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S u b u r b a n Ro ot s HOW TO HOMESTEAD IN THE CITY by LINDA HOLDERNESS
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Suburban gardening is a passion of mine,” Kwek says. “It supports local and regional food systems and land stewardship with a focus on healthy soil and regeneration.
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Michelle Kwek
Photos by Michelle Kwek.
o grass grows at Michelle Kwek’s house. Instead, the Folsom homeowner has turned her residential lot into a mini farm. Prettily arranged plantings of vegetables, fruit trees, funky little kiwis, berries, herbs, a rogue patch of dandelions for soil enrichment—plus fresh eggs from a couple of chickens—allow her to harvest groceries at her back door. She doesn’t keep bees, but she trades eggs for honey from a neighbor who does, and she fills a shallow basin with water and marbles for the bees who stop by.
