Great point, you can never do too much market research before starting out. I have done a fair share of that to help inform these ideas. That would be a helpful topic and a good idea for another post. I just deleted a long ramble about that and will do another post on that sometime. :)

I have done some market research including following the closest farmers market for the past few years, I have relatives in the area that all eat pork and eggs, I do have enough experience with pigs and raising chicks to know its more about the right equipment and environment than the amount of time with only 5 pigs and a few dozen chicks to start. I'm clueless about flowers, that'll be the bigger learning curve probably. But you never know what the homestead and the market will throw your way. Thanks for the advice, the more informed the better, and I still have much to learn. If I can do $4k next year and progress to $10k the year after, I'll be very happy.

Its often been said, we tend to over-estimate what we can do in a year, but we under-estimate what we can do in five years. I'm keeping that mind.