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What they do, after the beds are readied, is plant. They consult with you on what you want to have grown/harvested, and when. If you don't want rutabagas, they won't plant them. They have expertise in what grows best, when, in our particular part of the northwest, so the varieties they select are more likely to succeed than those that may just look pretty outside the grocery store, which may or may not be timely to plant. Once the planting is done, they come weekly and do maintenance, which includes weeding, eventually harvesting, succession planting etc. They set up the trellises, the watering apparatus should that become necessary (I'm skeptical given our barrage of weather recently. I'm sure we got an inch of rain on Easter Sunday), and do the necessary composting. Once produce is ready to harvest, it shows up in a basket on your porch. The produce grown on your site is for you, unless otherwise arranged, such as a double lot on the block that may then feed more than one household. But most, including ours, will feed us and whomever we can get to join us for dinner on occasion. Yes we pay for this, but the way we see it, is this year, they will show us what our particular piece of land is capable of, it's potential, if you will. Next year, we will utilize their services in a different way. They have a consulting service, where they visit you once a month, and work with you, teaching you on what needs to be done, when, as well as give you that month's section of their book, which I think is just out now. So, the following year, we should be officially launched as sustainable level gardeners, able to feed ourselves seasonally from our land. Then they are freed up to move on to the next semi-novice sustainably minded family, and so on and so on. Also, utilizing "Your Backyard Farmer" feels good in the quest to support local businesses, and this one, even woman owned. Multiple pluses.
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