Resources for homesteaders
who'd rather be outside.
Practical templates, checklists, and guides for the stuff your homestead actually runs on. No fluff. No spreadsheets required.
- Backyard chicken keepers
- Small-farm homesteaders
- First-year gardeners
- Hobby-farm families
- Anyone tired of sticky notes
The Homestead Records Starter Pack
Five simple tools to help you organize your chores, flock, garden, expenses, and seasonal plans — without the spreadsheets and sticky notes.
It's the system I wish someone had handed me when we started out. Print it and stick it on the fridge, drop it in a binder in the barn, or fill it in on your tablet. Use the tools that fit your life and ignore the rest.
What's inside
What-to-Track Checklist
Pick the 3–5 things that matter most right now. Add more when those feel automatic.
Weekly Chore Planner
Daily core chores, a 7-day planner grid, and a Sunday-night rhythm that actually sticks.
Backyard Chicken Tracker
Flock roster, 30-day egg log, and a health observations log for when something looks off.
Simple Expense + Income Tracker
One page each month. See what the homestead actually costs — and what it actually brings in.
Seasonal Planning Sheet
Plan the year in January with a cup of coffee. Frost dates, hatch days, top 3 goals.
- 10-page print-ready PDF
- US Letter, fillable on tablet
- Yours to keep, forever
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Built for real homesteads.
You don't need to track everything to feel organized. You just need to track the right things, consistently. Here's how most folks use it.
Pick one tool, not five.
Start with the chore planner and egg log. Most people get the most mileage out of those in month one.
Set a rhythm.
Fill in the chore planner Sunday night. Log expenses once a week. Check the seasonal sheet each season.
Keep last year's sheets.
The real value shows up in year two, when you can see what you grew, what you spent, and what your flock actually laid.
When you're ready for the full year.
The Homestead Year Binder
The full-year system from the same notebook the Starter Pack came out of. Twelve monthly spreads, four quarterly reviews, a year-end wrap, and a feed-cost worksheet. Works on its own, or alongside the app.
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More practical tools on the way.
The Starter Pack is the first of many. Join the list and you'll be the first to get these as they're ready.
Seasonal Chore Checklists
In the worksPrintable, by-season lists for coop, pasture, garden, and home.
Egg Sales Pricing Sheet
In the worksA worksheet to figure out what to charge at the farm gate or market.
First-Year Garden Planner
Coming soonA no-overwhelm planting and harvest schedule built around your zone.
Homestead Academy
Coming soonShort, practical courses on recordkeeping, flock health, and seasonal planning.
When paper isn't cutting it anymore
Move it off the fridge and into your pocket.
Homestead Daily is the app version of the Starter Pack. It remembers for you, charts egg counts over the year, tallies feed costs, and keeps your flock history — without the binder. Free to start. No credit card.
One more chance to grab it.
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