Drip-irrigated vegetable beds bordered by woods in early fall, Danbury NH

No-till growing, from the soil up

Growing consultations, garden design and setup for homeowners, landowners and small farms, from Concord to Lebanon and the Upper Valley.

Services

Help at every stage of a garden

Every site is different, so every plan starts with a visit. The principles stay the same: protect the soil, feed its biology, and let it do the work.

Growing consultations

A visit to walk your garden or field, look at the soil and talk through what you want to grow. You leave with a clear plan for this season and for building the soil over the next few.

Garden design

Layouts for new gardens or ones that need rethinking: bed sizes and paths, water, what to plant where, and a rotation and cover crop plan that fits your space and your time.

Setup

Hands-on installation: no-till beds built with compost and mulch, drip irrigation, and first plantings, so you start with a system that works from day one.

Homeowners and landownersStarting a first garden, growing more of your own food, or fixing a garden that has stopped producing.
Small farmsMoving to no-till, or refining a no-till system already in place: bed prep without tillage, cover crop timing, tarping and mulch.

Approach

Soil first

Healthy, living soil grows healthy food. Organic practice follows from that because it is what the soil needs.

  1. 1
    No-tillLeaving the soil unturned keeps its structure and fungal networks intact, so the garden gets better each year instead of starting over.
  2. 2
    Cover cropsSoil is never left bare. Cover crops feed soil life, add organic matter and hold the ground through winter.
  3. 3
    Crop rotationMoving plant families from bed to bed breaks pest and disease cycles and balances what each crop takes from the soil.
Spring garden: beds topped with compost beside rows covered with weighted tarps
Early spring: compost-topped beds and tarps smothering weeds, with no tilling.

Free garden reference charts

Companion planting, soil amendments, cover crops, pests and disease, and plant deficiencies, all searchable from your phone.

Open the charts

Contact

Let's talk about your garden

Call or email to set up a visit. Serving Concord to Lebanon and the Upper Valley.

Phone603-409-7399
Emailsmallfarmnh@gmail.com
Based in

Danbury, New Hampshire