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Homesteading
Free land from the government may be a thing of the past, but the spirit isn't. The modern meaning of 'Homesteading' is more than just living on a farm though. Most people who use the term mean a simpler back-to-the-old-ways, self-sufficient lifestyle.
Sites in Homesteading
Goodbye City Life
A collaborative site dedicated to the mechanics of country living. Source of information on homesteading, modern living alternatives, farming and the old ways.
ManyTracks
Information about homesteading, organic gardening, self-sufficiency, seed saving, solar energy and recumbent bicycles.
Back Home Magazine
Selected articles from the print magazine on do-it-yourself projects and self-reliant rural living.
Farm Kansas
Homestead portal with books, classroom resources, and agricultural gifts.
Oregon Wordworks
Publishers of a manual on homesteading and survival skills.
Homestead.org
Contains an entire resource directory of information on homesteading and many other topics related to living a more natural, sustainable, and wholesome life.
Peace and Carrots Farm
Community supported agriculture farm information, homestead and learning center schedule.
Beulah Land Homestead
A northern Texas homestead attempting to live as self-sufficiently as possible. Describes raising and selling organic vegetables, fruits, eggs and natural chicken and rabbit meats.
Walton Feed
Online catalog for food storage goods with information and hints for self-sufficient living.
Simple Living
An on-line book about one family's simple and sustainable-living lifestyle. Other pages include tips and inspiration for simple living, natural building, communities, the ecology and other topics.
Houston Homestead
Links for many aspects of country living from organic gardening to farm animals. Features "Homemaker's Corner."
LittleCountryVillage.com
Learn about frugal living, homesteading, english cottage gardening, and cheap meal recipes. Based in Victorian Queen Village, New York.
Simple Homesteading
Covered topics are related to self-sufficiency, running a small farm, gardening, herbs, orcharding, livestock, and other aspects of country living.
Butterfly Hollow Farm
A look at a couple adopting a simpler lifestyle and restoring an abandoned homestead farm and farmhouse in Tennessee.
Modern Homestead
Home and homestead information with community features and news.
Lightning Rod Farm
Photos and descriptions of life on a farm with animals, flowers, ferns and mushrooms.
Aunt Emma's Emporium
Catalog of country items to help folks enjoy the homestead/small farm life. Information on goats, sheep, chickens, gardening, quilting and cheese and soap making.
Family Homesteading Advocate
Simple living for the urban and rural homesteader.
Self-Reliance Plan with Emergency Outlet
Self-reliance, sustainable living and homesteading products, resources and information to prepare and protect in the event of an emergency.
Animal Traction
E-mail list about draft animals. Archives of past postings.
Our Country Haven
A site with a Message board and Chat room where viewers can share information and ask questions about all aspects of country living, homesteading, and home remedies.
Homesteading Singles
A group where single homesteaders, or those who would like to be homesteaders, meet and exchange ideas.
Preparedness Nuggets Pages
Information about many different subjects of interest.
Countryside Magazine
Country magazine for readers seeking voluntary simplicity, greater self-reliance (homesteading) with emphasis on home food production-gardening, cooking, and food preservation.
Farming
Articles to learn how to start, manage, and enjoy farming on a small scale.
Living Self-Sufficiently
A list of online and print resources recommended by a professor who specializes in research about self-sufficient living.
The Small Tractor FAQ
Answers to frequently asked questions and other information about small tractors.
High Lonesome Ranch
Homesteading and homeschooling on a mountain top in West Virginia since 1993. Domestic and exotic animals, water and electricity tips, photos.
Homesteading Resources
Introduction, opinion and an organized collection of Web resources, devoted to the subject of modern homesteading, broadly defined.
Self-Sufficient Country Living
Essays on the topic of self-sufficient country living, from a Christian perspective.
Southern Matters
Promotes small-scale low-technology agriculture and backyard fruit production. The emphasis is production of cane syrup, with essays on syrup chemistry and access to bulletins.
Christian Homesteaders Association
An open forum on homesteading topics, with a strong focus on Christian and biblical concerns.
The New World
This work of fiction tells the utopian tale of a homesteading adventure starting in 1964 and becoming a worldwide homesteading community.
Mrs. D's Homestead
Articles and journal about homesteading, gardening, livestock, simple living. Offers homemade goat's milk soap, handcrafts, natural lotion bars, handmade rice bags.
Idaho Freedom
Several young fora on various aspects of independent living, including gardening, homeschooling, and techniques. Encourages submissions.
Windy Knoll Farm
A small organic homestead and education center in North Carolina. Internship possibilities and courses taught.
Lilybrook Farm
An ecology-minded small farm in Vermont, raising grass-finished beef and lamb.
Mini Farm Homestead
From a homestead in the Missouri Ozarks, this site offers pieces on many topics, including cooking, crafts, gardening, and animals.
Flaming Bunny Acres
A small homestead in the Catskills, engaged in an ongoing exploration of ecological and aesthetic building, gardening and living.
Haying FAQ
Frequently asked questions and answers on growing, harvesting, and storing hay for small farms.
Tabletop Homestead
Modern homesteading and simple living in southern Oklahoma.
Heathenry and Homesteading
Many aspects of farming and simple living from an Asatru point of view.
Whole again
A directory of alternative living resources which includes a listing of homesteading magazines and links. |
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