Turn a Small Property Into a Practical Farm Business

Get six field-tested farming guides, startup workbooks, greenhouse and coop plans, calculators, and business tools - all in one digital starter library.

Complete Start Farming Pack with six New Terra Farm books and bonus resources — Six practical farming guides plus plans, worksheets, calculators, spreadsheets, and checklists.

Complete Digital Starter Library

Turn a Small Property Into a Practical Farm Business

Compare several realistic farm enterprises, choose a sensible starting point, and avoid the expensive beginner mistakes that can consume an entire season.

Six practical farming guides covering market gardening, greenhouses, poultry, pigs, harvest planning, and profitable vegetables
Three bootstrap greenhouse plans
Two portable chicken-coop plans
Worksheets, spreadsheets, calculators, and checklists
16 separate farming and gardening resources altogether
Instant digital access to the complete package

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Is the Complete Start Farming Pack Right for You?

This digital starter library is designed for people who want to make a small property more productive, but are still comparing which farm enterprises, crops, and income ideas make the most sense.

Best for New farmers, homesteaders, part-time growers, and landowners who want to compare several realistic small-farm options.

Main topics Market gardening, greenhouses, meat chickens, pastured pigs, season extension, profitable crops, and basic farm-business planning.

Property size Built around small acreages, modest growing areas, and enterprises that can be tested before making major investments.

Experience required No commercial farming experience is assumed, although some basic gardening or livestock experience is helpful.

What you receive Six core guides plus greenhouse plans, portable coop plans, worksheets, spreadsheets, calculators, and checklists.

Format and price Instant digital access to the complete package for $47.

The bottom line: Choose this pack when you want the broader farm-startup picture. It helps you compare several practical enterprises, understand the basic numbers, and choose a sensible place to begin before committing your land, money, and season to the wrong idea.

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Plan Before You Spend

Starting Without a Plan Gets Expensive Fast

New farmers rarely struggle because they lack enthusiasm. More often, they commit land, money, and an entire growing season before checking whether the enterprise actually fits their customers, property, budget, and available time.

Starting Too Large

More beds, animals, and infrastructure may look like faster progress. In practice, they can create more work and expense before we have reliable sales or workable systems.

Buying Equipment Too Early

It is easy to spend thousands solving problems we do not yet have. Many farm ideas can be tested with simple tools before we invest in machinery, permanent buildings, or specialized equipment.

Producing Before Finding Customers

A good crop or well-raised animal is not automatically a good business. We still need buyers, a sensible price, and a practical way to reach them.

Choosing the Wrong Enterprise

An idea may be profitable somewhere and still be a poor fit for our land, climate, schedule, skills, or local market. The wrong fit becomes obvious only after a great deal of work.

A few wrong assumptions can cost us an entire season. The Complete Start Farming Pack helps us compare realistic farm enterprises, understand the basic numbers, and choose a manageable starting point before making the larger investments.

The goal is not to eliminate every risk. Farming does not work that way. The goal is to test ideas cheaply, learn quickly, and avoid paying full price for lessons we could have learned on paper.

Choose the Right Starting Point

Who the Complete Start Farming Pack Is For

This is the broader New Terra Farm starter library. It is designed for people who want to compare several realistic farm enterprises before committing heavily to one path.

Choose This Pack If...

You are still deciding which farm enterprise best fits your property, budget, skills, and available time.
You want to compare market gardening, meat chickens, pastured pigs, greenhouses, season extension, and profitable crops.
You plan to start small, test ideas cheaply, and expand only after the numbers and customer demand make sense.
You need practical planning tools, worksheets, calculators, and building plans—not just general inspiration.
You are interested in developing two or more complementary farm income streams over time.
You want a broad reference library you can return to as your farm plans become clearer.

Choose Bootstrap Market Gardening Instead If...

You already know you want to build a vegetable, garden-share, or CSA business.
Your main challenge is finding customers before planting heavily.
You want help setting prices, planning crop production, and organizing weekly market-garden work.
You prefer a focused system built around one direct-to-customer farm model rather than a broader collection of enterprises.
You are ready to move from general farm exploration into a specific market-garden launch plan.

Still unsure? Choose the Complete Start Farming Pack when you need the broader picture. Choose Bootstrap Market Gardening when vegetables and CSA sales are already your clear direction.

Explore Your Options

Six Paths to a More Productive Small Farm

There is no single “right” small-farm business. The best starting point depends on our land, local customers, available time, budget, and the kind of work we are prepared to do every week.

1 Market Gardening

Build a Customer-First Vegetable Business

Start with customers, a clear sales offer, and a realistic income target—then plan the garden around what people have agreed to buy.

Explore CSA and direct-to-customer sales
Estimate customers, pricing, and production needs
Avoid planting large quantities without a market

2 Season Extension

Get More Production From the Same Land

Use practical greenhouse designs and low-cost season-extension methods to begin harvesting earlier and continue later into the year.

Compare three bootstrap greenhouse designs
Extend spring and fall growing periods
Increase the value of limited growing space

3 Poultry

Raise Meat Chickens on a Manageable Scale

Understand the basic setup, housing, feeding, labour, and sales decisions involved in raising a small flock for home use or income.

Plan a realistic first flock
Use portable-coop designs
Consider feed costs, labour, and predator protection

4 Pastured Livestock

Explore Pastured Pork Before Buying Pigs

Work through the practical costs, fencing, housing, feeding, pricing, and management questions before adding pigs to the farm.

Estimate costs and possible returns
Understand basic pasture and housing needs
Use the Porkulator to test the numbers

5 Year-Round Harvests

Harvest Food for More of the Year

Combine succession planting, protected growing, storage crops, and harvest planning to reduce the long gap between growing seasons.

Plan spring, summer, fall, and winter production
Use worksheets to organize planting dates
Build a more dependable household or farm harvest

6 High-Value Crops

Focus on Crops Worth the Space

Compare crops by demand, yield, labour, reliability, and earning potential rather than choosing entirely by habit or enthusiasm.

Identify crops suited to small growing areas
Consider income relative to labour and bed space
Build a practical crop mix instead of chasing one miracle crop

You don't need to pursue all six paths at once. The purpose of the Complete Start Farming Pack is to help you compare the options, identify the best fit, and test one manageable enterprise before expanding into the next.

Inside the Starter Library

Six Practical Guides for Building Your Small Farm

Each guide focuses on a different farm enterprise or production challenge. Use the collection to compare your options—or begin with the guide that addresses your most immediate goal.

Customer-First Farming

Bootstrap Market Gardening

Build a lean vegetable business around real customers instead of planting a bit of everything and hoping it sells.

Set an income and customer target
Create and price a CSA-style offer
Plan production around committed sales

Best for: Growers considering a market garden, garden-share, or CSA business.

Greenhouse Plans

Bootstrap Greenhouse

Compare three inexpensive greenhouse designs for starting plants, protecting crops, and extending your harvest season.

Choose a structure suited to your property
Start crops earlier and finish later
Get more production from limited land

Also included: Plans for three practical New Terra Farm greenhouse styles.

Small-Flock Poultry

How to Raise Meat Chickens

Plan and manage a small flock using practical guidance developed through years of raising meat birds on pasture.

Plan housing, feeding, and daily care
Reduce avoidable losses and predator problems
Understand labour, costs, and potential sales

Also included: Two portable chicken-coop plans.

Pastured Pork

Raise Pigs on Pasture

Understand the setup, costs, feeding, fencing, pricing, and management involved before bringing pigs onto your property.

Plan fencing, shelter, feed, and pasture moves
Estimate costs before buying piglets
Consider pricing and potential returns

Also included: The Porkulator pricing and profit calculator.

Year-Round Production

The 52-Week Harvest

Combine crop planning, succession planting, protected growing, and storage crops to extend the useful harvest season.

Plan production across all four seasons
Reduce gaps between major harvest periods
Make better use of greenhouses and storage crops

Also included: Eight practical harvest-planning worksheets.

High-Value Crops

Grow the Top Ten Most Profitable Vegetables

Focus limited growing space on dependable crops with a practical balance of demand, yield, selling price, and labour.

Compare crops by more than selling price
Use valuable bed space more deliberately
Develop a practical, balanced crop mix

Best for: Market gardeners and small growers who need to earn more from limited space.

You do not need to launch all six ideas at once. Start with the enterprise that best fits your land, market, time, and budget. Keep the other guides as practical references when you are ready to extend the season or add another income stream.

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More Than Books

Bonus Tools and Plans You Can Put to Work

The guides explain the ideas. These practical tools help us test the numbers, organize the work, and move from reading to an actual farm plan.

Three Bootstrap Greenhouse Plans

Compare three affordable greenhouse styles designed for growers who want useful season extension without investing in a commercial structure.

Choose a design that fits your space and budget
Review practical construction details
Plan for earlier starts and later harvests

Two Portable Chicken-Coop Plans

Use practical movable-coop designs for keeping meat birds on fresh ground while providing shelter and predator protection.

Compare two workable coop approaches
Plan space, movement, and daily access
Avoid improvising the housing after chicks arrive

The Porkulator

Test the basic economics of raising pigs before spending money on piglets, fencing, feed, and processing.

Estimate feed and operating costs
Compare selling prices and possible returns
Change assumptions before committing cash

Eight Harvest-Planning Worksheets

Organize succession planting, protected growing, storage crops, and seasonal harvest goals in one practical planning sequence.

Plan crops across the full year
Spot likely gaps in production
Turn season-extension ideas into planting dates

Farm-Business Spreadsheets

Use simple spreadsheet tools to organize costs, prices, production assumptions, and early farm-business decisions.

Work through the numbers before investing
Compare different startup scenarios
Replace guesswork with a workable first estimate

Checklists and Workbooks

Follow guided exercises that help turn broad farming ideas into specific decisions, priorities, and next steps.

Record your assumptions and plans
Identify unanswered questions early
Build a practical action list for your first season

The real value is not having more files on the computer. It is being able to compare options, test assumptions, and catch expensive mistakes before they reach the field, barn, or bank account.

All Six Guides, Plans, Calculators, Worksheets, and Tools: $47

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Proof from real growers

“Your book took us from ‘hmmm… this might be for us’ to selling five garden shares three weeks later! We’re wrapping up year one and planning 25–30 shares for year two.” — Dan & Jenn S., Itty Bitty Acres

“I read your book and really wished I had it last year. It has already caused me to re-think and re-design next year’s plan.” — Sherri, Dunville, ON

“Very clearly written and thorough.” — Steve G.

“Fantastic reading, and it’ll be really helpful when we start up our farm!” — Katie W.

New Terra Farm receiving the Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence — Suzie grabbed the plaque. I grabbed the cheque.

Proven on a Real Farm

The Small-Farm System That Won a $5,000 Prize

A few years ago, the Ontario government ran a competition recognizing innovative farmers who had built successful businesses on their properties. We submitted the marketing and operating model we had developed at New Terra Farm.

There were 255 farms in the competition. Much to our surprise—and considerable delight—our small-farm system won a $5,000 Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence.

The award confirmed something we had already learned the hard way: a small farm does not need to be large to succeed, but it does need customers, a workable plan, and systems that control cost and labour.

That recognition helped motivate me to write these guides to share the approach with other growers. I do not tell you this to brag (although the cheque did help pay for a farm truck). I tell you because the system in this guide was tested in the real world.

This is not theory assembled from other farming books. It is practical instruction built from years of growing, selling, making mistakes, and earning real income from a small property.

Everything in One Package

Complete Start Farming Pack Value Summary

Instead of buying separate books and piecing together a farm plan from scattered advice, you receive the six core guides and their companion planning resources in one practical digital library.

Resource	What It Helps You Do	Included
Bootstrap Market Gardening	Find customers, price a CSA-style offer, and plan vegetable production around real sales.	Included
Bootstrap Greenhouse	Compare three affordable greenhouse designs and extend the useful growing season.	Included
How to Raise Meat Chickens	Plan housing, feeding, care, costs, and production for a manageable small flock.	Included
Raise Pigs on Pasture	Work through fencing, feed, shelter, pricing, and potential returns before buying piglets.	Included
The 52-Week Harvest	Use succession planting, protected growing, and storage crops to harvest for more of the year.	Included
Grow the Top Ten Most Profitable Vegetables	Focus limited growing space on crops with a practical balance of demand, yield, labour, and selling price.	Included
Three Greenhouse Plans	Compare practical structures before spending money on materials and construction.	Included
Two Portable Chicken-Coop Plans	Prepare workable housing before the chicks arrive.	Included
The Porkulator	Estimate pig costs, selling prices, and possible returns using your own assumptions.	Included
Eight Harvest-Planning Worksheets	Organize seasonal crops, planting dates, protected growing, and likely harvest gaps.	Included
Farm-Business Spreadsheets	Compare costs, prices, production assumptions, and startup scenarios before investing.	Included
Checklists and Workbooks	Turn broad farming ideas into specific decisions, priorities, and next steps.	Included

Six Core Guides Plus the Companion Tools and Plans Everything is delivered digitally, so you can begin comparing options and building your plan right away.

Purchased separately:
~~More than $80~~ Just $47

The point is not simply to collect more farming books. The value comes from being able to compare several realistic enterprises, test the numbers, choose a manageable starting point, and avoid committing a season or a large amount of money to the wrong idea.

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I have used these methods on my own farm, and I am comfortable standing behind them. Put the material to work and judge it by the practical value it gives you.

If you do not believe The Complete Start Farming Pack gave you at least ten times the $47 purchase price in saved time, avoided mistakes, clearer decisions, or practical business value, contact me any time in the next 12 months for a full refund.

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No lengthy explanation required
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A straightforward refund if the material does not deliver value

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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are straightforward answers to the questions people commonly ask before buying the Complete Start Farming Pack.

What exactly is included in the Complete Start Farming Pack?

You receive six core digital farming guides plus their companion plans, worksheets, spreadsheets, calculators, and checklists.

Bootstrap Market Gardening
Bootstrap Greenhouse
How to Raise Meat Chickens
Raise Pigs on Pasture
The 52-Week Harvest
Grow the Top Ten Most Profitable Vegetables
Three greenhouse plans
Two portable chicken-coop plans
The Porkulator
Eight harvest-planning worksheets
Farm-business spreadsheets, workbooks, and checklists

Is this for complete beginners?

Yes. The material is written for new farmers, homesteaders, part-time growers, and landowners who are still deciding where to begin. No commercial farming experience is assumed.

Some basic gardening or livestock experience is useful, but the pack is mainly designed to help you compare options, understand the basic decisions, and avoid starting too large.

How much land do I need?

There is no single acreage requirement. The guides focus on compact enterprises that can often be tested on a small property before you invest in more land, equipment, or infrastructure.

The income a property can produce depends on the enterprise, local market, soil, infrastructure, labour, skill, and management—not acreage alone.

Do I need to pursue all six farm enterprises?

No. In fact, trying to launch everything at once would usually be a mistake.

Use the pack to compare your options and identify one manageable starting enterprise. The other guides remain useful when you are ready to extend the season, improve production, or add another income stream.

How is this different from Bootstrap Market Gardening?

Bootstrap Market Gardening is the focused choice for someone who already knows they want to build a vegetable, CSA, or garden-share business.

The Complete Start Farming Pack is broader. It helps you compare market gardening, greenhouses, poultry, pigs, season extension, and profitable crop choices.

See Bootstrap Market Gardening →

Is this mainly for commercial farming or homesteading?

It can help with either, but the material has a practical business focus. It is especially useful for people who want their property to produce income, reduce household food costs, or support a combination of self-sufficiency and direct sales.

Will the information work outside Canada?

Most of the planning, production, marketing, and startup principles apply broadly. You will still need to adjust planting dates, climate assumptions, livestock rules, processing requirements, taxes, and local regulations for your own location.

Are the greenhouse and coop plans included?

Yes. The pack includes three practical greenhouse plans and two portable chicken-coop plans. They are supplied digitally along with the related guides.

What software do I need for the spreadsheets?

The spreadsheets are intended for use with common spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc.

Can I print the books and worksheets?

The materials are delivered digitally and can generally be viewed on a computer, tablet, or phone. Buyers may print one copy for their own personal use.

Is personal coaching included?

No. This is a self-guided digital library rather than a coaching program. The guides, worksheets, and calculators are designed to help you work through the major decisions independently.

How will I receive the files?

The Complete Start Farming Pack is delivered digitally after purchase. You can begin reading the guides and using the planning tools without waiting for anything to arrive by mail.

What does the 10X value guarantee cover?

The guarantee covers the complete digital package. If you do not believe the resources delivered at least ten times the $47 purchase price in saved time, avoided mistakes, clearer decisions, or practical value, you may request a refund within 12 months.

Still deciding? The pack is the best fit when you want to compare several realistic small-farm paths before committing heavily to one enterprise.
Get the Complete Start Farming Pack—$47

Choose a Practical Place to Begin

You Do Not Need to Start With the Perfect Farm

You need one manageable enterprise, a realistic budget, and enough information to avoid the most expensive beginner mistakes.

The Complete Start Farming Pack helps you compare your options before you commit. Use it to explore several realistic small-farm paths, test the basic numbers, and choose a starting point that fits your land, market, time, and available cash.

Six practical small-farm guides

Three bootstrap greenhouse plans

Two portable chicken-coop plans

The Porkulator planning calculator

Eight harvest-planning worksheets

Farm-business spreadsheets and checklists

Instant digital delivery

Practical 10X value guarantee

Purchased separately: ~~More than $80~~ Complete Digital Pack: $47

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Start small. Test the idea. Find customers. Build what works.