Garden Consulting through Rabbit’s Dance Farm
 
Kristin Lewis of Rabbit’s Dance Farm brings the experience of a 7-year seasoned vegetable farmer to your door. Contact Kristin for your own, personalized sessions to help you plan your season for a more bountiful and smooth harvest. I can teach you how to: **Extend your harvest into December; **Grow more vigorous transplants; **Heat your greenhouse with wood; **Harvest with proper techniques; **Effectively store your harvest; **Use remay effectively; **Draw in beneficial insects as pest control; **Control deer and woodchuck damage; And More! From planning to harvest, I can help you: **Create a plan for the season (Figure how much to grow of what varieties, When to start which seeds, When to transplant and harvest); **Organize your garden to maximize space and efficiency; **Find helpful tools to speed up your work; **Identify pests and diseases; **Create solutions to mid-season blocks; And More! Did you know you can easily harvest into December? Do you know how to protect your tomatoes from disease in 2010? Did you know that most gardeners blame rabbits for woodchuck damage? And that a woodchuck can eat your entire small garden in less than a half hour? Find out what you may be missing, to make your life easier and your garden more successful. If you are stuck or wanting to take your gardening to the next level, I can help. We’ll discuss your garden fantasies, and create a plan to help them come true. Grow Your Best Garden Ever in 2010 Photo Gallery EARLY SPRING heating the greenhouse with wood organizing seedlings hardening off seedlings, woodchuck fencing growing healthy seedlings SUMMER tomatoes, staked, mulched and fit to be tied potatoes, hilled, hoed, and CPB-free bolt-resistant lettuce, densely planted watermelons growing in luscious vines early bulbing sweet onions Gardening requires knowledge, skill, and experience. Benefit from mine, and enjoy a successful garden as soon as this season! RATES: General: $50 per hour Package Rates available, see Consultation Details below for more information. CONSULTATION DETAILS: I offer 2 products:  1) Personal Consultation; 2) Follow-Up/During Season Consultations.    1) Personal Consultation:   The initial Consultation is 1.5 hours long.  This meeting is a chance for you to ask me questions about anything vegetable garden related. In other words, I come to your home, and you have 1.5 hours to "pick my brain".     The session costs $75.  If you live more than 30 minutes from me, I also charge for travel, door-to-door.  Following consultations are 1 hour long and cost $50.     This consultation does not include follow-up, and I do not present you with any materials.  I will answer any vegetable gardening questions you have.  I suggest you have a clipboard, pen and paper at hand to take notes.     2) Follow-Up/Mid-Season Consultations:    You may want to check in with me during the season as questions arise.  For these kinds of consultations I offer package plans.   Option 1*: Three 1/2 hour follow-up phone check-ins during the season (defined as April through December).  Cost is $70.   Option 2*: Five 1/2 hour follow-up phone check-ins during the season.  Cost is $120.   Option 3**: On-site visits during the season.  These are great if you have plant damage and you're unsure of the source of the damage, if you are unsure when or how to harvest certain crops, if you need weeding tips.  Or if you want help with any other vegetable questions that having a garden expert in person would help clarify.      The cost is $50 per hour.     *Please note that to qualify for Options 1 and 2, I must see your garden at least once before, either during a Personal Consultation, or Option 3 Follow-Up.   **Option 3 may be a first-time visit, and does not require that I have visited your garden previously.     Please note that these products do not include physical gardening services.  Nor do they include any guarantee of garden success, as none of us has control over the weather or the season.  However, the follow-up plans are great for trouble-shooting and making plan-change decisions mid-season during a tricky season (such as the last two).     If you decide to go with the Personal Consultation option, please read over this page and spend time thinking about what you want to know.  Write up your questions, sit with them and think through the season, then clarify your questions again.  This way you can get the most out of your session.     You can start a garden as late as August! Contact me today and we can plant the seeds of the plan for your future harvests.