If you’re just beginning your garden journey to freedom, the inputs you choose now are very important! The more you work with nature, the less additives are necessary for your garden to thrive. Utilizing Regenerative soil techniques, Permaculture pri...
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Tools of the Trade
A-Game Gardeners
Feeding Soils
Gadgets
D.I.Y. Garden Space
Go-Go Garden necessities
Tools of the Trade
To begin your garden journey, these tools of the trade are vital! From pots and raised beds to the best seeds for heirlooms, I’ve got ya covered!
Some of my favorite seeds come from Botanical Interests. They have unusual cultivars & heritage heirlooms in varieties of all kinds. I love Epic Gardening, too; you will see their shop as well.
Botanical Interests
And of course no gardening recommendations list would be complete without Baker’s! These guys are THE seed brokers, they have everything you need to get started and more, rare cultivars, heirlooms, enough to keep you looking through their catalog for...
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company
Another source for garden beds is eBay; just for comparison so that you can get the best deal and what’s right for your budget. EBay also offers a credit card that rewards you with eBay points every time you shop.
Raised garden bed Boxes for sale
This is the coconut coir I buy in bulk, it’s washed 4x & 100% organic, my plants and worms seem to love it! This is a better option than peat moss as it’s abundant, sustainably sourced; perfect pH range of neutral to slightly acidic
Pallet of Premium Coco Coir Blocks Bulk Order (10LB/5KG Each) - Ideal Organic
I do so love these grow bags, they’re so much better than plastic, and if you’re like me in FL, Zome 9, the thought of metal near my plants’ roots in July-August is 🔥🥵 scorching… I’ll be honest, all pots have idiosyncrasies, pros and cons to be mea...
Plant Bags for sale - eBay
A-Game Gardeners
This is another YouTube channel enterprise that can seriously step up your garden game and get you in the field. Passionate about organic gardening, filled with information you need to truly appreciate how our plants work
Growing Out The Box
One of the best channels on YouTube, Epic Gardening & Kevin E. has inspired gardeners all over the world for over a decade. He’s passionate about organic gardening and shares science-based advice and home experiments which help us to understand t...
Epic Gardening
Regenerative farming is THE answer to our most pressing environmental and health needs, and can ensure a cruelty- and suffering-free existence for the sweet lives of the animals on which we depend. Mother Earth was never cruel, sustainability was ALW...
Regenerative Farmers of America
Feeding Soils
When you feed the soils, and help to rebuild the biome that has been lost in this industrial age, your plants are able to take up all the nutrients they need, your environment improves, and you will have less pests to deal with! Healthy soil means a ...
I bought my worms here on eBay and they are still thriving 2 years later. They have eaten, bred, and even moved with me twice, I have nothing but nice things to say; I originally went through Satilla River Worm Co. in Georgia, which is near enough to...
Red Wiggler Composting Worms
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Best organic granular fertilizers, including probiotics & even mycorrhizae! The BioTone starter gives the best foundation for starting, whether propagating a clone or sowing seeds. Tomatoes & Peppers LOVE the TomatoTone. My roses gobble up th...
Espoma Organic Fertilizers
Your garden’s ecosystem is a complex web of symbiotic life…we insect activity to support a nurturing environment. So if you have some pest problems, chances are you are actually LACKING in some insects—yes you read that correctly! If you have pests b...
NaturesGoodGuys
Alfalfa pellets are a great way to feed your plants while regenerating the soil, and ensuring a nutrient-rich cycle by encouraging the soil web of life to proliferate. Our gardens need their biomes to produce healthy, wonderful growth. Healthy soils ...
Espoma Organic Alfalfa Meal
The first thing you need is compost, but which one? I have the perfect solution: worms! These little guys eat TWICE their weight in food scraps & put out what we like to call Black Gold fertilizer. There’s nothing better for plants than the rich ...
Worm Kits
Gadgets
These nifty devices can save you a ton of work on your journey to self-sufficiency! Whether you’re an urban gardener just starting out or a seasoned homesteader, life becomes so much easier when you have a composter in your kitchen
Another compost method that I LOVE is the Lomi by Pela; just throw your food scraps in, get compost or soil out. It’s basically a grinder & dehydrator, so this is perfect fir those of us renting, especially in an apartment! We can still have comp...
Lomi
The other selection for kitchen composting, this nifty trash can does a whole lot more than stink & require cleanup; turn your food scraps into Garden Gold, & grow those tomatoes you always wanted
Mill: The odorless, effortless food recycler
Another awesome site I discovered through Instagram, Vego has various kinds of composters to make your life easier, your soil healthier, and your garden greener
Vego Composter | Sustainable Solutions for Your Kitchen
Seed to Spoon’s platform is easy to use and informative
From Seed to Spoon Vegetable Garden Planner Mobile App – From ...
D.I.Y. Garden Space
Jake and his “Dirtbag America” series is quintessential DIY for the industrious who like to reuse, recycle, and up-cycle… highly recommend, Jake has great ideas and projects and is funny and entertaining to boot
Jacob Cochrane
Sometimes the best places fir incidentals are the smaller hardware stores
Tractor Supply Company
If you are going to DIY there’s no place like the hardware store. Each and every one of these places have their share of plants, seeds, soils, foods for your garden
Lowe's Home Improvement
And of course the King of DIY stores
The Home Depot
Go-Go Garden necessities
Ah, to get from point A to B in our gardens necessitates some essential tools…
Whether you go for the super heavy-duty or the fun foldable fabric, you need a wagon to assist you in the garden, to carry your plants, tools, pots, & fertilizers in style
Garden Carts/Utility Wagons for sale
Where I live these smaller stores are usually where I find the niftiest selections of incidentals