As the lockdown began, heightened concern about the food supply made growing-your-own an appealing option. This year because of the pandemic, two-thirds of those established programs took a pass.īut it’s turned into a bumper year for home gardening. In normal years, the team usually worked gardens in senior housing complexes and day care, camp and school programs, offering education and fresh vegetables. While A Backyard Farm added a significant number of new residential customers this year, a chunk of its business evaporated. “We create mini greenhouses over the beds in early March so if your bed in the fall, you get the early spring planting.” Many clients have beds installed in fall so they can hit the ground running in the spring, said James. When we get them off on a good start, they can be successful.” “They don’t know about spacing, and plants get crowded out. They need the right soil, enough light, decent drainage,” Gregor added. “When a lot of people get started, they don’t understand how much there is to it. Beds start at $1,500, which includes delivery, installation, soil mixture, gates, rabbit fence and trellises. Knowledgeable gardeners can pay for installation, with raised or elevated beds and soil, then take it from there by themselves.
Another plan is to choose mentoring for $75/hour a mentor will make monthly visits and work with customers to teach them gardening skills to help them reap what they sow. Like Brice, customers can choose to have everything done for them with weekly visits by garden workers.
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They also teach people how to grow vertically on trellises, which can double the size of the garden.Ī Backyard Farm offers homeowners three options. “We start early and do succession planting so there are two or three harvests they’re still picking until the first of November.” “We use an intense method of gardening that gets a lot of food from small yards,” James said. “We can do as much or as little as they want,” said Joan James, who founded A Backyard Farm with her business partner/spouse, Coleen Gregor, 11 years ago. Paul business that goes to work for inexperienced or busy city dwellers who want the harvest without the hassle. Her elevated garden bed, complete with trellis, was installed and planted, then weeded, tended and watered by A Backyard Farm, a St. So Brice hired helpers who are getting their hands dirty on her behalf. We wanted a garden, but we didn’t have the time.” “At the same time that so many people had their hours cut, work got busier for both of us. “We planned a trip to New Orleans friends from New York were coming for a visit, all canceled,” said Brice, an attorney. The fresh organic vegetables are a treat for Brice and her partner. Paul garden is also producing tomatoes, kale, beans, lettuces and fragrant basil - perfect for endless batches of pesto. What’s made the cruciferous vegetable all the tastier is that the slender stalks that Brice, 43, is tossing in stir-fries, salads and pasta come from her own backyard.
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