Homesteading

Animal Traction
E-mail list about draft animals. Archives of past postings.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/animaltraction/

Back Home Magazine
Selected articles from the print magazine on do-it-yourself projects and self-reliant rural living.
http://www.backhomemagazine.com

Back to Basics
Tips on living a "back to basics" lifestyle, including canning, livestock, and other homesteading staples.
http://www.gardenandhearth.com/BacktoBasics.htm

Backwoods Living
Articles and weblog about back-to-basics living, by a homesteader with thirty years of experience.
http://www.backwoodsliving.com

Butterfly Hollow Farm
A look at a couple adopting a simpler lifestyle and restoring an abandoned homestead farm and farmhouse in Tennessee.
http://butterflyhollowfarm.com/

Christian Homesteaders Association
An open forum on homesteading topics, with a strong focus on Christian and biblical concerns.
http://www.christianhomesteaders.org

Countryside Magazine
Country magazine for readers seeking voluntary simplicity, greater self-reliance (homesteading) with emphasis on home food production-gardening, cooking, and food preservation.
http://www.countrysidemag.com/

Deliberate Life
Articles on homesteading, sustainability, and the simple life, as well as an active web community.
http://finallylivingdeliberately.blogspot.com/

Family Homesteading Advocate
Simple living for the urban and rural homesteader.
http://www.naturalfamilyhome.com/

Farm Kansas
Homestead portal with books, classroom resources, and agricultural gifts.
http://www.farmkansas.com/

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.
http://www.goodbyecitylife.com/index.htm

Haying FAQ
Frequently asked questions and answers on growing, harvesting, and storing hay for small farms.
http://www.sheepscreek.com/rural/haying.html

High Lonesome Ranch
Homesteading and homeschooling on a mountain top in West Virginia since 1993. Domestic and exotic animals, water and electricity tips, photos.
http://www.highlonesomeranch.com/

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.
http://www.homesteadinginfo.com

Homesteading Resources
Introduction, opinion and an organized collection of Web resources, devoted to the subject of modern homesteading, broadly defined.
http://www.jasonunbound.com/project/index.html

Homesteading Singles
A group where single homesteaders, or those who would like to be homesteaders, meet and exchange ideas.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homesteading_singles

Homestead.org
Articles devoted to teaching you how to build a frugal and sustainable rural lifestyle.
http://www.homestead.org/

1 HORSE PROPERTY
Specializing in equestrian homes and horse property marketing across the US and Canada
http://www.1horseproperty.com

Houston Homestead
Links for many aspects of country living from organic gardening to farm animals. Features "Homemaker's Corner."
http://members.aol.com/denise1227/page/homestead.htm

LittleCountryVillage.com
Learn about frugal living, homesteading, English cottage gardening, and cheap meal recipes. Based in Victorian Queen Village, New York.
http://www.littlecountryvillage.com/

Living Self-Sufficiently
A list of online and print resources recommended by a professor who specializes in research about self-sufficient living.
http://www.infography.com/content/022977990574.html

ManyTracks
Information about homesteading, organic gardening, self-sufficiency, seed saving, solar energy and recumbent bicycles.
http://www.manytracks.com/

Mini Farm Homestead
From a homestead in the Missouri Ozarks, this site offers pieces on many topics, including cooking, crafts, gardening, and animals.
http://www.minifarmhomestead.com

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.
http://www.mrsdshomestead.com

Nagnou Farm
Organic family homestead raising Dexter cattle for beef and dairy, Arabian horses, chickens, and various other homestead animals.
http://www.freewebs.com/nagnoufarms/

The New World
This work of fiction tells the utopian tale of a homesteading adventure starting in 1964 and becoming a worldwide homesteading community.
http://www.kenkifer.com/newworld/index.htm

Oregon Wordworks
Publishers of a manual on homesteading and survival skills.
http://www.mailbooks.com

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.
http://www.ourcountryhaven.com/

Peace and Carrots Farm
Community supported agriculture farm information, homestead and learning center schedule.
http://peaceandcarrots.homestead.com/

Preparedness Nuggets Pages
Information about many different subjects of interest.
http://www.justpeace.org/nuggetsindex.htm

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.
http://home.emergency-outlet.com/self-reliance/

Self-Sufficient Country Living
Essays on the topic of self-sufficient country living, from a Christian perspective.
http://www.solitaryroad.com/slv.html

Simple Homesteading
Covered topics are related to self-sufficiency, running a small farm, gardening, herbs, orcharding, livestock, and other aspects of country living.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/simple_homesteading/

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.
http://www.innerexplorations.com/simpletext/simple.htm

The Small Tractor FAQ
Answers to frequently asked questions and other information about small tractors.
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/kb13/TF_home.htm

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.
http://www.southernmatters.com

Tabletop Homestead
Modern homesteading and simple living in southern Oklahoma.
http://home.earthlink.net/~tabletophomestead

Walton Feed
Online catalog for food storage goods with information and hints for self-sufficient living.
http://waltonfeed.com/

West Wales Smallholders
A network to promote and help smallholders and homesteaders living in the West Wales area, with public material, wanted listings and membership.
http://www.westwalessmallholders.co.uk

Whole again
A directory of alternative living resources which includes a listing of homesteading magazines and links.
http://www.wholeagain.com/home.html

Windy Knoll Farm
A small organic homestead and education center in North Carolina. Internship possibilities and courses taught.
http://www.elon.edu/angyal/windy_knoll_farm.htm