The Rural Independent.is a new rural living forum that is pretty good and is steadily evolving. The focus is on land & land use, building, food supply & gardening, energy sources, maintenance, food storage & preparation, information sources, personal stories, etc.

There is the on-line "magazine" site at:

www.theruralindependent.com/

And their active multi-topic discussion forum at:

www.theruralindependent.com/foru...x.php

These are worth having a look at, contributing to, and learning from.