Welcome Debbie!
I'm sure you'll enjoy the Steemit community. Have a look at the #homesteaders tag and follow folks whose posts you enjoy. Did your friend explain how Steemit works? I wrote a post about the basics, like how a resteem is the equivalent sharing a post on FB, but an upvote is not the same as liking a post on FB. An upvote means you believe in a post enough that you are willing to spend money on it, but others can't see that you voted on it. By resteeming an article your followers can see it. You can also easily share articles onto twitter and FB.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@moderndragon/new-to-steemit-here-are-some-tips-to-help-you-understand-how-it-works

I'm very interested in having a look at your groups on Facebook and will also forward your details to my Brother-in-law @zalife who is an avid urban homesteader and is in the process of turning his whole yard into a food forest :)
Following you
Keep well
Lizelle