Income-producing Colorado tree farm for sale with custom home

Income-producing Colorado tree farm has extensive water rights, new custom home

Offered for sale is an intriguing Western Colorado country
home with productive acreage that offers an excellent income stream from a
producing tree farm, hay operation and orchard. Situated on a sunny mesa
northeast of Delta, Colorado, this 37-acre parcel has excellent water rights to
serve the 2,500 market-ready trees that are offered with the property.
Surrounded by an 8-foot game fence to protect the trees, garden and orchards,
the land has deep soils and a sunny aspect to provide maximum growth.

Newly built custom home for sale has wrap-around porches, custom finishes, newly planted trees

The centerpiece of this property is a beautiful custom home
finished in 2026, featuring wrap-around post-and-beam Douglas fir porches on
all four sides, beautiful stone fireplace, high-end appliances, oversized
bathrooms and walk-in closets, 6-panel pine doors, custom blinds, and stunning
granite countertops. The interior of the 2-bedroom, 2-bath home is 1,496 square
feet, with one suite upstairs and the other suite downstairs. The porches
account for a total of 1,782 square feet. Outside, there are 110 newly planted large-diameter
trees that create both shade and privacy and are supported by a drip irrigation
system to make sure that they thrive, as well as a garden area and a secluded
hot tub pad. This Platinum Series hot tub is top of the line, accommodates six
people and has numerous therapy seats.  

Ready-for-market Colorado landscaping trees for sale near Telluride, Aspen, Crested Butte

Landscaping contractors, landscape architects and homeowners
in Colorado ski towns and resort communities are constantly on the search for
quality trees in certain sizes. Certain varieties, such as Colorado Blue Spruce,
Austrian Pine, Lanceleaf Cottonwoods, Narrowleaf Cottonwoods (both are hybrid cottonless
varieties), Newport Flowering Plums, Locusts, Aspens and a wide variety of
fruit trees such as Bing and Stella cherries, Honeycrisp, Gala, Fuji, Red
Delicious, and Granny Smith apples. There are also Bartlett and Seckel pear,
Tilton apricots and more. Deciduous trees (Leafy) are sold by the “caliper
inch”—when measured with a tree caliper, the price is calculated by the
thickness of the trunk. In resort towns such as Aspen and Crested Butte,
quality trees can fetch $100-$150 a caliper inch, meaning that a tree with a 3”
trunk could be worth over $450. Coniferous trees (Pines) are sold by the foot
of height. There are hundreds of Blue Spruce both dug and “healed in” ready for
sale and actively growing in the field. This property has 2,500 such trees, so
do the math! There is over $1,000,000 in inventory that is growing larger every
day. Not only that, the total capacity of the property is a total of 15,000
trees. Currently part of the field is in quality grass-alfalfa hay, while other
sections are fallow and ready for development. The location of this property is
ideal to serve several large tree markets—Grand Junction, Telluride, Ridgway,
Aspen, Snowmass, Glenwood Springs, Basalt, Carbondale, Gunnison, and Crested
Butte are all within a 2-hour radius of the farm.

Colorado tree farm and orchard has irrigation system with
good water rights

There is an existing gated pipe irrigation system currently
in use and an engineered drip irrigation system ready to install for efficient
growing conditions. Water is everything in western Colorado, particularly on a
dry year such as we’re experiencing, and this property is well set with quality
water rights. This 37.83-acre property has 36.5 shares of Orchard City
Irrigation District water and 5 shares of Marcott Park Reservoir and Ditch.
Water can be released through an “on call” basis, allowing for strategic
distribution over the growing season. Currently the seller is irrigating
through flood irrigation by furrows. However, a new $25,000 concrete
distribution box has been installed at the top of the property, with plans
drafted and a contract in place for an engineered drip irrigation system
through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Domestic water is
through Orchard City and the property is on a septic system.

Farm implements offered with sale of Colorado tree farm
include:

·     
2024 Bobcat 85-hp track loader

·     
36-inch Dutchman tree spade

·     
(2) 40-foot “single tripper” Con-Ex boxes for
storage

·     
numerous implements for the track loader,
including pallet forks & hydraulic forks

·     
auger drive with 24” and 9” bits

·     
brush cat/brush hog for weed
mitigation/maintenance

·     
Durango fifth-wheel camper that can accommodate
extra guests or act as a caretaker’s residence.

Colorado tree farm has infrastructure for additional
homesites, expansion of operations

Besides the ample irrigation waters, the owner has
strategically placed six “frost free” hydrants around the property for
supplemental watering and use around the house, camper, gardens and private
orchard. A 1-inch water tap is installed and ready to provide water around the
farm. This allows for six dwelling structures to be built on the property and
access to 40,000 gallons of water for future development. Beside the water
infrastructure, there are also 2 transformers set to accommodate the house, trailer
and future pump station. Fiber optic is currently run to the house and camper with
2,000 Mbps  (2- Gbps) download speeds to
accommodate all of your communications and entertainment needs.

Outstanding recreation opportunities from this Colorado
country home for sale

This property is located in a very quiet agricultural area
with views to the Uncompahgre Plateau, the Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area and
the West Elk Mountains. It is also just 5 minutes from the Gunnison River with
world class” Gold Medal” trout fishing. Powderhorn Ski Resort is a half hour
away offering some world class ski runs. Rafting, horseback riding, hiking,
mountain biking, 4-wheeling, big game hunting—it’s all within minutes of this
property. It is also located 10 minutes from the Delta County Hospital,
WalMart, Safeway, City Market, Big O Tires, Les Schwab Tires, Ace Hardware,
Tractor Supply and numerous other shops and restaurants. Away from city lights,
the stars are amazing while soaking in your new hot tub at night.