Digging deeper into urban homesteading

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If while reading Thursday’s article by Veronique de Turenne on urban homesteading in Altadena, you found yourself wondering ‘could I do that?’ there’s a lot of material to help you get started in the Los Angeles Times Home section.

• Here’s an overview of all kinds of information on food gardening, chickens, beekeeping and other topics.
• Then there’s this roundup of community gardens.
• And our own Susan Carpenter had a series on trying to live more sustainably, which is gathered here and here, with a finale here.

-- Russ Parsons

Gloria Putnam and their Nubian goats. Credit: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times