Gretchen at Backyard Farming
@backyardfarmingconnection · Backyard Farming Connection: Homesteading and Gardening · Substack profile · Home & Garden
Gretchen at Backyard Farming has 7,865 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 38 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 25.
Last read Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Followers are not email subscribers. Substack lists only the newest 50 recommendations for each publication, so a recommender count of 50 or more is a floor. History starts Oct 31, 2026; Substack publishes nothing earlier.
- Followers
- 7,865
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.6K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 38
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 25
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. Substack doesn't publish past follower counts, so history starts the day I first read a writer and grows by one reading every 3 days (daily if it's on your watchlist). The 7-day change appears on Nov 7, the 30-day change on Nov 30. Recommendation dates below go further back: they're Substack's own.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 7,865 | 5.6K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
38 publications recommend Gretchen at Backyard Farming; 1 started in the last 30 days. Gretchen at Backyard Farming recommends 25, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 4 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Amy Jay9.4k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
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- The Forgetful Gardeners Clubstarted Aug 30, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 22, 2026
- The Rostykus Reportstarted Aug 21, 2026
- MoonShadow Farmsteadstarted Jul 17, 2026
- The Science of Wonder's Substackstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Growing Is Half The Battlestarted Jun 26, 2026 · mutual
- Cackles from the Henhousestarted Jun 5, 2026
- NASU's Notes.started Jun 2, 2026
- Farm & Field Guidestarted May 26, 2026
- Quiet Acrestarted May 17, 2026
- Elle's Substackstarted Mar 25, 2026
- Jeff's Fabulous Findsstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Mile Wide and Inch Deepstarted Mar 23, 2026
- Food Plus Freedomstarted Feb 11, 2026
- Tina's Cozy Mountain Life Substack Pagestarted Jan 3, 2026
- Becoming Your Storystarted Jan 3, 2026
- GIGNERE.ARTstarted Dec 31, 2025
- Red Jasper Farm & Sanctuarystarted Nov 29, 2025
- Nancy's Substackstarted Oct 2025
All 38
- The Edge of Somewherestarted Oct 2025
- Lora Aspiotisstarted Oct 2025
- Healthy Food Gardening Made Easystarted May 2025 · mutual
- Autistic Libertarian 1776started May 2025
- Neurodivergent Reflectionsstarted May 2025
- Lucy Owsleystarted May 2025
- Homestead Collectivestarted May 2025 · mutual
- The Tribal Dream-Stackers started Apr 2025
- Paradaida: Under Your Nose started Feb 2025
- Runamuk Acresstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- The Rural Writerstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- The Shalom Farms Scoopstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- ForagingFreya’s Substackstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- razhaz’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
Recommends
Ashley Adamant91k followers · started Feb 2024
Jo Thompson67k followers · started Apr 2025
Huw Richards29k followers · started Feb 2025- Amy Jay9.4k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Clare Foster6.2k followers · started Apr 2025- Milk Trekkerstarted May 21, 2026
- The Secret Ingredientstarted Mar 25, 2026
- King Arthur Bakingstarted Mar 19, 2026
- Urban Food Foreststarted Mar 12, 2026
- Healthy Food Gardening Made Easystarted May 2025 · mutual
- Homestead Collectivestarted May 2025 · mutual
- Growing Is Half The Battlestarted May 2025 · mutual
- Grange Hallstarted May 2025
- The Quite Contrary Flower Farmerstarted Apr 2025
- Chasing ADVNTR started Apr 2025
- Midlife Regenerationstarted Apr 2025
- Art of Growing Foodstarted Mar 2025
- The Wild Gardenstarted Mar 2025
- Runamuk Acresstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Charles Dowdingstarted Mar 2025
- Angela’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- The Rural Writerstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- The Shalom Farms Scoopstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Brunette Writesstarted Jun 2024
All 25
- ForagingFreya’s Substackstarted May 2024 · mutual
Substack lists the 50 newest recommenders of each publication. I add every recommendation found in the full lists of the 6,392 publications I read, so writers with many recommenders may still be missing a few small ones. "Started" is Substack's date.
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Home & Garden writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (26 writers in that group), but not Gretchen at Backyard Farming.
- recommends 5 of them
JP Clark@jpclarkwrites - recommends 5 of themAlthea’s Substack
- recommends 4 of them
My Thyme Gardens@mythymegardens - recommends 4 of themGarden Masterclass Substack
- recommends 4 of themDanbury & Lovejoy
- recommends 3 of them
Ann-Marie Powell@annmariepowell - recommends 3 of them
Anna Sofie Jacobsen@annashavebrev - recommends 3 of themThe Garden Witch
- recommends 3 of themCultivating Calm
- recommends 3 of themThin Ice.earth
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