r/homestead is a subreddit with 3.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and money talk, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, hate, tired, homesteading, and struggling, 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
: "Chicken bullying other chicken. Not sure what to do."
12 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "How much money to offer on some land"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Seeking feedback on gardening/homesteading app"
1 post
#4
Pain & Anger
: "A massive development has been allowed directly behind our homestead. I feel so defeated."
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Couple looking for work exchange surrounding Shenandoah, VA"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "[Discussion] I built Gnome for local growers and farm stands. Looking for a few early sellers."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homestead
#1
Looking For A
22 posts
#2
Hate
18 posts
#3
Tired
13 posts
#4
Homesteading
: "Seeking feedback on gardening/Homesteading app"
11 posts
#5
Struggling
10 posts
#6
Chickens
: "I Built an Automatic Salatin Chicken Tractor for 50 Meat Chickens"
10 posts
#7
Animals
8 posts
#8
Farm
6 posts
#9
Winter
5 posts
#10
Gardening
5 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
: "Some still shots from around our place today. It’s felt like fall recently, what about where you reside?"
7 posts
#2
chickens
: "Chicken rush"
6 posts
#3
community
: "Trying to spread some awareness"
4 posts
#4
food preservation
: "Help! Is this corn edible?"
3 posts
#5
animal processing
: "Feathers - Apple chicken sausage"
3 posts
#6
wood heat
: "-Before and After V1 Jotul F500 Oslo Wood Stove- more info in comments"
2 posts
#7
cottage industry
: "Country living grain mill"
2 posts
#8
foraging
: "Foraged blackberries"
2 posts
#9
cattle
: "I wanted to share a few more photos of our Limousin cattle. This is our breeding bull, and his name is Billy."
2 posts
#10
pigs
: "He may not be their dad, but Boaris makes a great uncle."
1 post
Member Growth in r/homestead
Yearly
+84k members(2.4%)
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Last updated: September 22, 2026