Organic Garden Consulting in the
San Francisco Bay Area

Steve in the Tomato Temple
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Steve Masley

Organic Vegetable Gardening

Edible Landscape Design

Organic Garden Troubleshooting

Composting Systems

Organic Container Gardening

Balcony Farming

In organic gardens, so much depends on how you start out. I can help you avoid mistakes that cause a lot of wasted effort and headache down the road. It’s so much easier if you get it right the first time.

If you live on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, I am available as an organic garden consultant to help you get started growing fruit, vegetables, flowers, and herbs organically. With over 25 years experience growing organically in our unique microclimate, I’ve seen many of the problems you may encounter and can offer fixes.

Italian Leaf Broccoli and Lettuces
Growing in a Raised Garden Bed
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Planting your first raised garden bed? I can help walk you through the nuances of which organic soil amendments to use, interplanting, and succession planting.

Want to turn your “California Clay” (adobe soil) into a rich clay loam for growing vegetables? I can show you how to do it in 1-2 years, instead of 10.

Want to know which vegetable varieties perform best in our area? I’ve experimented with hundreds of varieties of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, squash, and other vegetables, and know which varieties perform best in the Bay Area.

Eager to start composting, or having problems with your compost pile? I can come out and help set up and troubleshoot your compost bin or worm composting system.

Want to do an organic container garden or balcony farm? I can help with tweaking organic potting soils for growing vegetables in containers.

Want to get off chemical gardening? I can recommend organic soil amendments to replace chemical fertilizers, and set up a customized garden plan for your site that will build up populations of beneficial insects to attack garden pests before they become a problem.

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Credentials:

I’ve been growing vegetables organically in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985, and installing drought-tolerant native Californian and Mediterranean landscapes for the last 10 years.

In 2007, I re-started the student garden at the Stanford Community Farm. I taught the Local Sustainable Agriculture Field Practicum at Stanford University in 2007 and 2008.

Rates:

$80 an hour for a local site visit and consultation, minimum time 2 hours. Travel time applies for site visits beyond a 20-mile radius of Redwood City.

You’ll receive a printed list of recommendations tailored to your site and garden goals. I can supply soil amendments and plants in season for additional fees.