Looking for partners

• Hay & Forage - 5 acres of grass hay
• Orchard/Fruit - 100 apple trees, 10 pear trees, 10 plum trees, 50 blueberry, 30 gooseberry, some raspberry

• Conventional -
• Other - I try to adhere to organic principles as much as possible. I did have to spray the 1.7 acres of grassland that I have been converting into vegetable gardens.

Currently 1.7 acres being seeded to corn and vegetables for the first time (2026). Approximately 5 acres in grass and forage. Irrigation ponds take up approx 2 acres (this was formerly a fish farm). There are 2 acres of orchards, which include mature pear and plum trees, some blueberries, gooseberries and raspberries, and 7 year old apple trees.

This property was used as a fish farm in the 1990's and the infrastructure is still in place. Approximately 8 acres have had grass hay since the 1990's. I planted 10 pear trees, 10 plum trees, 50 blueberry bushes and 30 gooseberry bushes in 2015. I I (reluctantly) sprayed and tilled 1.7 acres in 2025 and I'm planting that with corn and vegetables in 2026.

This is too much work for one man with a full time job. I envision partnering up with someone to garden 2 acres and maybe partnering up with someone to grow a few acres of flowers. I am very open to poultry, greenhouses, aquaponics, cultivation of mushrooms, and other ventures. There's lots of space out here for a few ventures and a few like minded people. I am not interested in looking over anyone's shoulder or micromanaging anyone else, but it's ideal to establish good working relationships with even-tempered, open-minded, principled people.

• Well -
• Pond/lake -

• Vegetable - I think any vegetables are fine.
• Livestock - Sheep -
• Livestock - Goats -
• Poultry - Layers -
• Poultry - Broilers -
• Seed -
• Greenhouse -
• Flower -
• Mushroom -
• Nursery -
• Other - I am pretty open minded, let's chat.

• Organic -
• Other - I am hoping to use only organic approved substances.

• Texture - loam
• Thick topsoil - The lower fields have 5-8 inches of topsoil on top of a clay layer that retains moisture and provides a lot of nutrients.
• Slope orientation and degree of slope (specify) - The lower fields slope gradually to the West
• General fertility (nutrients) - soil fertility seems to be good.
• Soil grittiness -
• Good drainage - The lower fields would be ideally formed into 30" wide slightly raised permanent beds (as is quite standard) to encourage drainage and earlier planting

• Other - I would like to find like minded partners to collaborate on growing vegetables and flowers.