10:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Please note times and days that each stop will be open to the public as not every homeis open both days. You will not be able to access homesteads outside of those

designated hours. Absolutely no pets are allowed on the tour.

Do not leave children unattended & do not allow them to chase any livestock. Please be considerate of our neighbors and do not block driveways.

Some homesteads are featuring a presentation at a set time so schedule your tour soyou dont miss any info!

Dont forget to check out the Garlic Fest at Summerland Gardens on Saturday whileyoure out & the Meet Your Farmer event at Seeds Caf after the tour on Sunday!

Kathy Olson1122 N Walnut, Colorado Springs, CO 80905Click here for map http://goo.gl/bLrwls

I'd like to welcome you to The Cracked Egg Farm. This has been my year to experiment. I recycle most everything. In January I built a 12 month greenhouse. I built and tried the self-watering container garden. Other things I have developed and tried is growing in bags (based on the potato bag), bath tubs and ladders. I grow vegetables, herbs, berries and fruit trees. I tried tree grafting also. Come see my results and learn how I did it so you can try it at home.

Hungry Chicken Homestead 615 Skyline Ave We'll be open Sunday September 14, 12 PM - 4PM only!Click here for map http://goo.gl/Xlmgui

Hungry Chicken Homestead is home to seven chickens. These include the Chickens from the Wrong Side of the Tracks, a reformed street chicken and a very responsible young hen who has taken responsibility for crowing since roosters obviously don't care enough to show up on site and take care of it themselves. The Homestead boasts a lavish henhousewith six private nesting boxes, a separate, multi-level sleeping room and a shaded run. The henhouse is surrounded withfenced domestic vegetable and wild edible gardens that will delight and frustrate the most discerning chicken. (These are not accessible for grazing due to the Food Bearing Monkey's insistence on preserving them for winter.)Don't miss this rare opportunity to get straw in your hair and droppings on your shoes with Colorado Springs' most ridiculous chickens!

Ira & Dawn Neighbors2675 Lear Dr, 80920Click here for map http://goo.gl/SmxygO

Ira spent months of backbreaking work leveling and rebuilding the yard and they realized they had enough room to create a full working farm in the middle of the city. After months of planning and measuring and waiting for the ground to thaw, they built a coop and raised garden beds and began planting with high hopes and low expectations. In June of 2014 when the Colorado Springs goat ordinance was passed, Dawn realized her long-term dream of owning dairy goats and soon welcomed two Kinder goats onto the property as well. Meanwhile, nearly every seed they planted had grown into monstrous flowers and vegetables. Now, less than a year after the project was started, they regularly harvest vegetables, gather eggs for breakfast every morning, bring fresh goats milk to the table every day, and are anxiously awaiting a first-year honey harvest from their bees. With so much unexpected success, they find themselves constantly selling the idea of urban homesteading to anyone who will listen and look forward to participating for the first time in the Colorado Springs Urban Homestead Tour. What they lack in expertise they make up in an enthusiasm they hope will be contagious around the city.

Roy and Patricia Amenic2551 Faulkner DrOpen Sunday ONLYClick here for a map http://goo.gl/hzojok

We started with koi in our waterfall, then we got chickens and worms, then came our garden... then we got our rabbits and the fodder...then we got aqua-ponics and we got bees....all these in our small backyard that is always "work in progress" "under construction" with frequent people which we are willing to share our knowledge and experiences; failures and successes and always looking to make things better, easier, efficient and more economical and manage our full time jobs to create a healthier and self-sufficient environment for ourselves and dreaming along the way to one day owning a small farm to be off the grid. All this started 5 years ago and counting!

Kelly Dodson710 East Cucharras St. 80903They will be open from 12pm - 5pm Saturday and Sunday.Click here for a map http://goo.gl/Ffhrtr

Homegrown and Happiness is an urban backyard homestead created by Kellie and Tracy Dodson. It is a labor of love to provide as much "real food" for their family as they could on their very small piece of the city. This little backyard is 100%organic in every practice; from their 9 laying hens to their 10+ raised beds, thriving bee colony, large herb garden, small greenhouse, deluxe composting system and much, much more! And it continues to grow every year as they find new ways to grow. All of this in an aesthetically please space where they regularly entertain friends.

James and Suzanne Favier14 W Cheyenne Rd Click here for a map http://goo.gl/Hqz71l

Carriage House Farm is an urban farm located at 14 West Cheyenne Road. We have chickens, multiple gardens and a green house. We sell organic eggs, produce and cottage goods at the Ivywild Farm and Art market. The property is a hundred and twenty year old house set on about two-thirds of an acre. Our goal is to live sustainably and grow a large part of our food. We are very interested in getting bees and goats in the near future. Please come for a visit, we have offstreet parking --- pull in driveway and part behind the house.

Terry & Steve Skiba 4964 Harvest Rd. We will be available 10-5 on Saturday and 1-5 on Sunday.Click here for a map http://goo.gl/VxwifV

We have been gardening at this location for the past 15 years. About 4 years ago we added chickens and bees and in the past few years we have sought to transition our yard into an edible landscape. After completing the Permaculture Design Course through Pikes Peak Permaculture, we have been diligent about applying the ethics and principles of permaculture. The next big project will be building a greenhouse. Our desire has been to bring our food source closer to home, to increase habitat for beneficial insects and animals, use water resources wisely, and have lots of fun along the way!

Christine Faith 401 Hilltop Circle1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. on SundayAquaponics presentation. Only open at that time, on that dayClick here for a map http://goo.gl/rwfSqW

Christine Faith and her husband Ben Gleason are backyard farmers in Colorado Springs, CO, running Ivywild A & N Farm. Christines award winning blog, Right to Thrive, is an information clearing-house for backyard farmers. Christine teaches on-line and live classes to beginning backyard farmers, designs backyard farms, and consults on school garden projects. To learn more, go to www.righttothrive.org.

Lauren Harrrison801 N. 24th St. 80904Open Saturday ONLYClick here for a map http://goo.gl/WbK2Bd

We bought our 1920's home on the westside a year ago and leaped (without a net) into homesteading! I had read every book on chickens and goats and gardening on half an acre and had "mentally prepared" exactly what I wanted our dreamhomestead to look like when finally bought a house. But my heart took control before my head. We bought our first three baby chicks before we even had a coop, bought 2 baby Nigerian goats before their outdoor shed had a roof, and many many other homesteading "mistakes." Learn all the whoops and "what not to do's" along with the joys of building everything from free "trash". And the reward of getting fresh eggs and milk daily on our little Silverlight Homestead. Oh and did I mention we also built a yurt??

John and Louise Conner712 N Cedar StOpen 10-1 Saturday and 10 to 5 on SundayClick here for map http://goo.gl/CJasP4

The chicken yard consists of a 4x9 foot coop inside a 10x30 foot yard surrounded by mostly salvaged 6x10 dog kennel panels to keep the foxes out. The coop may be familiar to anyone who has Googled for 'chicken coops'. It is commonly known as the Playhouse Coop. We added a double nest box with a door for easy egg collection. During the winter we add side panels made of clear plastic roofing to provide protection from wind. We close the girls up in the 2x4 foot roost box at night usually without extra heat and they do fine. In severe cold we'll turn on 200 watts of ceramic infrared heaters to help a bit. We use pine shavings in the roost box to catch the poop which we clean out every 2 3 weeks and add to the compost pile. In addition to the chickens we now have bees.

Mountain Song School 2904 West Kiowa St Open Sunday only Presentation on Biodynamics from 11:30 -12:00Click here for a map http://goo.gl/2pC4qO

It is the Mountain Song Community Farms Mission to nurture a community that teaches and models sustainable agriculture through the practice of Biodynamics. Mountain Song Community Farm is committed to an organic and holistic approach to develop an urban farm with a goal of one day being a self-sufficient eco-system.We believe that by giving back to the earth, rather than taking away, we can develop a regenerative system, instead of a degenerative or static one. By honoring the birth, life, death, and decay of all living things on our property, from a dandelion seed to a Nubian goat we will discover together what it takes for a farm to be an individual organism. These methods will bring people into a more intimate relationship with the land, one that not only heals and builds good soil, but also one that strengthens our community.

Monycka Snowbird710 Zion DrOpen Saturday onlyClick here for a map http://goo.gl/ERgLdF

Some of the stops on the tour will look like pages from Better Homes & Gardens. This will not be one of them. We are an example of what a single mom can salvage and repurpose toward creating an urban homestead. We have goats, ducks, chickens, rabbits & just built a greenhouse from things we found in the trash. You wont find much growing here this yeardue to hail & an incident with an angry rooster but you can see where it will be growing next year.

Allison Buckley1326 West Cucharras Click here for a map http://goo.gl/NZjoHj

We started gardening when we moved in in 2003, and quickly became addicted. A few years later, we added chickens. Last year we began experimenting with how best to keep rabbits. We've learned a lot and hope to build a final rabbit run next spring. We also started several fruit trees last year. We added a topbar hive in spring, and are looking forward to ourfirst honey harvest next fall.

Josh Greenwood 6626 Fowler DrClick here for map http://goo.gl/QYtNoo

So Greenwood family garden, started about three years ago when my family and became more involved with urban farming. It has been a real evolution. We started by building garden beds from reclaimed retaining wall, and getting a shed that we moved piece by piece to our home. We began by well just planting seeds of any kind. Now we have evolvedto saving our own seeds, making our own compost, worm castings, and raising chickens. We have added fruit trees, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, and perennial flowers for own bees. We are a organic grower and use nothing but compost teas, and seamen oil for pest. We have plans to add more edible landscaping next year. We love to grow, can, and eat from our yard.

Jessica & Bert Scott5220 Villa CircleOpen Sunday ONLY Click here for a map http://goo.gl/rHMhWI

Well we are BRAND new at the homesteading thing. Being in the infant phase of homesteading, we arent very good at anything but sure are having a lot of fun trying! We both work fulltime. Now onto what we have. We have had chickens for two years but took a little time off due to 3 different flock kills. We got our goat in May and cross our fingers we will have mini-lamancha baby. Raw milk is by far on the top of our list of things we want from our urban homestead. But with the raw milk comes the ability to make goat milk soap, yogurt and all sorts of good things. We gave her company with an Angora goat who doesnt seem to want to ever get beyond 40 pounds even though she is 8 months old. Love that fiber! Probably my favorite aspect right now is the rabbits. We were introduced to the idea of raising rabbits for meat at the homesteading fair a few months ago where Jill Gaebler spoke. Although we havent had any to harvest yet, our herd is growing. Overall, we may be new and not have a lot of expertise in any one area. But something that we have embraced was that we dont have the perfect rabbitry, the perfect garden, the perfect goat shack but the LIFESTYLE is perfect. The ability to continue to learn and have a community of people who are willing to share their knowledge has been phenomenal. My next project. . . fodder. And bees again. And lotion. And maybe meat birds. And an orchard.