Grow by evidence, not excitement

Context

How and when the project expands. The model describes phases opened by gates (see growth-operations).

Decision (proposed)

Start with one modest site. Open the next stage only when evidence — plantings surviving, systems working, funding steady — clears the gate. Keep day-to-day work light enough for two part-time people.

Why

Expanding on excitement rather than evidence is how small projects overreach, and balancing growth against the actual work is hard even at national scale.

Constraints

Two part-timers; burnout is a bigger threat than most external risks.

Revisit when

A gate is genuinely met and capacity, funding, and appetite line up.