Rural Living

Guide for cottage, cabin and recreational property owners. Read cottage related articles, get your cottage questions answered and link to a host of related cottage and cabin sites.

Forums and news for farmers and people involved in rural issues.

A free how-to and encouragement resource for self-supporters with little cash, for non-domineering environmentalists, and folks frustrated with urbanity.

Large amount of information on building coops, health care, husbandry, forums and photos.

Selected articles from the printed magazine for readers seeking voluntary simplicity and greater self-reliance with emphasis on home food production. Gardening, cooking, food preservation, and livestock. Has an active forum.

Country magazine for readers seeking voluntary simplicity, greater self-reliance (homesteading) with emphasis on home food production-gardening, cooking, and food preservation.

Simple living for the urban and rural homesteader.

Articles devoted to teaching you how to build a frugal and sustainable rural lifestyle.

Free International hay listing service for the US and Canada.

Aims to strengthen rural areas by highlighting the initiatives and projects of rural communities, farmers, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, and activists.

The Texas A&M University site dedicated to improving rural living with information on natural resources, rural life, and the urban-rural interface.

Novices guide to raising chickens. Includes documents and photos about bird growth from chick to chicken.

A pleasure farm with haflinger horses, rare poultry breeds, ducks, dogs and dexter cattle. Pictures and descriptions of the animals.

Do-it-yourself, self-reliant living.

Selected articles from the print magazine on do-it-yourself projects and self-reliant rural living.