Grow Your Own Freedom
Raised Garden Beds
We build and install custom cedar garden beds and provide everything you need to grow your very own organic vegetable and herb garden.
Serving the Greater Reading Pennsylvania Area
We want help to you start growing your very own garden today!
Standard 4'x8'
Includes
- Cedar raised bed
- Custom blend of soil and nutrients
- Soaker hose
- Your choice of vegetables and herbs
- All of the basic information needed to nurture your veggies from garden to table
- Exclusive access to future maintenance options
Pricing starts at $749
Integrated Pest Fencing
Includes
- Cedar raised bed and pest fencing
- Custom blend of soil and nutrients
- Soaker hose
- Your choice of vegetables and herbs
- All of the basic information needed to nurture your veggies from garden to table
- Exclusive access to future maintenance options
Pricing starts at $895
Completely Customizable
Includes
- Cedar raised beds or elevated beds
- Custom blend of soil and nutrients
- Appropriate irrigation
- Your choice of vegetables and herbs
- All of the basic information needed to nurture your veggies from garden to table
- Exclusive access to future maintenance options
Pricing based on project
Testimonials
On the benefits of a home veggie garden "the enrichment of growing/cultivating/harvesting our own veggies---home grown by us! The joy of the hobby of gardening and planting. Convenience of having it in our backyard" -- Aparna
"It's so rewarding to eat the things you grow yourself. As far as our garden, we love that we can go pick fresh lettuce for the majority of the summer. It's great to need an herb for whatever we're cooking and just walk outside and get it." -- Jeff
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will my garden last?
- Cedar is naturally insect and rot resistant and has proven to last at least 10 years.
- We recommend an annual or semi annual addition of compost and nutrients to top of the bed to maintain maximum productivity.
Why Raised Beds?
- We feel raised beds are the best way to garden effectively to deal with the heavy clay soil in Berks County.
- Raised beds provide an instant garden with the perfect soil mix, are easy to maintain, and are a highly efficient use of space.
What can I grow in a 4'x8' Garden?
- We like to visualize a 4'x'8 garden in either 1 foot by 1 foot squares or 1 foot by 2 foot rectangles. This helps to design the layout for the plantings.
- We usually suggest 1 to 2 tomato plants, 1 to 2 pepper plants, 2 to 4 kale and or Swiss chard, a few herbs, which produce for a long period of time, and a mix of root vegetables like carrots, turnips, radishes, beets, and leafy salad greens that grow fast and can be replanted often if desired.
- Some plants like cucumbers and squash (and even tomatoes) are definite space hogs and we will do our best to trellis and or cage these bullies.
How often should I water my garden?
- It is recommended that a garden receives about 1 inch of rain a week. To supply this amount of water during times of infrequent rains or extreme and prolonged heat, a 4'x8' size garden bed (32 square feet) requires just 3 gallons of water day.
- It is best to water in early morning or early evening.
How much time do I need to maintain my garden?
- While we recommend engaging with your garden often (both to enjoy the outdoors and to watch and learn as the garden grows) we also understand that your life is already busy.
- We recommend and use tried and true vegetable and herb varieties.
- We can normally set up an automated irrigation system so you can set it and forget it. Our soil mix is generally weed free. And we do the best we can to plant starter seedlings. All of this attention to detail results in a garden with very minimal maintenance on a daily and weekly basis.
- We want the focus for you to be on harvesting and enjoying your bounty of produce and not on battling weeds, struggling to get seeds to sprout, or remembering to water.
Backyard Beekeeping
We started beekeeping in 2016, had an amazing honey crop in 2017 but then lost our hives over the winter heading into 2018. Jordan dug deep into the literature and was determined to rebuild during the summer of 2018. He has been busy building his own hive bodies and frames, and learning about colony expansion, queen rearing and treatment free beekeeping. He is by no means an expert but may be a little further along in beekeeping than you are. If you have any questions about getting started with beekeeping, feel free to contact us to learn more.
Home Fruit Growing
In the last few years we have nearly completed our mini backyard orchard and have been able to prioritize our recommendations for the best fruit to start growing.
- Strawberries, raspberries (including black raspberries) and blueberries are probably the best to start with. They are easy to grow, start producing fruit in just a couple of years or less and require minimal maintenance. Blueberries most likely will require protection from birds.
- Next, thornless blackberries*, jostaberries, service berries* and gooseberries would be good later additions. *Probably will require protection from birds. It is important to note that gooseberries do have fairly decent thorns and we HIGHLY recommend thornless blackberries.
- If you're adventurous, our next recommendations are for nanking cherry, goumi, and figs. Figs definitely will provide a challenge, but the reward is divine. The nice thing about nanking cherries and goumis is that they are a nice early season fruit.
- Finally, and we will update this when the time comes and we have more personal experience, certain disease resistant varieties of apples, pawpaws, European and Asian pears, American and Asian persimmons, mulberries, medlar, goji, and jujube all show promise for the Berks County area. We are also trying out some varieties of hazelnuts as well.
- One thing to note and have fun with, is that we also live in an area where with a little foraging, we can find tasty wild blackberries, black raspberries, wineberries, mulberries, and maybe even pawpaws.