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The short version
The Steading Codex is a series of fifteen field journals for the working homestead, written under the name Hadley Wren. Together they form a single closed-loop system — from bare soil to zero waste — across five phases: Prepare the Land, Grow the Green, Raise the Flock, Process the Harvest, and Steward the Loop. The Codex is published by Web Production Labs LLC (United States).
Fact sheet
- What it is: 15 field journals — a planning and record-keeping system for homesteaders
- Structure: 5 phases × 3 volumes = 15 books, forming one closed loop
- Format: paperback (6″ × 9″, 100+ pages) and digital editions; hardcover on select titles
- Author: Hadley Wren (a pen name)
- Publisher / operator: Web Production Labs LLC (United States), trading as The Steading Codex
- Where to buy: Amazon (print) and the official store at shop.thesteadingcodex.com
- Press contact: press@thesteadingcodex.com
About The Steading Codex
(Boilerplate — quotable.)
The Steading Codex is built on one idea: the work of a homestead is worth recording. Soil temperatures, hive inspections, seed germination, compost ratios — the Codex turns the slow, cyclical work of self-sufficiency into something you can track, plan, and return to season after season. Each of the fifteen volumes is a structured field journal for one part of the loop.
The system is organized as a single loop. Phase by phase, the journals move from preparing the ground, to growing food, to raising animals, to processing the harvest, to closing the loop with composting and reuse — bare soil to zero waste. It is written for people who already do the work and want a better way to hold it: deliberately practical, deliberately analog, made to be written in by hand, in the field. The Steading Codex is published by Web Production Labs LLC.
About Hadley Wren
Hadley Wren is the voice of The Steading Codex — calm, specific, and grounded. The writing is for keepers: people who track soil temperatures, log hive inspections, and care about getting the compost ratio right.
Hadley Wren is a pen name under which the journals are written and published by Web Production Labs LLC. We disclose this openly. The name represents the collected, edited knowledge published under the Codex, rather than a claim about a single identifiable individual.
The five phases
- Prepare the Land — soil, biochar, water
- Grow the Green — vertical growing, balcony, herbs
- Raise the Flock — chickens, bees, rabbits
- Process the Harvest — ferments, apothecary, smoke & salt
- Steward the Loop — harvest, inputs, scrap
Assets for editorial use
Logos (light & dark), cover artwork for all fifteen volumes, and selected imagery are available for editorial coverage of The Steading Codex.
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Contact
Press inquiries & review copies: press@thesteadingcodex.com
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