Timeline
This is a timeline of all events in the development of our land and farm business. This is used to document (internally) all the important milestones and events and work on the farm. We will create a more user-friendly and customer-facing timeline in the future, from this wealth of data.
2017 Timeline
We first started looking for land seriously and bought the first parcel in 2017.
| Date | Category | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 8/4/2017 | Land purchase | Initially viewed the property for sale on Old Bellamy Road ( image ) |
| 8/26/2017 | Land purchase | Second visit to main property ( images ) |
| 9/22/2017 | Land purchase | Official offer to purchase main property submitted |
| 9/26/2017 | Land purchase | Offer accepted on main property |
| 10/30/2017 | Land purchase | Visited the land one more time before closing ( images ) |
| 11/7/2017 | Land purchase | Closed on main parcel for the farm ( 02917-013-005 and split of 02917-013-012 ) |
| 11/8/2017 | Work | Began work on the driveway to the lower pasture ( link ) |
| 12/6/2017 | Work | Finished work on clearing the driveway to the lower pasture |
2018 Timeline
In 2018, we just over 8 acres to the farm, and really started doing more work on the farm. We cleared an area to the east and west of the service road, started some building planning, and really built our skillset and toolset on the farm.
| Date | Category | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1/7/2018 | Work | Started building livestock gate to lower pasture ( link ) |
| 1/8/2018 | Work | Cleared the driveway to the upper pasture ( link ) and finished gate |
| 2/8/2018 | Corporate | Created our property holding LLC |
| 2/21/2018 | Land purchase | Closed on additional 6 acres parcel ( 02917-013-011 ) |
| 3/28/2018 | Work | Continued clearing the tree line between service road and lower pasture |
| 4/13/2018 | Work | Installed posts on property corners ( link ) |
| Architect | Initial meeting with architect on workshop / garage | |
| 4/28/2018 | Work | Cleared alternate driveway to the lower pasture for land clearing ( link ) |
| 4/30/2018 | Work | Set flags for the alternate driveway through our lower pasture |
| 5/1-3/2018 | Work | Contracted land clearing service removed tree line between service road and upper pasture ( see before/after shots from land clearing ) |
| 5/9/2018 | Work | Removed flags for alternate driveway and continued clearing tree line between service road and lower pasture (w/ ma) |
| 5/10-11/2018 | Work | Continued clearing tree line between service road and lower pasture (w/ ma) |
| 5/11/2018 | Architect | Received first draft from the architect for our workshop/garage |
| 5/17/2018 | Work | Continued clearing tree line between service road and lower pasture |
| Architect | Second meeting with architect on workshop / garage | |
| 5/24/2018 | Architect | Second draft from the architect after feedback and second meeting for workshop/garage. |
| 5/31/2018 | Work | Continued clearing tree line between service road and lower pasture ( link ) |
| 6/4/2018 | Corporate | Created our farm business LLC |
| 6/6/2018 | Work | Continued clearing tree line between service road and lower pasture |
| 6/8/2018 | Architect | Third draft from the architect for the workshop/garage |
| 6/9-10/2018 | Work | Continued clearing the tree line between service road and the lower pasture (w/ Derek) ( link ) |
| 6/16-17/2018 | Work | Land clearing work |
| 6/26/2018 | Architect | Fourth draft with the architect, now with some electrical portions includefd, for workshop/gara |
| 7/26/2018 | Building Planning | Submitted toolshed building permit documents |
| 7/26-28/2018 | Training | Organic Conference in Gainesville, run by Florida Organic Growers |
| 8/2/2018 | Buliding Planning | Met with building permit office regarding toolshed |
| Work | Continued clearing, below the service road at the top of the lower pasture | |
| 8/6/2018 | Building Planning | Received approved toolshed building permit, and address for the main parcel |
| 8/7/2018 | Planning | Met with ag office to discuss grants and cost shares. |
| 8/17/2018 | Equipment | Completed purchase of our Mahindra 5570 4WD tractor |
| Work | Used tractor to clear parts of the upper pasture and mow | |
| 8/25-26/2018 | Work | Continued clearing around service road and mowing upper pasture |
| 9/1-2/2018 | Work | Work clearing tree line and beginning to clear the area for the toolshed |
| 9/6-7/2018 | Training | Attended Small Ruminant Workshop in Gainesville (IFAS / County Ag) |
| 10/6/2018 | Work | Land clearing work |
| 11/3/2018 | Training | Attended Beginning Beekeeping Workshop in Gainesvile (IFAS / County Ag) |
| 11/9-10/2018 | Work | Work clearing tree line and mowing upper pasture |
| 11/15/2018 | Architect | Met with architect again to look at the workshop/garage plan. |
| 11/17/2018 | Work | Finalized the change for the upper pasture planning, so toolshed will not be built where planned |
| 12/2/2018 | Work | |
| 12/5/2018 | Architect | Received preliminary final draft from architect for the workshop/garage plan, prior to engineering |
| 12/17/2018 | Work | ALMOST done with clearing around the service road |
2019 Timeline
Below is the timeline for the current year.
| Date | Category | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/17/2019 | Work | Some clean-up associated with the land clearing from 2018, taking old barbed wire to the dump, etc.. | Single day travel |
| 2/2/2019 | Work | More final clean-up, including burning all the clippings from the land clearing in 2018 | Single day travel |
| 2/8/2019 | Work | Travel to Gville for (1) farm equipment and quote, (2) talk to zoning/building department about fencing requirements (no permit needed) and greenhouses, and (3) met with Clint to get quote for fixing up the first part of the service road. | Single day travel |
| 2/12/2019 | Architect | Workshop/garage final design to engineering | |
| 2/28/2019 | Land purchase planning | County zoning administration confirmed (via email) I could annex portions of the parcels to the north, as long as thei remaining parcel is at least 3 acres | |
| 3/1-2/2019 | Training | Attended Beekeeping : Colony Mgmt & Swarm Control in Gainesville (IFAS / County Ag) | Overnight travel (AC Hotel - Expedia ) |