‘$64 Tomato’: A Quest for the Perfect Garden I started with the costs of building the garden (orchard excluded):
Garden design $300
Initial construction $8,500
Extra charge for stump pulling $300
Irrigation and drip hoses $1,100
Cedar edging $400
Electric fencing equipment (exclusive of charger) $400
Posthole digger $50
Posts for fencing $50
Two wrought iron gates and posts $400
Additional topsoil $250
Havahart trap $65
Velcro tomato wraps $5
Cedar for tomato posts $10
Steel edging $1,200
Labor for installation of edging $600
Forsythia border (including labor) $700
Gas-powered hedge trimmer for forsythia $75
Wood-chip mulch for forsythia $300
Chipper/shredder for shredding leaves for
compost $400
Dark bark mulch (fifty bags at $3 per bag) $150
Push lawn mower for lawn paths $80
Bag for lawn mower (never used) $40
Gas-powered lawn mower for garden $215
Garden books $100
Garden-magazine subscriptions $150
Peat moss and other miscellaneous soil additives $125
Removal of two trees $600
The above is for the first year
May 08, 2015
‘$64 Tomato’: A Quest for the Perfect Garden I started with the costs of building the garden (orchard excluded):
Garden design $300
Initial construction $8,500
Extra charge for stump pulling $300
Irrigation and drip hoses $1,100
Cedar edging $400
Electric fencing equipment (exclusive of charger) $400
Posthole digger $50
Posts for fencing $50
Two wrought iron gates and posts $400
Additional topsoil $250
Havahart trap $65
Velcro tomato wraps $5
Cedar for tomato posts $10
Steel edging $1,200
Labor for installation of edging $600
Forsythia border (including labor) $700
Gas-powered hedge trimmer for forsythia $75
Wood-chip mulch for forsythia $300
Chipper/shredder for shredding leaves for
compost $400
Dark bark mulch (fifty bags at $3 per bag) $150
Push lawn mower for lawn paths $80
Bag for lawn mower (never used) $40
Gas-powered lawn mower for garden $215
Garden books $100
Garden-magazine subscriptions $150
Peat moss and other miscellaneous soil additives $125
Removal of two trees $600
The above is for the first year