r/homestead is a subreddit with 3.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, 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
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"
2 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Water hydrant leaking"
1 post
#3
Advice Requests
: "Looking for help"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "I need you guys to come up with some idea what to do with all these beautiful sticks"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "what would you do on 4 acres you live 10 mins from?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homestead
#1
Looking For A
25 posts
#2
Farming
: "What do you keep around so you don’t have to run to town?"
24 posts
#3
Homesteading
: "One of my favorite parts of Homesteading is watching the next generation grow. This year’s peachicks are doing great."
22 posts
#4
Chickens
22 posts
#5
Homestead
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
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
: "How's everyone's garden doing? Mine is really starting to take off here in Pennsylvania."
20 posts
#2
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."
15 posts
#3
food preservation
: "Just waxed cheeses for the first time. I'm concerned about a possible loss of refrigeration/electricity so now we will be able to still have real cheese."
7 posts
#4
cattle
: "I have pavloved my lamb (Chud/Chuddie) to jog towards me whenever i declare that the west has fallen"
5 posts
#5
chickens
: "I couldn't Make This Up!"
3 posts
#6
animal processing
: "First home raised meat chicken ever"
3 posts
#7
water
: "Extremely muddy grey well water after buying new home."
3 posts
#8
community
: "The music video you NEVER asked for: I LOVE GOATS!"
2 posts
#9
permaculture
: "Bare field to our first cutting. Turning a corn field back into pasture."
2 posts
#10
fence
: "Electric Fence Trouble"
1 post
Member Growth in r/homestead
Yearly
+70k members(2.0%)
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Last updated: June 24, 2026