Personal farmers growing food for you, right in your backyard.
Grow-your own with professional assistance!
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Wilson Home Farms offers a truly unique service for home gardeners; the chance to have a successful, productive garden without the struggle. This service was designed to be like "A CSA in Your Backyard." A typical Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm grows produce locally and distributes the harvest to its members. Your vegetables are grown for you by a professional farmer just like a CSA or a farmers market; the difference is you get to choose what is grown in your garden, then harvest from your own garden.
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Wilson Home Farms' Garden Management service takes care of every step in the growing process, the client simply harvests the fruits! This process starts with Garden Planning. As a client, you pick each crop you would like to have grown; Wilson Home Farms then creates a unique plan for your garden. Following a bi-weekly schedule that runs from March to November, Wilson Home Farms, prepares your soil, plants the selected crops, weeds, irrigates, re-plants, organically controls pests and diseases throughout the growing season. You harvest and enjoy!
Below are a couple examples of some garden management clients.
Below are a couple examples of some garden management clients.
Client Profiles & Examples
A Company Garden
Companies have used Wilson Home Farm's Garden Management services for several reason. Some use the produce as an additional benefit for their employees or to supply an employee lunch program. Others donate the produce to the food bank.
The main crops are leaf lettuce for salads, broccoli, peas, cabbage, tomatoes and peppers. They receive bi-weekly visits from Wilson Home Farms to tend their gardens. |
The Jackson Family Garden
The Jackson Family lives in one of State College's residential sections. Their garden is 400 square feet and grows for their family of four.
Their main crops are asparagus, cucumbers, peas, and strawberries. They also have a peach tree and raspberry bushes on their home farm. The Jackson's have Wilson Home Farms out bi-weekly to weed and plant their garden. |
The James Family Raised Beds
The James family lives in a neighborhood outside of State College. They had Wilson Home Farms install their four raised beds, paths, irrigation system and growing materials.
During the first year of the garden Wilson Home Farms visited the James family monthly to coach them through their gardening season. Now in their second year, the James family has a handle of the requirements of their garden but consults with Wilson Home Farms as need. |
Restaurant Garden
State College restaurants are no stranger to the local food movement. Vegetables, meats and cheeses produced by local purveyors are all over menus, though few restaurants have made the step to produce some of their own food.
Wilson Home Farms envisions growing specific crops, on-site for restaurants seeking to please the hyper-local clientele. Good crops for restaurants include fresh herbs, which when sold by the pound are incredibly costly, specialty tomatoes, hard to find peppers and fresh salad greens. |