Looking for homestead to buy or a homestead community to join

I am looking to take the leap into homesteading and am looking for a homestead that has many of the basics (house, water, land for gardening, access to hunting) and would love to be completely off-grid with solar too. I am also interested in joiningba homestead community and would love any info/guidance on any that I can learn more about and possibly visit. Thanks y'all!

Welcome to the forum.

What park of the country are you interested in?

Open to any part of the country. Lived in Wiaconsin most of my life and last 2 years in Georgia.

i am also looking for something like that. i am currently at Arizona, but am flexible as to the location of the community. i prefer a warmer climate for comfort and longer growing season, but no scorching summer heat (i.e. Phoenix).

I could discuss some options with you, in SW Virginia.
david.mitchell.inbox@gmail.com

Hi Andrew,

We're in Maine and seeking new connections.

Homestead established on raw land in 2010 in Southern Maine. 9 acres in the woods with large gardens, greenhouses, chickens-ducks-rabbits, and a wood products on-farm business. Cozy cabins, with kitchen & bathroom, for extra housing. Outdoor kitchen, large root cellar and other out buildings. We're on grid and moving into solar--husband electrical engineer, working with hydroelectric dams, and electrician. Diverse skills/knowledge in construction, maintenance/repair, etc. I am the gardener, animal husbandry and food preservation person. Preservation includes freeze drying, dehydrating, canning, fermentation and root cellaring. Our season runs latter April thru mid November. It has been our goal to find co-homesteaders, from practical reasons--more hands needed for all the work and as we age we will definitely need help, but also due to our values for having a good life. We value authentic relationship, interdependency, and the collaboration of ideas, skills and passions.

Since our beginning, we have worked with helpers, mostly through wwoof. It's been a joy making so many close connections with intriguing folks. And all these people have helped create this wonderful place on this sacred land. As much as we'd like to continue that endeavor, we are ever more drawn to finding very long term or even permanent collaborators. We have learned a great deal becoming homesteaders and recognize there is so much as yet not learned. We highly value life-long learning around here. Our past included unschooling our daughter. We invite the ideas of others and hope to create with co-homesteaders shared food production, on-homestead income generation and deep camaraderie and mutual caring.

Lots to talk about if you're intrigued. PM me and we'll get in direct contact.

All the best in your search!
Cheryl