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What r/homestead is talking about this week

r/homestead has 3,553,342 members and 13 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 5.1 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

3,553,342members
13posts in the last 24 hours, newest 17 min ago
5.1comments an hour right now, newest 20 h ago
3,440points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/homestead this week

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Top threads this week

  1. A raccoon ate 7 chickens, so I ate it (a review)

    Seven chickens gone. I was pissed. My partner set a live trap and caught the (adorable but incredibly fat) raccoon. It was portioned out, the front and rear legs were vacuum sealed and we had the...

    3,440 points1,351 comments4 d ago
  2. Cutting this winter's firewood up in the National Forest near our off-grid homestead with my GF.. Cheapest heat bill I ever paid lol..

    We are really fortunate that we have hundreds of thousands of National Forest at our door step for firewood harvest. A burn about 5 years ago left much of it standing deadwood, already debarked...

    2,551 points171 comments3 d ago
  3. Me and paw got a good load of wood cut and stacked

    Hopefully it’ll last us a bit

    2,216 points44 comments4 d ago
  4. My farm stand, it started as nothing but no it helps me share with others the homesteading lifestyle.
    1,185 points77 comments6 d ago
  5. One of my favorite things, making deer jerky.
    1,075 points87 comments7 d ago
  6. Sneaky Chickens 😆 hide and go seek the eggs is a favourite game.
    433 points14 comments4 d ago
  7. First Brahma chick

    Finally have our first Brahma chick!

    184 points7 comments5 d ago
  8. Spring flowing again

    Happy to have our spring not only flowing, but at a pretty good rate. Our one pond is above level and draining down into our larger pond. Thankful for all the moisture we’ve had in SW Colorado.

    109 points3 comments5 d ago
  9. Fall asparagus chores

    We wait till the tops turn yellow then remove them at ground level . We prep the asparagus for winter with a generous topping of rotted manure. They’re my favorite garden veggie, they freeze...

    86 points5 comments3 d ago
  10. Mushroom logs - lost cause?

    I made three stacks of mushroom logs back in May, one each of lion's mane, shiitake, and chicken of the woods. I got the plugs from North Spore. I live in NW FL, and go out and soak these daily...

    81 points25 comments4 d ago

Newest posts

  1. How to approach someone about buying their land
    1 points0 comments17 min ago
  2. Out on Parole - Conditional Release
    1 points0 comments48 min ago
  3. Rendering lard and cracklings at home: Czech škvarky and sádlo
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  4. Interesting concept, families pooling their money to bypass grocery monopolies.
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  5. [Growing] What to write down before clearing a vegetable bed
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  6. Growers who use plastic mulch: what's the worst part of it for you?
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  7. Tree farm here, christmas season started, i put a humidifier in our farm store display
    1 points0 comments3 h ago
  8. Homesteaders with cats, show your photos!
    1 points0 comments4 h ago
  9. Slowly Trying to Make My House and Land as Off Grid as Possible
    1 points13 comments15 h ago
  10. Looking for an off grid community to exchange my labour and skills for a place to live.
    1 points7 comments17 h ago
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