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The most labor intensive part of getting a garden going is breaking ground. More than likely you will need to remove grass, break up hard clay soil, buy or rent a tiller, go to the store to purchase organic material, fertilizer and lime, and then spend a good part of your weekend laboring over this area. Creative Habitats offers a service that makes this easier for you.
Once the ground is prepared you can easily order or buy seed and plant it. Here is a description of what you get:
- You will need to clearly mark an area of about 225 square feet of grass (15' x15') in a very sunny area of your yard; we will remove and dispose of the grass - 100.00
- Break up ground to a depth of 8" - 75.00
- Addition of 2.5 Cubic Yards of finely ground mulch and decayed wood chips. - 125.00
- Addition of 15# lime and 10# 13-13-13 fertilizer- 35.00
(If you want to go purely organic, amending this space with Black Cow Maneur can be used. You will need about 50 bags at 7.50/bag. This includes material, delivery and labor for putting it out.)
- Till area - 85.00
- Set up 3' tall sprinkler with automatic timer, up to 50' of hose buried shallow in grass if needed. You will be left with the receipt for this timer should it malfunction. - 125.00
- Drop off 5 bails of pine straw to put around plants after germination (this is done by the customer, we save you the trip to the store) - 25.00
Total - 570.00 for homes within a 15 mile radius of our office
If you were to rent a sod cutter and tiller, then buy the materials, this would cost about 370.00.
It is the customers' responsibility to have cable lines etc. marked (800-292-8525) and any other underground items such as irrigation lines or power add-ons. In the event there is a break, most items we can fix for a small fee. If we hit a lot of rock or debris we will need to discuss with you what to do. We also need to be able to get small machine into your yard through a gate; the width of this machine is 40".
With this service we are similar to the doctor that delivers a baby, once the child is delivered; raising it is the responsibility of the parents. We do the groundwork and the success of the garden after that is the customers' responsibility. We do welcome and encourage questions so that we can learn more about this aspect of horticulture. This is a new area for us and we want to become as educated as possible in it.
Once this area is established, in subsequent years there should not be much more work than tilling and a little bit of organic matter.
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Areas We Service: Auburn, AL, Opelika, AL, Pepperell, AL, Columbus, AL, Tuskegee, AL,
Tallassee, AL, Alexander City, AL, Dadeville, AL, Montgomery, AL, Prattville, AL |
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