Want to make an exodus to the country?

The following links are to sites that offer information or services.

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Purchasing Land

·  Do's and Don'ts of Buying in the Country - You'll learn where to relocate; glean tips on shrewdly purchasing homes, ranches, farms, or country businesses; master the ins and outs of buying bare land.

·  Rural Property.net - Buying rural property.

·  The Rural Estate Network - Your catalog of rural land, farms, country homes, rural businesses, and recreational real estate since 1995.

·  Homestead.org - Land and real estate sites.

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'Living Off The Land' Resources

·  Homestead.org - Resource directory/online magazine covering homesteading: sustainable, organic, small-scale farming, permaculture, self-sufficiency, biodiversity, and more.

·  Many Tracks - Offers tips and information on hands-on homesteading, gardening, self-sufficiency, alternative energy, recumbent bicycles, and more.

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

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

·  Countryside Forum - A forum on the homesteading lifestyle with members from around the world and varying levels of expertise. Many aspects of homesteading covered, from livestock to heating and more.

·  Family Homestead Advocate - Simple living for the urban and rural homesteader.

·  GoodBye CityLife - A collaborative site dedicated to the mechanics of country living. Source of information on homesteading, modern living alternatives, farming and the old ways.

·  Frugal Living, Cottage Gardening, Homesteading - Learn about frugal living, homesteading, english cottage gardening, cheap meal recipes.

·  Suite 101 Farming - Articles to learn how to start, manage, and enjoy farming on a small scale.

·  Idaho Freedom - A compilation of articles pertaining to many aspects of homesteading including soap making, raising livestock and solar energy systems. Encourages submissions.

·  Houston Homestead - Useful links for all aspects of country living from organic gardening to farm animals. Includes Homemaker's Corner.

·  Butterfly Hollow Farm - A look at a couple adopting a simpler lifestyle and restoring an abandoned homestead farm and farmhouse in Tennessee.

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