About This Site
Homestead Fanatic is a guide to self-reliant living: growing and preserving food, keeping the lights on when the grid fails, raising animals, and building the practical skills that make a household less dependent on systems that can break.
I’m Brock Douglas, and I run this site from middle Tennessee.
An Honest Word About Who’s Behind This
I’m not a third-generation farmer, and I won’t pretend to be. What I bring is the thing most homestead content skips: rigorous research. Every guide and roundup on this site is built from manufacturer documentation, long-term owner reports, community knowledge from people who live this stuff daily, and hands-on time with gear where I can get it. When I haven’t used something personally, the writing reflects what the collective evidence says — not an invented anecdote.
If you catch something wrong, tell me. Corrections make the site better, and I’d rather fix an error than defend one.
What We Cover
- Food preservation — canning, dehydrating, freeze-drying, fermenting, and long-term storage
- Emergency preparedness — food, water, power, comms, and medical readiness for when things go sideways
- Off-grid systems — solar, water collection, wood heat, and backup power
- Gardening and livestock — starting seeds, building soil, chickens, goats, and bees
- Practical gear — tools and equipment that earn their keep, compared honestly
How This Site Makes Money
Homestead Fanatic is reader-supported. Some links on this site are affiliate links, which means if you buy through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That’s the business model, plainly stated. It doesn’t change what gets recommended: if a cheaper option is better, the guide says so. You can read the full details on our affiliate disclosure page.
Editorial Standards
- Recommendations are based on documented performance, owner feedback, and specifications — not on commission rates.
- We don’t publish medical advice. Health-related content is informational, and anything involving your family’s health deserves a conversation with a professional.
- When content is updated or corrected, the changes are real — not a date stamp swapped to look fresh.