Sheryl Lyon

Looking for 20+ acres for small farming needs producing flowers, vegetables, berries, and honey.

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Location: East, Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount (Maryville), Bradley (Cleveland), Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen (Morristown), Hamilton (Chattanooga), Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox (Knoxville), Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan (Kingsport/Bristol), Unicoi, Union, Washington (Johnson City), Middle, Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson (Nashville), DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson (Jackson), Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marshall, Maury (Columbia), Montgomery (Clarksville), Moore, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam (Cookeville), Robertson, Rutherford (Murfreesboro), Smith, Stewart, Sumner (Hendersonville), Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson (Franklin/Brentwood), Wilson

Total acres 40.0

Acres of cropland or tillable land 20.0

Looking for the following:

Type of opportunity:

Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years), Lease with Option to Buy, Internship / Mentorship, Employment with Transfer. More info: Looking to have bees, flowers, lavender, garlic and berries with use of green houses or high tunnels eventually. Later adding dwarf fruit trees. An apprenticeship or mentoring opportunity would be great to help relearn the farming business.

Equipment & infrastructure:

Barn, Well / Pond / Other water source, Farmer housing. More info: To start, basically need the ability to plant and then to harvest. Eventually there would be a need for processing/drying/cooling (not refrigeration).

Current production on farm:

Flowers, Herbs, Orchard, Vegetable production.

Current farming practices:

Conventional, None, the property is not being farmed.

Qualifications and goals:

Previous farming experience:

Employee

Number of years experience:

15

Other qualifications:

More info: Applied for the TN New Farmer program.

Production goals:

Flowers, Herbs, Orchard. More info: Add berries (blueberries, blackberries)

Personal experience and production goals summary:

I was raised on a dairy farm where we raised our food supply. After 30+ years in the military, I would like to find some land to be self sufficient as well as do some production for the community.