Build a small, community-focused homestead + farm business that:

• Feeds our family
• Generates real, reliable income
• Becomes a place people return to (like Torres Family Lights)
• Supports a simple, hands-on outdoor lifestyle

1. Income first → scale later
   • Prove what sells before expanding
2. Keep it simple early
   • Avoid overcomplication and unnecessary crops
3. Stack income streams over time
   • Weekly → Seasonal → Experience
4. Backyard = test lab
   • Everything gets proven before scaling
5. Use tech to remove friction
   • Automate what saves time
   • Do NOT overbuild dashboards or systems

• House
• Kitchen garden
• Current orchard trees (apples + pears)
• Bees (starter hives)
• Testing ground for all systems

👉 This is where everything is proven first

• Flowers (PRIMARY)
• Vegetables (supporting role)
• Clean, organized rows

• Apples
• Pears
• (Optional later: plums)

👉 No berries inside orchard
👉 Grass rows + mulch rings only

• Pumpkins
• Sunflowers
• Seasonal rotation crops

• Peaches (primary here)
• Blueberries (separate rows, not mixed)
• Elderberries (edge or border planting)
• Fig (limited, test first)

👉 Keep this area structured, not mixed chaos

• U-pick zones
• Farm stand
• Christmas lights
• Event space

• Blackberries → Fence line ONLY
• No mixing into orchard
• Keep accessible and controlled

1. Woodworking (Honor & Oak Woodcraft)
   • Cutting boards
   • Farmhouse decor
   • Small batchable products
2. Flowers (Primary farm income early)
   • Sunflowers
   • Zinnias
   • Cosmos
   • Mums (fall)
3. Vegetables (supporting income)
   • Tomatoes
   • Peppers
   • Beans
   • Squash
   • Herbs

1. Bees
   • Start with 2 hives
   • Focus on learning cycle
   • Honey later
2. Eggs (Chickens)
   • 20–25 hens starter
   • Weekly consistent income

1. Orchard
   • Apples (fall anchor)
   • Peaches (summer income)
   • Pears (support crop)
2. Fall Season
   • Pumpkins
   • Mums
   • Apples
   • Sunflowers
3. Winter
   • Torres Family Lights
   • Woodworking
   • Simple concessions (cocoa/cider)

• Flowers
• Vegetables
• Woodworking

• Eggs
• Honey

• Fruit
• Jams

• Complex food products (keep simple + legal)

• Facebook + local groups (NOW)
• Word of mouth
• Torres Family Lights audience
• Farm stand (later)
• U-pick (later)

• Early flowers
• Garden starts
• System setup

• Flowers (PRIMARY income)
• Vegetables
• Peaches (future)

• Mums
• Pumpkins
• Apples (future)
• Sunflowers

• Christmas lights
• Woodworking (PRIMARY)
• Small seasonal sales

👉 Orchard = trees only, clean layout

• Honeycrisp
• Gala
• Fuji
• Granny Smith
• Add: Golden Delicious (pollinator support)

• Early / Mid / Late varieties
• Primary summer income crop

• Support crop
• Fill seasonal gap

• 12–15 ft between trees
• 15–18 ft between rows
• Grass rows (fescue)
• 3–4 ft mulch rings

• Start with 3–5 beds max
• Succession plant every 1–2 weeks
• Focus only on what sells

👉 This is your fastest income stream

• Coop in center
• 4 paddocks (one per side)
• Rotate every ~2 weeks

• Grass recovery
• Lower smell
• Healthier birds
• Better land use

• 20–25 hens
• Simple system
• Auto door + water

👉 Plan now, build when ready

• Start in backyard
• 2 hives
• Focus on learning

👉 Long-term:

• Pollination
• Honey
• Farm ecosystem support

• Irrigation
• Alerts
• Simple automation

• Overbuilding dashboards
• Complex systems early

👉 Tech should save time, not create work

1. Fix credit
2. Build savings ($3k–$10k)
3. Generate side income

• Woodworking
• Flowers

• Lease or use land first
• Buy later using:
  • USDA programs
  • Veteran benefits

• Backyard lab
• Sell woodworking
• Start flowers
• Learn systems
• Fix credit

• Consistent side income ($500–$1k/month)
• Add bees
• Plan chickens

• Secure land
• Expand production

• Orchard expansion
• Chickens running
• Farm stand

• U-pick
• Events
• Full experience farm