GardenStarts Services
Teaching you what you need to know to successfully start and maintain a vegetable garden.I can advise on one or more or all of the following topics:
Select a location for your vegetable garden.
Select size and materials for building a raised bed.
Select what vegetables to grow and when.
Select what flowers and native plants to plant to encourage pollinators, bees, birds, butterflies and hummingbirds to visit your garden.
Choose appropriate containers if you garden on a patio or deck or if you want to supplement your in ground garden.
How to prepare your soil.
How to build a compost pile.
Determine what equipment you need.
Keep garden records.
Start seeds indoors or directly outside.
Transplant seedlings.
Harden off your seedlings.
Plant your transplants in the garden.
Evaluate your plants’ growing needs.
Harvest your vegetables.
Save seeds for next year’s garden.
I make house calls so you receive personal instruction geared to your needs. There is a minimum fee for visiting your garden. Additional time beyond the first hour is charged in half hour increments. Contact me for prices.
Buy a coupon book of 5 visits/hours and receive a 10% discount.
Not using all your coupons? Donate one to a neighbor and start a neighborhood growing group!
I am also available to teach a group of neighbors. Contact me for pricing.
If during the growing season you grow more food than you are able to eat or share with family or friends, I will pick up your healthy extras and deliver it to a local food bank free of charge.