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In the heart of the city, a modern homestead is growing food, raising livestock, and creating beauty.

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Current Homestead

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Original homestead

Original Homestead

Learn how it began two decades ago…
Landscape design projects

Landscape Design

Explore my professional work as a landscape architect.
About Us

Welcome!

Hello homesteader! I’m Renee Wilkinson and this is where I’ve chronicled my adventures in homesteading since 2007. Here you will find 700+ posts on modern homestead projects, edible landscape design and the occasional life update.

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“Eating is an agricultural act”

~Wendell Berry

Latest Blog Posts

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Cookbook Club Podcast Is Back (and You’re In It)

Modern homesteaders tend to be serious home cooks, and I’m no exception. A few years ago I…
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Portland Veggie Calendar

I recently finished putting together a vegetable planting calendar resource that I’m excited…
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Cookbook Club Podcast

Cookbook Club Podcast

Modern homesteaders are often avid home-cooks, and I am no exception. In case you are too, I wanted…
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