Welcome to steemit! If you are ever looking for a group, actually a community, of homesteaders/gardeners/self-sufficient like-minded people, I am the moderator of a group here... also the "un"official ambassador to the group.
let me know and I can post an invite link here for you!

Also make sure to follow @davemccoy - he and I work together on his initiative called newbieresteemday. I mentor incoming steemians and we help them out.