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The South '/of the Southeast%and the East'/of the Southeast % of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Township 5 North, Range 8 East, in the Town of Montrose, Dane County, Wisconsin. The East'/of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 26, Township 5 North, Range 8 East, in the Town of Montrose, Dane County, Wisconsin, EXCEPT the South 60 rods thereof. I hope to start a small farm growing blueberries, raspberries, and other small fruits (and, less likely but possibly, flowers and/or vegetables). Sales would be by pick-your-own and/or wholesale, most likely. In the long run, it might be nice to do some value-added processing on site (pies,jams, juices, etc.). A diagram of the property is shown on the next page with the most important of the proposed changes to the property. I will not have the money to make nearly all of these changes at once (I expect to take 3-7 years to complete all of them), but the changes I would like to make include: 1) Fencing -- For the eastern 3/4 or so of the property the fence would closely follow the legal outline of the property with probably 1-2 mower widths on the outside. The fence would be necessary to keep deer away from the blueberries and some other crops. The fence would be eight feet high and as unobtrusive as possible (NOT 8 feet of chain link, no barbed wire-- likely four feet of woven wire fencing and single strands of wire from there up). I would plan to use the fence as a trellis for grapes and Juneberries over time such that it should be pretty at least in the long run. Would speak with neighbor on north side to get her input on the fence before installation (have already met and talked with her once). To install the fencing, I would be removing some of the scrubby trees (boxelders, an elderberry) along the property line, but would preserve all oaks and would add small trees as just mentioned. 2) A wellhead with control box-- not shown on the map, location TBD. Near the building but away from the parking area would make sense, except that the property slopes from east to west, so for irrigation purposes having the well at the east end might make more sense (gravity will help drive water delivery). 3) A driveway and parking area -- shown tentatively on the map; I would definitely need a driveway and parking spaces for a few vehicles, but may not go the pick-your-own route (in which case I would not need a large lot). If I do need a PYO lot, a quick guesstimate based on searching (e.g., http://www.vaasphalt.org/parking-lot-design/) is that for 30 cars I would need a lot 60 feet wide and about 130 feet long. 4) A small building that would serve as a combined storage area and checkout station -- This would likely be 400-500 square feet, especially if the business is successful and I need to put in a walk-in cooler. In the short term while just establishing plants, I would potentially use something like a shipping container for storage. 5) Portable toilet-- it's got to go somewhere (no pun intended).