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A five-year development plan and budget

How to turn the map and layout into a list of projects, put them in order year by year, work out the money and hours, and not spend everything in year one

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A five-year development plan and budget

In short

  • The plan starts with a picture of the homestead in five years, drawn on the map.
  • Every project has a precondition: water and access first, protection before planting, shed and hay before livestock.
  • Permanent plantings (fruit trees, hedges) go in as early as possible, because they need the most years.
  • Add 20 % reserve to every budget, and half again to every estimate of hours.
  • Review the plan every winter and correct it. A plan that never changes is a plan nobody uses.

What's inside

Chapters

  1. Why five years
  2. From a picture of the homestead to a list of projects
  3. What must come before what
  4. Five years step by step
  5. Investment budget
  6. Time and labour
  7. Money through the year
  8. Risks and plan B
  9. The yearly review
  10. Common mistakes
  11. Printable checklist

Worksheets

  • List of projects
  • Five-year plan on one page
  • Hours and budget calculator
  • Investment log
  • Yearly review
  • A year of planning and investing

Fields and checkboxes can be filled in with Adobe Acrobat Reader (desktop and mobile), and the calculator adds up by itself. Filling in may not work in some browsers. A print version comes with the screen PDF.

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