Homesteading:  A List of Related Sites

 

Also see the Online Resources List & the Alternative Energy Info List

 

Homesteading, food, supplies, ebooks, farming, housing, simple living.

 

Christian Homesteaders Association - An open forum on homesteading topics, with a strong focus on Christian and biblical concerns.

Homesteading Information Directory - A directory of homesteading sites including topics such as animal husbandry, gardening, self-sufficiency, alternative building and others. A largely Christian perspective, with books for sale.

Survival Cooking and Special Food Prep  (how to preserve harvests, recipes for using stored foods, and money-saving menus).

Walton Feed - Online catalog for food storage goods with information and hints for self-sufficient living.

The New World - Work of fiction tells utopian tale of a homesteading adventure starting in 1964 and becoming a worldwide homesteading community.

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.

ManyTracks - Information about homesteading, organic gardening, self-sufficiency, seed saving, solar energy and recumbent bicycles.

LittleCountryVillage.com - Learn about frugal living, homesteading, english cottage gardening, and cheap meal recipes. Based in Victorian Queen Village, New York.

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.

Small Tractor FAQ - Answers to frequently asked questions and other information about small tractors.

Haying FAQ - Frequently asked questions and answers on growing, harvesting, and storing hay for small farms.

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.

Backyard Grocery Gardening (the old victory garden has gone by the way side - in it's stead - the backyard grocery where you can grow healthier produce than found in the supermarket!)

Homesteading Basics Becoming self-reliant urban homesteaders.

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.

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.

Deliberate Life - An expanding group of more than 900 how-to articles on homesteading, sustainability, and the simple life, as well as an active web community.

Butterfly Hollow Farm - A look at a couple adopting a simpler lifestyle and restoring an abandoned homestead farm and farmhouse in Tennessee.

Idaho Freedom - Forum on various aspects of independent living, including gardening, homeschooling, and techniques. Encourages submissions.

Oregon Wordworks - Publishers of manual on homesteading, survival skills and more.

Homesteading Resources - Introduction, opinion and an organized collection of Web resources, devoted to the subject of modern homesteading, broadly defined.

Preparedness Nuggets - Information about many different related subjects of interest.

Mini Farm Homestead - From a homestead in the Missouri Ozarks, this site offers pieces on many topics, including cooking, crafts, gardening, and animals.

1 HORSE PROPERTY - Specializing in equestrian homes and horse property marketing across the US and Canada

Self-Sufficient Country Living - Essays on the topic of self-sufficient country living, from a Christian perspective.

Windy Knoll Farm - A small organic homestead and education center in North Carolina. Internship possibilities and courses taught.

Backwoods Living - Articles and weblog about back-to-basics living, by a homesteader with thirty years of experience.

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.

High Lonesome Ranch - Homesteading and homeschooling on a mountain top in West Virginia since 1993. Domestic and exotic animals, water and electricity tips, photos.

Living Self-Sufficiently - A list of online and print resources recommended by a professor who specializes in research about self-sufficient living.

Animal Traction - E-mail list about draft animals. Archives of past postings.

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.

Simple Homesteading - Covered topics are related to self-sufficiency, running a small farm, gardening, herbs, orcharding, livestock, and other aspects of country living.

Nagnou Farm - (links on site may not work)   Organic family homestead raising Dexter cattle for beef and dairy, Arabian horses, chickens, and various other homestead animals. (links on site may not work)

West Wales Smallholders - Chicken adoption, forum, chicken-related cartoons.