A zero-waste urban farm in Altadena

The couple removed the turf from the parking strip next to their home and planted a communal garden. Here, neighbors are free to pick fruit and vegetables for their own tables.

Choi Chatterjee and Omer Sayeed became backyard beekeepers to address colony collapse disorder.

Sayeed repurposes the leftover honeycombs from the beehive to make candles.

The couple harvested 16 gallons of honey this year and gave 10 of it away.

Echeveria shaviana, back, and beavertail cactus, front, are among the many potted plants on display.

Epiphyllum oxypetalum, ‘Queen of the Night.’

The hardy hesperaloe needs little water.

A Stapelia Starfish flower in bloom.

A Tarocco blood orange tree in the front yard. Sayeed credits the goat manure for the tree’s massive fruit.

Mithu the parrot fell out of an avocado tree and was adopted by the family.

A drought-tolerant ‘Medusa’s Head’ euphorbia grows in a pot.

In the front yard, an old bathtub is repurposed as a planter next to the turtle pond.

The couple compost using manure from their chickens, goats, fish, and pigeons.

Clove roams free in Altadena.

The couple bottle fed their goats Daisy, pictured, and Blueberry when they first arrived.

Inside, serrano and habanero peppers are laid out to dry.

Homegrown bounty from Choi Chatterjee and Omer Sayeed’s garden includes squash, pomegranates, limes, persimmons and eggplant. Even the beeswax candles are homemade.