r/homestead is a subreddit with 3.6M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, hate, tired, struggling, and homesteading, 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
: "Peach trees"
6 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Which equipment is actually worth owning if you only need it a few times a year?"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "$100,000 to start from scratch, what would you do? Were would you go?"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Baby Lemongrab did not brook being left behind even the slightest bit."
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "I am struggling in the corporate world and thinking of trying farming and ranching"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "My First App as Solo Developer "FarmShare" Need you support and suggestions !!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homestead
#1
Looking For A
22 posts
#2
Hate
18 posts
#3
Tired
12 posts
#4
Struggling
10 posts
#5
Homesteading
8 posts
#6
Animals
8 posts
#7
Frustrating
7 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
community
: "Releasing a snake back into the wild. Please don't kill snakes when you don't have to."
12 posts
#2
cattle
: "Wife has been teasing me for painting the head chute “Tiffany Blue”. I thought had grabbed “Tarpaulin Blue”"
3 posts
#3
food preservation
: "Brown Paper Bags, in the closet, for Potatos."
3 posts
#4
water
: "DIY well filter: water used for livestock and irrigation, not consumption"
3 posts
#5
chickens
: "Keep me out of tractor supply"
2 posts
#6
conventional construction
: "Quick update: Developing raw land in Maine"
2 posts
#7
natural building
: "My other aesthetic pieces"
2 posts
#8
animal processing
: "Goat"
2 posts
#9
fence
: "Designed and built this gate for my wife for our anniversary"
1 post
#10
gardening
: "I made a free tool to plan your garden to scale and see it in 3D, with real sun and shadows"
1 post
Member Growth in r/homestead
Yearly
+89k members(2.6%)
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Last updated: September 30, 2026