hang & Plant! | |
| POOpeas | Granulated, odorless, earth-friendly soil supplement from organically composted livestock & dairy manure | |
| Rolling Planter | Grow vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers you love -- on any surface | |
| Certified organic. Goodness from the ground up. Preserving Biodiversity. | ||
| Seed Savers |
A non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. Since
1975, members have been passing on our garden heritage by collecting &
distributing thousands of samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. |
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| Seed Sharing |
Sharing your garden bounty by passing along homegrown vegetable seeds |
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| Smart Gardening | County of Los Angeles Smart Gardening Centers. Free workshops. Demos. | |
| Solar Greens |
A family of integrated consumer products that address food, energy, water, & community |
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| Square Foot | Square Foot Gardening - Tips and more. | |
| Summit | Go organic. No dangerous chemicals. No odor. Responsible solutions. | |
| Tower Garden | Vertical aeroponic growing system. No dirt, no weeds, no bugs. Organic, vine-ripened |
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| Trees - Antiquity | Providing heirloom fruit trees for your home. | |
| Urban Ag | LA urban architecture plan to foster and engage in growing sustainably | |
| Urban Fig | We make growing your own food easy. Backyard farming for urban living. | |
| Urban Organic | Inspiring & empowering people to start growing their own food. | |
| Veterans to Farmers | A non-profit providing veterans with on-the-job experience to teach skills needed to begin an agricultural career. Est. by Circle Fresh Farms, Denver, Co. | |
| Victory Grower | UC Victory Grower Program. "A Garden for everyone. Everyone in a garden." | |
| WeedGuard Plus | 100% biodegradable. Natural weed prevention. Grow more. Weed less. | |
| White Flower | Grow fresh lavender indoors in handsome ceramic pots. White Flower Farm. | |
| Worm Factory | Composting worm bin system. Odorless. Indoor or Outdoor. |
COMPOSTING
The ingredients that we put in our composter are classified into 2 groups:
- Browns (called this way because they are dry materials). Rich in carbon, the decomposition microorganisms use them as an energy source;
- Greens (called this way because they are fresh and moist materials). Rich in nitrogen, the decomposition microorganisms use them to produce proteins.
The perfect recipe is to have a ratio of 50/50 parts of greens and browns. However, this ratio can vary, depending on what brown materials you are using. For example, dry leaves are very fluffy. Consequently, if you use them, you would need to put more of them.
Written by the Envirocycle Team
GREENHOUSES AND KITS
| ACF Greenhouses |
Kits, accessories and supplies |
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| BC Greenhouse |
Glass and polycarbonate kits |
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| Build it Solar |
Free online design guides & plans for small greenhouses you can build | |
| Building Passive |
Building a solar greenhouse; drawing & materials list for DIY solar-heated |
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| Charley's | Large selection of kits and supplies |
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| Exaco |
Wide range of designs & sizes from German & Belgian manufacturers |
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| FarmTek |
Greenhouse kits, irrigation supplies, heaters, and lighting |
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| Growing Spaces |
Solar heated greenhouses |
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| Harvest Pathway |
Dome greenhouse kits, film & DIY resources |
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| Solar Components |
Glazing, heaters, and thermal storage tubes for greenhouse construciton |
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| Solar Gem |
One-piece fiberglass greenhouses |
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| Solexx |
home greenhouses and cold frames with PVC-based glazing |
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| Sundance Supply |
Glazing systems and extensive how-to information for constructing greenhouses |
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| Sunrise Domes |
Geodesic dome greenhouses |
BACKYARD ANIMALS
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| ALBC-USA | American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry from extinction | |
| Amish Goods | Chicken coops for yard and farm. Carts, beehives, bird houses, & feeders. | |
| Backwards Beekeepers |
We save bees and relocate them. No chemicals. Organic and natural. |
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| Bubees | Top bar bee hives from Malibu. Natural beekeeping system. | |
| Chicken Coop | Coop on wheels. Pest control, fertilizer, and oh yes, eggs for breakfast. | |
| Ducks - Geese | Ducks, Geese, & chickens. Order your back yard friends today! | |
| Grandpas Feeders | Water, bird, & rodent proof, automatic chicken feeders | |
| HARWELL | Fencing & Gates. Modern and artistic fence designs, using unique material combinations such as Plexiglas and wood, sheet metal, composite and more. | |
| Meyer Hatchery | 160+ poultry varieties: chicks, bantams, ducks, turkeys, guineas, geese, MORE | |
| Millsmix | Garden goodies collection: radius trowel, pruners, kneelers, & rain gauge. | |
| Mobile Chicken Coops | Chicken tractors, coops, DIY kits, soy free non-GMO feed, and accessories. | |
| Mt. Healthy Hatcheries | A hatching tradition for more than 80 years: Chickens, ducks, turkeys, game birds | |
| Purina | Purina SunFresh Recipe for poultry | |
| Verm-X USA | Intestinal parasite control for ALL animals. Flush intestinal bugs away naturally. |
* The keeping of farm animals is generally regulated under zoning, including the number and kinds allowed in urban areas. The underlying premise of most of the restrictions on livestock within urban areas relates to keeping them off public property, controlling noise and smell, and providing for adequate living conditions. Livestock is generally defined to include horses, mules, jackasses, cattle, sheep, llama, goats, and swine. Definitions may also include other animals such as poultry and rabbits. Some jurisdictions subdivide livestock into categories of large and small livestock. For general information, see Small Animals and Livestock Information Services Bulletin (
) - Information Bulletin prepared by King County Department of Development and Environmental Services.
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