This page is for journalists, editors and reviewers covering The Steading Codex. For questions and review copies, email [email protected].
The short version
The Steading Codex is a series of 15 field journals for the working homestead, written under the name Hadley Wren.
Together the journals form a single closed-loop system, from bare soil to zero waste, across 5 phases:
- Prepare the Land;
- Grow the Green;
- Raise the Flock;
- Process the Harvest;
- 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 of 3 volumes each, forming one closed loop.
- Formats: paperback, hardcover and digital (PDF) editions.
- 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: [email protected].
About The Steading Codex
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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 15 volumes is a structured field journal for one part of the loop. It is written for people who already do the work and want a better way to hold it. It is deliberately practical, deliberately analog, and 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.
Hadley Wren is a pen name. The journals are written and published under it by Web Production Labs LLC, and we disclose this openly. The name represents the collected, edited knowledge published under the Codex. It is not a claim about a single identifiable individual.
Assets & contact
Logos, cover artwork for all 15 volumes and selected imagery are available for editorial coverage. You can find them in the press kit on our main site.
"Hadley Wren" and "The Steading Codex" are marks of Web Production Labs LLC. Please don't alter the logo.