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These people are modern day homesteaders and they provide a whole lot of information on their homestead. They explain almost every category a person can imagine they would need for their own homestead.

This family is recognized in various media outlets as a reliable resource with experience in urban homesteading, specifically regarding food production and alternative energy. This particular page offers details for various food production methods which they use on 1/10 of an acre and supplies about 6,000 pounds of harvest each year.

This is a directory for many useful homesteading links and resourses. The page itself has no real substance, but leads to other sourses.

Cool blog of some people in southwest Canada who have an off-the-grid home stead. They even provide some pictures that help make the read more entertaining and help to visualize their projects.

This article is written by two retired professors who have experience starting their own homestead with alternative energy resources. They outline the basic understanding of how solar energy works and how to get started. They provide a very straightforward step-by-step process which addresses my research question regarding ways alternative energy can be simplified and manageable for anyone.

If someone is going to have a homestead in the 21st century, they are still going to want a way to keep in touch with the world even when cell phone reception is out of reach. With a booster or amplifier, a person can point this in the direction of the closest tower and be able to use their cell phone.

As a modern day homesteading, a person still needs to be skilled in many areas including welding. This article covers some basic information on welding.

Step by step article on builing a portable sorlar panel. This would be a good learning exercise before trying to build solar panels for a whole house.

Wind turbine kits for residential use. These will come in handy on those stormy days when the sun hasn't come out for a few days and the solar panels aren't providing enough power.

Hand digging a well. Most people probably will not want to do this themselves, but it is still good information to know.

This article provides a very simple method of food preservation that anyone can utilize, which is freezing. This addresses my research question regarding how to make food preservation manageable for anyone. Many people already freeze food so this method just utilizes an already familiar practice that can be applied to home-grown food as well.