Half acre homestead

These real, tiny homestead layout plans show that with smart homestead planning techniques, self-sufficiency can be achieved even on a small lot.

Wanting to farm your backyard? This 0.1 acre homestead layout can help you design a small homestead that's functional, productive, and self-sufficient.

This homestead garden plan offers ideas to grow vegetables, protein, fruit, storage crops, and more to stockpile your own food.

Come on over, grab a cup of coffee, and let's chat about our quarter acre homestead and the future plans... You know goats, chickens, and bees. Oh my!

When I start working on a book, it’s like setting out on an ocean voyage without a map. I get a theme, an idea, some kind of coherence on a subject, then start. When I built my first house in ... Read More

In today's podcast, Ethan interviews my friend Lloyd Kahn about his experiences as a published and about his latest book The Half-Acre Homestead. I've had the privilege of visiting Lloyd several times at his home and had a tour of his homestead. It is an amazing experience and Lloyd is a wealth of knowledge. Hi

The only book you need to make your garden self sufficient and cost effective

I believe that layouts for the home garden are not explained or talked about enough in gardening books. I would guess this would be because of the variation of landscape makes it so no garden plot is the same and therefore it is difficult to duplicate garden designs.

Layout of a half-acre homestead

This guide lists out the best animals for 1 acre homesteads, how much room they need to thrive, where to locate their housing & the benefits to consider before deciding to add them to your homestead.