Dervaes Institute





The Urban Homestead

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pdf file Path to Freedom History pdf file Awards & Recognition
pdf file Path to Freedom in the News pdf file Speaking Topics
pdf file Comments About Path to Freedom pdf file Press Release
pdf file About Jules Dervaes pdf file Brochure
pdf file Interview with Jules Dervaes pdf file Community Appearances
pdf file In His Own Words pdf file PTF as an Event Venue
pdf file Meet the Rest of the Family pdf file Biodiesel at Path to Freedom
pdf file Dervaes Institute-Corporation Sole pdf file The Citifed Farm Animals

When photographer Stephen Dabrowski trained his camera lens on the Path to Freedom garden for the Natural Home & Garden magazine, he focused on more than the sunlight on the plants.

"As the Dervaeses worked in their garden, I realized that the real beauty lay in their intensity and devotion to what they truly stand for as a strong family -- the love of working with the soil, the crops and the animals." (courtesy: Natural Home & Garden, May/June Issue)

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Blessings from the earth's bounty. Basket of harvest from the garden.
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Self installed solar panels that provide 2/3rds of our energy needs.
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Jar of homebrew biodiesel
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Backyard organic garden. 6,000 lbs harvested annually.
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Homemade solar oven heats up to approx. 350 - 400 degrees.
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Edible landscaping (95%) edible or useful plants..
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Chickens and ducks help with composting green waste into fertilizer.
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Handmade cob oven made from local mud, straw and sand.

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Jules works in the garden. {Photo courtesy of Stephen Debrowski}

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(left to right) Justin, Jordanne and Anais Dervaes. {Photo courtesy of Melinda Epler}
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Jordanne digs as chickens and ducks search for worms and bugs {Photo courtesy of Stephen Debrowski}
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1988 Chevy Suburban runs on homebrewed biodiesel.
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A rainbow of colors from many different heriloom tomatoes.
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Heirloom tomatoes packed in recycled boxes, ready to be delivered to clients.
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Freshly cooked herb and tomatoe pizzas in Cob Oven.
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Packed edible flower box ready for delivery to client.
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Tiger swallowtail butterfly feeds off the necter of a butterfly bush blossom.
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BEFORE photo of frontyard, dirca 1986..
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Jordanne holds the morning's collection of duck eggs {Photo courtesy of Stephen Debrowski}
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Broccoli seedlings await transplanting to garden beds.
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Urban goats relax in backyard. These pets fit in a city home-steader's lifestyle. We call them our POCs. Pet Organic Composters.
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"Blackberry" - pygmy goat doeling.
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"Lady Fairlight " - nigerian dwarf goat doeling.
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Joseph's Coat Amaranth
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Dervaes family. (left to right) Justin, Anais, Jordanne, Jules . {Photo courtesy of Melinda Epler}
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Recycled concrete patio in north corner of frontyard, {Photo courtesy of Stephen Debrowski}


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A virtual video urban homestead tour. Wander among the edible landscaping, catch a glimpse of "homestead life", meet the animals, and learn about the projects that Path to Freedom incorporates in order to bring about a homegrown revolution.

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