r/homestead is a subreddit with 3.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, farming, homesteading, chickens, and homestead, and they frequently recommend/review tractor, dog breed, and spices.
Ponds, barns, livestock, gardens, food preservation, fishing, hunting, tractors, pigs, chickens, cattle, worms, 4H, permaculture, organic, grazing, canning, aquaculture, trees, woodland, farmers, agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, wwoofers, bees, honey, wildcrafting, dairy, goats, nuts, berries, vegetables, sustainability, off grid, wood stoves, chainsaws, wood heat, tools, welding, green woodworking, farmers markets, composting toilets, straw bale homes, cob building...
Popular Themes in r/homestead
#1
Advice Requests
: "Help with goats milk"
12 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "No-chemical mosquito fix I built for the standing water on our place - auto-flushes every 4 days to break the breeding cycle, the yard is finally livable"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "BREAKING: Hay prices explode to $483/ton as western buyers panic buy"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "what would you do on 4 acres you live 10 mins from?"
1 post
#5
News
: "Supreme Court to Hear Family Farm’s Case Challenging Agency Court that Acts as Prosecutor, Judge and Jury"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homestead
#1
Looking For A
25 posts
#2
Farming
: "BREAKING: Hay prices explode to $483/ton as western buyers panic buy"
24 posts
#3
Homesteading
: "This isn't meant to be controversial, but after Homesteading has anyone else recognized the utility (or lack thereof) of males in other species?"
22 posts
#4
Chickens
: "Chickens sleeping on top of the coop?"
22 posts
#5
Homestead
: "Nothing like a nice smoke from the apple wood after a day on the Homestead kicks your ass"
21 posts
#6
Animals
: "One of my favorite things about raising emus is watching them grow from these little striped fluff balls into giant birds. Thought I'd share one of my recent hatchlings."
20 posts
#7
Gardening
: "Gardening"
20 posts
#8
Hate
19 posts
#9
Land
: "Feral hog Land damage North Arkansas . This is what happens"
16 posts
#10
Tired
14 posts
Products Discussed in r/homestead
Tractor
50 reviews
#1
Kubota
4.4★ from 16 reviews
#2
John Deere
4.0★ from 9 reviews
#3
Massey Ferguson
4.5★ from 4 reviews
Dog Breed
48 reviews
#1
Great Pyrenees
4.5★ from 11 reviews
#2
Golden Retriever
5.0★ from 5 reviews
#3
English Shepherd
5.0★ from 4 reviews
Spices
39 reviews
#1
Penzey's
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Sam's Club
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Mountain Rose Herbs
5.0★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/homestead
#1
gardening
: "No-chemical mosquito fix I built for the standing water on our place - auto-flushes every 4 days to break the breeding cycle, the yard is finally livable"
18 posts
#2
chickens
: "I couldn't Make This Up!"
10 posts
#3
community
: "The music video you NEVER asked for: I LOVE GOATS!"
10 posts
#4
poultry
: "One of my favorite things about raising emus is watching them grow from these little striped fluff balls into giant birds. Thought I'd share one of my recent hatchlings."
9 posts
#5
animal processing
: "Our dairy steer"
5 posts
#6
food preservation
: "About a year ago I discovered recipes for homemade Hamburger Helper. We weren’t big fans of the box mixes but on busy days they did come in handy. I’ve tweaked these recipes a bit and they are now far better than the store bought mixes. The ingredients fit perfectly in a quart mason jar."
4 posts
#7
foraging
: "Moved into a home with a pear tree"
3 posts
#8
gear
: "Sent it a little too hard using the backhoe on my John Deere 2032R today:"
3 posts
#9
cattle
: "asked my dad how he knows when to move the cattle to a new pasture and his answer kind of stopped me in my tracks"
2 posts
#10
water
: "Extremely muddy grey well water after buying new home."
2 posts
Member Growth in r/homestead
Yearly
+67k members(2.0%)
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Last updated: June 3, 2026