Homesteaders Battle Land & Resource Challenges
12 posts across 5 communities in the last 60 days; 50% from r/homestead.
“I recently found out hard way I cannot just acquire some land and begin home stealing. I set up on my rural land zoned rc-40 in eastern Fresno. We had a composting outhouse, installed a gravity fed water source from a year round spring with the best water I've ever had. We were…”
“Hello!! I’m Lou (22F) and I’m moving to Brazil from Scotland in just two weeks time to start a farm with my partner. I feel like I haven’t seen much online of people starting from the very beginning but it’s something so special to me that I want to share with others! It’s…”
“Hey everyone 👋 We’ve been living in Thailand for about 9 years now, and over that time we’ve been slowly turning our piece of land into our own little homestead. When we started, it was pretty much just rice fields. No food forest, no gardens, no ponds, no animals… basically a…”
Several posts highlight the difficulties homesteaders face, including invasive plant management, satellite internet access competition (Starlink vs. Amazon), dealing with extreme weather events like monsoons, and managing livestock health. There's a recurring theme of adapting to remote locations and overcoming environmental obstacles.
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“I'm building an off-grid homestead on 80 acres in the Canadian wilderness. My property is 3 km down an ATV trail, and I'm documenting the process as I go, mostly working alone with basic tools. I'm starting from scratch and learning as I go. Looking…”
“I'm building an off-grid homestead on 80 acres in the Canadian wilderness. My property is 3 km down an ATV trail, and I'm documenting the process as I go, mostly working alone with basic tools. I'm starting from scratch and learning as I go. Looking forward to sharing the progress and connecting with others doing something similar! Here's my latest video: https://youtu.be/j-L29I4w9PU submitted by /u/Rx7_FB [link] [comments]”
“I recently found out hard way I cannot just acquire some land and begin home stealing. I set up on my rural land zoned rc-40 in eastern Fresno. We had a composting outhouse, installed a gravity fed water source from a year round spring with the best water I've ever had. We were living our best lives for several years until Fresno crackdown on the homeless and their anti camping ban. The UNHOUSED task force referred a complaint to code enforcement which came out and required us to abate immed”
“Hello!! I’m Lou (22F) and I’m moving to Brazil from Scotland in just two weeks time to start a farm with my partner. I feel like I haven’t seen much online of people starting from the very beginning but it’s something so special to me that I want to share with others! It’s important to me, also, that people know how and exactly where their food is grown so a lot of what I post will be very raw and demonstrative. We’ve become so disconnected from our food and I really don’t think that should be t”
“Hey everyone 👋 We’ve been living in Thailand for about 9 years now, and over that time we’ve been slowly turning our piece of land into our own little homestead. When we started, it was pretty much just rice fields. No food forest, no gardens, no ponds, no animals… basically a blank canvas. Since then, we’ve been slowly adding things year after year. We grow vegetables, plant fruit trees, keep animals, have fish ponds and rice fields submitted by /u/SuwanOrganicFarmstay [link]”
“Looking to go off-grid/homestead in Ontario, Canada, but are just in the beginning stages of trying to figure out the best way to do it. There is definitely more power in numbers, but we are looking for people who are like-minded. Ideally we're looking for Christians, and ones who know about/believe in preterism or what's known as Satan's Little Season. I know it's super niche, but figured we'd start trying to find others whereever we can. If this is you or you can point us i”
“My Wife, Daughter and I purchased almost 10 acres a few years ago and have slowly been developing it into a homestead. We decided to create a YouTube channel, mostly for us to be able to go back and visit from time to time to see the progression. And for her future kids to see how it started and progressed. We also enjoy the feedback and knowledge shared from other channels that we can then share on our channel. If you’re interested, stop on by and take a look and participate in our adventure. &”
“Hi, I'm new here. I've moved to a village on the Upper Suriname River 200 kilometers from the nearest city and only reachable by boat. I've recently started documenting my daily life and experience here, and I'm planning to make a YouTube series out of it. Here's the first episode. I'm not a wildlife expert, conservationist, or anything like that. I'm just a guy who lives here and learns from the people in the village. I'm not here to promote. I'm jus”
“Amazon says service starts later this year in two bands of the globe, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern, expanding outward from there. The United States is on its list of first countries, along with Canada, the UK, France, and Germany. Amazon has shown off three dishes: a small portable one rated for 100 megabits per second, a home model rated for 400, and a business model rated for a gigabit. submitted by /u/FreshFromCache [link] [comments]”
“I have 67 acres of mostly brush and forest. In a bout 2 acres of brush I have Dog Strangling vine taking over and threatening to spread further. About this time each year it develops seed pods and the seeds will open and blow away in the wind late summer to fall. I try and get out to cut it down with a gas powered trimmer with and metal blade every June. I never get it all, because things are pretty thick in there and this year I came out with some poison ivy rash to make things better. It is be”