r/homestead is a subreddit with 3.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses hate, looking for a, homestead, farm, and tired, 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
: "Looking for advice about our cat at our new homestead."
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Goats have been nothing but problems"
3 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Has anyone ever made artificial larders for squirrels to store your nuts in...? The nuts THEY harvest from YOUR trees... So that you can collect the nuts later"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "The hidden cost of 'cheap' tools: Why I'm finally switching to a 'buy it once' mentality."
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Virginia homestead for sale!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homestead
#1
Hate
25 posts
#2
Looking For A
23 posts
#3
Homestead
: "The small Homestead costs surprised me more than the big ones"
21 posts
#4
Farm
: "Small family Farm, lost our combine in the middle of wheat season to internal fire."
14 posts
#5
Tired
13 posts
#6
Animals
11 posts
#7
Struggling
10 posts
#8
Homesteading
9 posts
#9
Chickens
9 posts
#10
Winter
7 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
: "Thyme taking over my yard"
36 posts
#2
community
: "Trespassers"
8 posts
#3
poultry
: "Just casually raising my own dinosaurs 🦖😂"
7 posts
#4
food preservation
: "I made ketchup today for the first time. It turned out tasting like store-bought and sticks to a frenchfry like it should. Good thing cause it made 15 pints."
4 posts
#5
chickens
: "[Chickens] Has anyone actually trusted an egg apron with a full dozen?"
4 posts
#6
pigs
: "Black Iberian Pigs born on the homestead."
4 posts
#7
gear
: "Didn’t Know A Zero-Turn Lawnmower Driving Competition Existed Until Today"
3 posts
#8
water
: "Old shallow well after a house fire. Where do I even start?"
3 posts
#9
off grid
: "Putting the roof on this weekend!"
3 posts
#10
cottage industry
: "This may not be the right place to ask but I recently signed up for weekly produce from a local farm. It’s 150 a month and this was the first week"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/homestead
Yearly
+79k members(2.3%)
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Last updated: August 19, 2026