Building a Profitable Business from Home as a Mom: Lessons from a Micro Bakery | Lily of Flour Barn Bakery (Episode 302)
Juggling motherhood and entrepreneurship comes with unique challenges and unique rewards. In this episode with Lily of The Flour Barn, we talk about running a thriving micro bakery while managing a blog, YouTube channel, and teaching schedule. From setting boundaries and avoiding burnout to slowing down and auditing systems for smarter growth, Lily shares the rhythms that keep her business sustainable and her home life prioritized. We cover her weekly workflow, stress-reducing systems, lessons from five years of menu refinement, and when to choose freshly milled whole grains vs. white flour. Whether you’re dreaming of starting a business or simply looking for inspiration to work smarter at home, you’ll love this conversation!
In this episode, we cover:
- Managing a full plate as an entrepreneurial mother: running a micro bakery with a blog, YouTube, storefront, and teaching classes
- Finding rhythms that allow space for being present in your real life without turning every moment into content
- The importance of establishing realistic boundaries that make business sustainable over the long haul
- Balancing business growth with your true priorities and how opportunity can sometimes become a burden
- The payoff of slowing down to do the deep work– audit systems, strategize well, and make your work easier instead of getting stuck in old ways
- Weekly rhythm breakdown for a weekend microbakery: grocery runs, baking classes, dough prep, lamination and proofing days– getting it all done as a mom of littles
- Small business systems that reduce stress: online pre-orders, projecting sales, and intentionally slow growth
- Lessons learned from five years of refining the menu and workflow for maximum profit (without burning out)
- Diving into our philosophies on when to use choose the nutrient density of freshly-milled whole grains vs. when to opt for the effectiveness of white flour
- Adjusting all-purpose recipes for whole grains without sacrificing texture or flavor
About Lily
Lily is the co-owner of the Flour Barn Bakery, a small bakery situated on their fourth generation family farm. She spends her days baking, teaching classes, creating recipes and raising her young family.
Resources Mentioned
Listen to Lily’s previous appearances on Simple Farmhouse Life
Sarah Kieffer’s lamination method
Join my FREE masterclass to learn my 4-step framework for making money on YouTube
Master the rhythm of sourdough with confidence in my Simple Sourdough course
Gain the sewing knowledge and skills every homemaker needs in my Simple Sewing series
Turn your content creation dreams into a profitable business with my YouTube Success Academy
Keep all my favorite sourdough recipes at your fingertips in my Daily Sourdough cookbook
Connect
Lily of Flour Barn Bakery | Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Pinterest
Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest
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