Hey, welcome to Steemit!
The homesteading community here is strong. I'd recommend connection with @papapepper asap, he's in MO, but runs a lot of programs with homesteaders on here.
**I'm @markrmorrisjr, I work with a lot of new users. If you haven't yet you're probably going to be dealing with some bandwidth issues. I just wrote an article on how to overcome it herefollow me and @dolphinschool for lots of free training on how to get started!