Homesteading

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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

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.
http://www.beulahland.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

Country Enterprise
Offers advice to those trying to make a living in the country, or those in cities who dream of getting the chance to live of the land.
http://www.country-enterprise.co.uk

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/

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

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

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

A Homesteading Neophyte
This blog follows a once suburban girl through her new life as a rural homesteader.
http://a-homesteading-neophyte.blogspot.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

Life Unplugged
LifeUnplugged hosts a variety of articles regarding green building technology, alternative energy solutions, farm and garden articles, and general stories of interest related to sustainable living.
http://www.lifeunplugged.net

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/

Maple Kits: Maple Syrup Making
Guide to producing your own maple syrup at home in your back yard. Sections include tapping trees, collecting sap, boil down, bottling and cleanup. They also sell kits for home maple syrup production.
http://www.maplekits.com

The Modern Homestead
Articles and a forum dedicated to self-reliance and sustainability with common sense. Modern ideas applied to old fashioned living.
http://www.themodernhomestead.com/

Modern Homesteading Today
Information on housing, livestock, gardening, recipes, canning, root cellars and utilities for the modern homestead.
http://modernhomesteadingtoday.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/

The Prepared Christian
A blog aimed at helping Christians prepare for uncertain times ahead. Focusing on Bible study and Homesteading.
http://thepreparedchristian.blogspot.com/

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

Rural Survival
Information about various aspects of rural survival including water tanks, root cellars, Energy and future small farm technology's.
http://www.ruralsurvival.com

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

Sustainable Living in Oregon's Coast Range Mountains
Blog containing photos and how-to articles by two former city-dwellers who moved to the country to raise livestock, grow food, brew beer and wine.
http://www.dingoroo.com

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

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