What are the best homesteading and off-grid magazines

Anyone get the free subscription to Living the Country Life. I just got my first one, scanned it a little before we left. Looked good, quite a few ads but for free, OK. I think it is quarterly, IIRC.

I haven't subscribed to any magazine for 30 years. Mom gave me Country? I think it was. One of them, published by Reiman, anyway. She got several. Mom has been gone 12 years now....James

Yes, but you can get back issues on their site.

We like Cappers Farmer a lot. I wish it came more than 4 times a year.

I vote for Backwoodsman, and Countryside. I like Countryside since people can write articles and submit them on things they have learned. (Same with Backwoodsman) So if you think that some magazine hasn't covered a niche that you want to see, Write about it and submit it. Or if you have something you have done and are pleased with it share it with others. I noticed a few of the threads here would make nice articles in Countryside magazine for those who would want to write them up. This is the reason I dropped my subscription to Backwoods home, because it seemed to be staff writers, instead of homesteaders like us.

Mother Earth News and Grit here. Like them both.

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One other one that no one has mentioned is New Pioneer. I get that, Backwoods Home, MEN, used to get Back Home before it went out of business, and I occasionally get Hobby Farm, Grit, and/or CountrySide.

Backwoods Home is my favorite, but New Pioneer is a close second. It has a lot of articles, all of which have a lot of substance.

Swift publishing swallowed up Countryside magazine awhile back. Seems like there is a lot more advertising. The articles that are written by subscribers have taken on a different way also. The articles are about products that the author is selling with a web site for their purchase at the end of the article. Also, some of the articles about products that don't have a web site are shown for sale on the advertising pages. I have been a faithful subscriber since the late 70's but I will not be renewing my subscription. Our local Tractor Supply carries this magazine if you would like to check it out before purchasing a subscription. The internet with forums like this and especially YouTube is a more efficient way for me to get and view information. Just my opinion.

It wasn't too long before my Countryside subscription ran out that I read an article about living off-grid, written by what seemed to be a subscriber. Ok, I have no issue with that as there are a lot of knowledgeable people out there.

But as I read the article, it became apparent that it was pretty a disgruntled old woman that couldn't get done complaining about the horrors of dealing with only an old generator that they couldn't keep running.

Umm... OK. I guess that's her experience. But I thought it was a very poor example of living off-grid. No mention of solar panels. No mention of a wind generator. No mention of a decent battery bank. No mention of any kind of hydro setup. Just one crappy old generator. Sounds a lot like someone who buys a cowbell and can't figure out why they can't be a whole band all by themselves.

When it's those kinds of people writing the articles, I tend to find them of limited value, which is one reason I let the subscription lapse.