The Good Farm

33-acre hobby farm in western Oregon
Temperate climate, USDA growing zone 8B, 173-day average growing season
Comprised of meadow, pasture, wetland, woodland, creek, oak savannah, coniferous forest

- Ample rain autumn through spring, year round creek
- Ample sun spring through autumn
- Fertile soil
- Farm animals for grazing and manure
- Existing dwellings onsite
- Flood, drought, and wildfire pressure
- Invasive species
- Need for fences, roads, paths, and more housing
- Grant funding
- Infrastructure improvements on fences, structures, roads, and paths
- More access to water from site, less from well
- Remove invasive species, plant native species
- Additional revenue streams for farm
- Perennial and annual plantings for increased food yield
- Renewable energy production
- Property border & pasture fence installations via NRCS grant funding, hedgerows as living fences where possible.
- Riparian restoration of invasive plants via goat grazing and stem/root removal, & replanting of native riparian plants.
- Added water storage via ponds for irrigation use, flood mitigation, habitat creation, and recreation.
- Garden expanded via new raised beds, fruit tree guilds, and vine pergola for improved crop yield, pollinator habitat, and beautification of living area.