The Farm Team

Excellent turnkey business and lifestyle opportunity presently operated as Te-Em Farm on a 40 acre property (20 acres workable) with high income potential close to good customer base. Located on Ontarios beautiful lake shore, only 10 minutes from Bayfield and 15 minutes from Goderich. Sandy soil is great for many crops, presently strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, field tomatoes and pumpkins are among some of the fruits/vegetables grown. Large pond is used for the field irrigation. 2900 heat units. Lots of room for expansion and or increasing product line.

One acre of connected greenhouses, presently used for Teds Tasty Tomatoes, bedding plants, hanging baskets, geraniums and a well balanced product line, has adequate well water supply.
Gorgeous natural setting with lots of lifestyles amenities in the vicinity such as Lake Huron, golf courses, arts community, campgrounds and more.

Nineteenth century farmhouse is ready to move in, with a new roof in 2009. New kitchen floor in Jan 2010. All farm and greenhouse equipment is included with purchase price and inventory is negotiable at time of sale. Services include high speed internet and natural gas.

Assets of Te-Em Farm
- Beautiful farm
- Close to public, separate and Christian schools, busses at lane
- Recycling every week
- 40 acres, 20 workable
- Wheelchair assessable
- Windbreak trees to the west and east have helped to shelter the greenhouses on numerous windy occasions
- Strawberries, 4 acres
- Asparagus, 1 acre
- Raspberries, acre
- Beautiful sandy soil is a joy to work with
- Relatively weed free as weeding practices are kept up
- Pond for irrigation of field crops. Water taking permit in place
- Drilled well, (180 32 gal/min pump) to water the greenhouses, 100 gall per min
- Red maple trees, and flowering crab trees with daffodils underneath to provide a breathtaking sight in the spring
- Large clientele, with 5 campgrounds and lots of cottages in the area
- Sales are approx 70 retail and the remainder wholesale
- Gas line to greenhouse and 90 is heated with gas
- Lovely attractive water feature at retail entrance
- Customer washrooms
- Staff room
- Greenhouse office
- Shading curtain system installed in bays A-F in Jan 04, G-H Dec 08
- 400 amp hydro in the greenhouses

Water in all greenhouses can be heated or used as cold water. Fertilizer can be added also. All hanging basket drippers in all greenhouses are Netafin drippers which are the top of the line.

The Bays and all houses except 8-11 have lights in them for the night work or checkups.

Each line of baskets can be watered individually. Each greenhouse has its own hose.
1. A) water hose on reel, drippers are hooks for 342 hanging baskets (6 lines)
B) water hose on reel, benches, drippers and hooks for 552 hanging baskets, gas heater, chain pull roof vent
C) water hose on reel, benches, drippers and hooks for 552 hanging baskets, gas heater motorized roof vent. Also one large under bench fan, Washrooms are off C
D) water hose on reel, steel mesh benches, 1 priva heater, drippers and hooks for 276 hanging baskets, motorized roof vent, 5 HID lights, also one large under bench fan
E) water hose on reel, benches, gas heater, drippers and hooks for 276 hanging baskets motorized roof vent, 3 HID lights, also one large bench fan, monorail system to F
F) water heated center bench for starting plants, water heated germination chamber, gas heater, drippers and hooks for 338 hanging baskets, motorized roof vent, monorail system to E with 2 hanging carts, water heated rooting bench. The water for the 2 benches is heated by a gas fired boiler. Also one large under bench fan.
G) water hose, benches, cement pad, drippers and hooks for 552 hanging baskets chain roof vent, cement pad at front of greenhouse
H) water hose, bench, drippers and hooks for 207 hanging baskets chain roof vent
Soil room,.bench, storage, skid size (4x4x7) flat and pot storage bins shipping area... water hose and cement pad to make it easy loading into the van and trailer for wholesaling.

Greenhouses:
Boiler room has 2 fertilizer injectors, 675000 BTU oil fired boiler, with Viesman water heater
4) Gas heater, 4 HAF fans, water heating off boiler which also heats other water for greenhouses. This house is set up for tomatoes with Anderson injectors and drip system, 2 44 exhaust fans
5) Oil furnace x2, roll up sides, drippers for 270 hanging baskets, 2 44 exhaust fans
6) Gas heater roll up side, drippers and hooks for 484 hanging baskets, 240 hanging bags, this house is also the header house for greenhouse 7-11
7) benches, gas heater, roll up side, 4 HAF fans, drippers for 204 hanging baskets, 2 44 exhaust fans
8) Gas heater, drippers for 85 hanging baskets, roll up side, sprinkler system
9) Gas heater, drippers for 85 hanging baskets, roll up side, sprinkler system, s 9-10-11 have headers for 5 drip lines
10) role up side, sprinkler system
11) Gas heater, drippers for 85 hanging baskets, roll up side, sprinkler system
12) cold frame, header and drop lines for 700 pots
13) cold frame
14) cold frame
12-13-14 have overhead sprinklers and can be watered from the pond or the well
Outside mum area.. ground cover with headers, and drippers for 2,688 garden mums, this area can be watered overhead from the pond or the well. Nursery stock and perennial area at the retail area can be watered from the pond or the well as well.
- New green houses 15,000 sq. ft plus store
- 25,000 sq. ft plastic free standing greenhouses

House:
- Older stately home
- Central vac
- Water softener
- Laundry room and laundry tubs
- Stove, fridge, washer, dryer, may be purchased
- Drip irrigation for baskets and water for flower beds around the house
- TV dish
- Curtains, may be purchased
- New roof in fall 2009
- New kitchen floor, Jan 2010
- High speed internet

For more information please check out their website at www.te-emfarm.ca