Woot! Great intro to a great contest, and welcome to steem!!!

I'm Nate, I like greeting new folks here, especially Homesteaders and permaculturists. There's a bunch of us here, and I'm here to help give you a quick reference to get started and established quickly.

@sagescrub directed me here. He's the one that built @homesteaderscoop and is the one hosting this contest. Lots to thank him for!

As far as Homesteaders on chain, you already know @sagescrub and @papa-pepper; two outstanding steemians! A few others are @riverflows (creator of @naturalmedicine), @freedompoint and @freedomtowrite (creators of @ghscollective), @pennsif (our steem guru and British homesteader), @bobydimitrov and @bghandmade, @elfmyselfandi, @digitaldan, @porters, @walkerland, @goldendawne, @mountainjewel, @makinstuff, @goldenoakfarm, @senorcoconut, @belleamie, and @ligayagardener, and @stortebeker, just to name a few!

Most of the steem communities rally in discord servers, so if you're looking to get involved with community (and who on steem isn't?) then discord is your friend. On discord, you'll find @ginabot is an immensely helpful service that will send you notifications of comments, token transfers, mentions, and many other activities on chain via concise messages. Most steemians that I know use her because she works so well.

Depending on what you're wanting to do here, there's many interfaces. My personal favorite is SteeemPeak, but there's also steepshot, partiko, steemit, dtube, appics, and many others. These interfaces are often also called dapps. You log into them using your private posting key, which you can find in your wallet under the "permissions" tab. There's lots of dapps already, and will be lots more as we grow! Also, don't lose your password or you'll have to start all over like I did. Most interfaces support the use of five tags on your posts. These make it easier for more people to see you, so it is advantageous to use as many tags as you're allowed to use.

I look forward to seeing you around the chain and communities! There's a lot to learn here, but I hope this comment and the support you're gonna get from our communities will help.