Inventory
Know what is on hand before you need it
Homestead Keeper gives homesteaders a calm farm inventory tracking system for stocked items, low-stock alerts, expiration dates, storage locations, purchase notes, Home alerts, reports, and exports.
What to track
Inventory covers the practical things homesteads run through: feed, hay, bedding, animal health items, medications, vaccines, seeds, garden materials, canning supplies, fuel, propane, emergency supplies, tools, parts, and building materials.
Each item can carry quantity, unit, storage location, purchase notes, cost, vendor, expiration date, and the context you need before the next storm, kidding season, planting push, or feed run.
Low-stock and expiration alerts
Low-stock thresholds help Homestead Keeper surface items that need attention before they run out. Expiration dates are useful for medications, vaccines, seeds, stored feed, filters, and emergency supplies.
Home alerts make inventory part of the daily rhythm instead of a separate list you forget to check.
Storage locations
Track where items actually live: barn shelf, feed room, pump house, freezer, pantry, shop cabinet, trailer, garden shed, greenhouse, or emergency bin. This is especially helpful when more than one person helps with chores.
Purchase, cost, and vendor notes
Keep purchase dates, costs, vendors, and notes close to the item. Those details help with budgeting, replacement planning, and understanding what the homestead uses over time.
How inventory connects later
Inventory can support production, medical, and reporting workflows over time. A production entry can relate to stored output, while medical and treatment records can make health inventory easier to review.
Inventory reports and CSV exports help turn stocked items into useful planning records instead of scattered receipts and memory.
Guides
Deciding what to record
Practical guides about which records are worth keeping, written for people working this out for the first time.
Related tools
More ways to use inventory
Profiles, groups, daily care, medical records, breeding, pedigree, production, and weights.
Garden recordsBed layouts, crop placement, planting records, harvests, and garden season reports.
Equipment maintenanceService history, repairs, fuel, parts, manuals, warranties, and maintenance reminders.
Food preservationCanning batches, freezer and dehydrated food, ferments, and root cellar storage.
Homestead Keeper
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Homestead Keeper gives you calm, practical records for animals, gardens, equipment, inventory, property systems, and seasonal work on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.