The Homestead Operating System
Complete records and planning kit for small farms and homesteads. The spreadsheets we keep open, the templates we pin to the barn wall, and the workbook we fill out at the start of every season - all in one bundle.
What you get
9 functional spreadsheets. Field journal, harvest log, livestock records, expense tracker, seed inventory, planting calendar, infrastructure log, soil amendment log, and a year-end summary that rolls everything up. Each one is set up with formulas, dropdowns, and the columns we actually use - not blank templates you have to design yourself.
41 print-ready barn-wall templates. Single-page checklists, weekly chore lists, monthly calendars, livestock health cards, gate tags, fence-line inspection sheets, equipment maintenance logs, freezer inventory, canning records, and quick-reference cards. Designed to print on a home printer, clip to a clipboard, or pin to a wall and survive a season.
36-page workbook guide. How we use the system. How to set it up for your operation. Where each sheet fits in the year. The decisions the records help you make. Worked examples from a real homestead-scale operation.
Who this is for
Small-farm and homestead operators who want to stop reinventing the same spreadsheet every March. People who keep records on the back of envelopes and scraps of paper and would like a system that holds up across a season. New owners of rural property who want a starting point that does not require buying a software subscription.
This is not for commercial-scale row-crop operations. It is sized for homesteads, hobby farms, market gardens, small orchards, mixed livestock, and people building toward a working farm.
How to use it
Open the spreadsheets in Excel, Numbers, or Google Sheets. Print the templates you want on a wall. Walk through the workbook once, set the system up for your operation, and then use it the way it was meant to be used - a few minutes a day, a longer pass at the end of each month, a year-end review in the winter.
Print as much or as little as you want. The whole bundle fits on a thumb drive. The spreadsheets stand up if you only ever use those. The barn-wall templates stand up if you never open a spreadsheet. The workbook ties them together for people who want the full system.
What makes this different
Most farm-management products are either software platforms with monthly fees and login pages, or they are blank templates you still have to design. This is the middle ground - opinionated, ready to use, and yours forever after one purchase.
Built by an operator, not a software company. The columns are the columns we actually use. The decisions baked into the workbook are decisions we have actually had to make. If something does not work, we will fix it and you will get the update.
File format and delivery
Format: ZIP archive containing 9 spreadsheets (XLSX), 41 templates (PDF, print-ready letter size), and a 36-page workbook (PDF).
Delivery: Instant digital download. No subscription. No login required. Yours to keep, print, and use as long as you want.
Updates: Free updates to the bundle for one year, delivered by email.