337: Turning Tillable Into Tourism: How Corey Sullivan Is Making Money With A U-Pick Flower Business On His Hunting Property

Habitat Podcast

Jared Van Hees

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Habitat Podcast #337 - In today’s episode of The Habitat Podcast, we sit down with friend of the podcast Corey Sullivan! We discuss: Corey shares updates on his busy life and excitement for summer activities He discusses habitat management challenges in Minnesota The importance of managing deer populations for better age structure Transitioning from tillable land to a U-pick flower business Plans to reduce tillable acreage for wildlife and business needs Utilizing CRP for habitat and income on the farm Focus on timber management after logging to improve deer habitat Planting hybrid willows for visual barriers and habitat enhancement Emphasis on creating thick cover for deer security during hunting season Learning curve with no-till planting and soil management Collaboration with local co-ops for resources and support Plans for future habitat improvements and community engagement Balancing family life with habitat management and business growth The potential for agro-tourism with U-pick operations Importance of community and neighbor relationships in land management And So Much More! Shop the new Amendment Collection from Vitalize Seed here: ⁠https://vitalizeseed.com/collections/new-natural-amendments ⁠ PATREON - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon - Habitat Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brand new HP Patreon for those who want to support the Habitat Podcast. Good luck this Fall and if you have a question yourself, just email us @ info@habitatpodcast.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon - Habitat Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Latitude Outdoors - Saddle Hunting: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/hplatitude⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stealth Strips - Stealth Outdoors: Use code Habitat10 at checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/stealthstripsHP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Midwest Lifestyle Properties - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3OeFhrm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Vitalize Seed Food Plot Seed - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/vitalizeseed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Down Burst Seeders - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/downburstseeders⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 10% code: HP10 Morse Nursery - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/MorseTrees⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 10% off w/code: HABITAT10 Packer Maxx - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/PACKERMAXX⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ $25 off with code: HPC25 First Lite --> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3EDbG6P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LAND PLAN Property Consultations – HP Land Plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LAND PLANS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a review for a FREE DECAL - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://apple.co/2uhoqOO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Morse Nursery Tree Dealer Pricing – info@habitatpodcast.com Habitat Podcast YOUTUBE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAUuvU9t25FOSstoFiaNdg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us: info@habitatpodcast.com habitat management / deer habitat / food plots / hinge cut / food plot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.6	Take time to think
0:26.5	Yeah but where I'm done.
0:29.6	Pretty much all encompassing on the entire 53 acres has been fair game for me to do, you know, my habitat management stuff on.
0:38.0	The 18 acres of tillable.
0:39.7	We enrolled 10 of it into CRP.
0:42.9	And then typically I'm doing like five-ish acres of last year was beans.
0:49.0	This year is corn.
0:50.1	Just trying to make a destination, you know, for the deer to transition from my woods to
0:54.8	the tillable acreage. That being said, my wife has always had a dream of doing like a you-pick
1:00.5	flower business. Actually, you pick anything, berries, flowers, you know, whatever. Last year,
1:06.9	we did an experimental planting of sunflowers that turned out amazing. The business wasn't really established then, but we just opened it up to the local community,
1:15.6	and over the course of two weekends had like 250 people show up to take photos and to pick sunflowers, you know?
1:22.6	So that really got my wife excited about this whole you pick idea.
1:26.6	There's nothing around here like that.
1:29.5	So got the LLC established and this year is the first official year doing sunflower
1:35.6	and zinia plantings.
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