Grow something that comes back.
Perennial designs, plants, and tends kitchen gardens for people who want the harvest without guessing at the hard parts.
Zone 7a
The planting calendar.
Sow when the amber bar starts. Eat when the green one does. The garden keeps the schedule — we just wrote it down.
Garden plans
Pick a bed. We'll bring the shovels.
The Starter Bed
One 4×8 raised bed, soil, drip line, and a first-season planting plan you can actually keep up with.
$1,450 installedThe Kitchen Garden
Three beds, trellising, and monthly tending visits April through October. Dinner starts outside.
$4,200 + $180/moThe Homestead
Full yard design: beds, berries, fruit trees, and compost that runs itself. A five-year plan, planted in one.
Quoted site visit firstThe almanac
Notes from the beds.
Last frost is a range, not a date
Why we plant tomatoes in two waves — and which wave usually wins.
SoilYour compost isn't too wet. It's too bored.
Turning schedules, browns-to-greens, and the smell test that never lies.
PestsMarigolds are doing more work than you are
Companion planting that actually holds up, and the folklore that doesn't.
The best time to plant was ten years ago.
The second best time is this Saturday, 9 AM, when we do free site visits.
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