If you are interested in having a garden installed in a space of your choice, here are a couple of questions to get the process started:
- Do you have a group of volunteers who can help with the maintenance (watering, weeding, etc.) of the garden?
- What do you plan to do with the produce?
- Does the space have access to water?
- What can be done to discourage theft and vandalism at this site?
Once you have answered these questions you can begin with the following steps:
- Contact Seedleaf for a free consultation (by email from this site).
- Have a soil sample done (The Fayette Co. Extention Office can do this for $5).
- Consider our financial estimate of the installation and the maintenance of the garden. (Know that a group of volunteers can greatly reduce the cost of a garden–labor is Seedleaf’s biggest expense.)
- Set a start date and keep your volunteers in the loop. Seedleaf can begin plowing as early as March (weather permitting), and is willing to begin a garden as late as July (planting by August 1 for a fall garden).