Plan your homestead with real numbers
Free calculators that answer the questions generic advice can't: how many hens your family needs, how many tomato plants your canning habit takes, and whether your compost pile will actually heat up.
Calculators
How Many Chickens Do I Need?
Enter how many eggs your household eats and get flock size, coop and run square footage, nesting boxes and monthly feed cost.
How Many Tomato Plants for a Year of Canning?
Turn your jars-per-week habit into an exact plant count, garden footprint and number of canner loads.
Compost C:N Ratio Calculator
Mix what you actually have on hand and see whether your pile will heat up — or turn into a slimy, smelly mess.
One Year Food Storage Calculator
Pounds per category, buckets to fill, floor space and cost for however many months you want stored — printable.
Chicken Coop Size Calculator
Buildable coop and run dimensions adjusted for breed size, outdoor access and climate — plus roosts, vents and bedding.
What Size Turkey Do I Need?
Pounds of bird for your guest count, how many days ahead to start thawing and how long to roast — or plan the poults, feed and weeks to raise your own.
How Many Cords of Firewood Do I Need?
Cords for your square footage, climate and stove — with nine species by heat value, what unseasoned wood costs you, and the face cord trap.
Root Cellar Storage Calculator
Pounds per crop, storage volume, shelf space and floor area — plus a warning when the crops you picked need conditions one room cannot hold.
When to Plant a Fall Garden
The last day you can sow each crop, counted back from your frost date — with the fall factor, and the day-length limit that stops growth before frost does.
What Size Freezer Do I Need?
Cubic feet for the meat and produce you actually put up, the shelving penalty that makes an upright hold a fifth less, and what it costs to run.
How Much Garlic to Plant
Cloves to plant, pounds of seed to order and bed space for a year of garlic — including the seed reserve that eats a quarter of a hardneck harvest.
Everything stays in your browser
Your inputs are remembered on this device so you can come back and adjust as your homestead grows. No account, and your plans are never uploaded. See your saved plan →