For rates on your gardening dreams and needs, please contact

EllenRBunch@gmail.com

More organics gardener, Ellen Bunch, is an Illinois Master Gardener and previous employee of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.  Focusing on organic gardening and permaculture design to make the urban garden a place where a city dweller can grow food, flowers, and beneficial plants.

LINKS:

Chicago Botanical Gardens

Illinois Master Gardener, U of I extension

Organic Gardening Magazine

Worm Lady, worm composting

Edible Chicago

We provide a wide veriety of services including:
garden planning, planting, maintenance, watering, organic seeds plants and soil, composter construction, consultation, soil testing, garden-sitting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gardening tip: It's time to start thinking about what you'd like to do this spring. While the tulips and daffodils are resting awaiting the warmth, you can keep warm inside with planning your 2010 garden. If you collected seeds, you can include those in your plans. Take a large piece of paper and get to drawing. Don't forget to mark in your perennials, and trees. Think about shade and light, what colors you want to bloom, what herbs you want near your kitchen door. Many companies offer free catalogs that you can order from their websites so you have a visual reference. It's always fun to try something new too, so look into those weird plants you think you'd like to try!

For a little fun in the winter, add a bird feeder. The birds will love you for it during these cold months when food is scarce. Many commercial feeds have a lot of seeds that we find as weeds, so make your own with

• Rolled oats (not instant)
• Sunflower seeds
• Dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, or just about any dried fruit)
• Peanuts