Judit Duda
Owner and soil lead
Judit reads every soil report and writes the plan for every garden. She started the company because most garden advice starts with plants, and she wanted to start with what's under them.
About us
A small crew that reads the soil first
Garden advice usually starts with plants. We start with what's under them, because a bed that's low in organic matter or off on acidity won't be fixed by planting more.
We're five people in season, working Madison and the towns around it. Judit writes the plan from each soil report, and George and Jacob carry it out, a bed and a month at a time. You'll see the same faces each visit, and the card we leave says what we did.
A soil report before any work
A written plan in plain words
The same crew each month
The crew
Who comes to your garden
Two more people join us from April to October.
George Carter
Garden lead
George runs the monthly visits and writes the card you find after each one: what went on the beds, what to watch, and what we'll do next time.
Jacob Bennett
Crew, pruning and clean-ups
Jacob does the pruning and the spring and fall clean-ups, and tells the rest of us when a shrub needs a closer look.
See what your soil says
The first visit tells you what each bed needs before you spend on anything else.