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My wife and I did something like this for a while (before moving out of town to a more traditional farmstead last year). You won't be able to grow all of your

My wife and I did something like this for a while (before moving out of town to a more traditional farmstead last year). You won't be able to grow all of your own meat or grain, but you can fit a ton of tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc. in a city lot. We're on track for our canned tomatoes to make it through to next harvest from a poorly managed ~200 square foot plot for example. We ran out of frozen peppers and onions recently, but those had a rough start since we moved in in June so they had a late start. We were also allowed to keep up to 6 hens which were enough to keep two people in eggs and provided excellent compost.

bmitc 4y ago
> We were also allowed to keep up to 6 hens which were enough to keep two people in eggs and provided excellent compost. About how many eggs per week or month was that producing? We're allowed a certain amount of chickens, and I have considered it. What was the maintenance like?
- gibspaulding 4y ago
  We got about 4 eggs a day ~10 months a year. Though that does drop off as birds get older. We had a ~8'x12' fully enclosed run that they got locked in at night since we had surprisingly bad predator issues for being in town. That just meant open the door to give them the run of the (fenced) yard during the day and close it again before bed. They had enough space that they could stay in their run if we were out of town for a day or two. We used a big PVC gravity feed system for food and poultry cups for water so just had to check that once a week or so. Whenever the run started smelling, we'd add a layer of mulch or straw in the bottom - maybe once a month.