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Tools for the Garden

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my go to items that keep me enjoying the outdoors right outside of my house and allowing me to thrive in the garden space !
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Monster Blooms in the Garden

These items help me enjoy gardening, and my plants benefit from it, too!
 
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My favorite raised bed.. I grow veggies and flowers. Filled it with branches before adding dirt to save money
Galvanized Steel - Raised Garden Beds - The Home Depot
 
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Start seeds in a block of dirt / no vessel necessary - make sure you get your soil really wet before you use this tool!
Soil Blockers & Soil Blocking Supplies - Johnny's …
 
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I use this all over the yard to collect weeds and trash etc!
Lawn, Garden & Outdoor Yard Carts - Gorilla
 
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The best seeds to ensure germination
Johnny's Selected Seeds
 
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This handheld mini chainsaw enabled me to cut down branches really easily without having to go get my husband to use a chainsaw in the yard
Saker Mini Cordless Electric Chainsaw
 
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This composter is great if you live in the city or you have a small area and you want a compost just tuck it right outside your kitchen door and throw your scraps and brown paper in there to create garden gold dirt
FCMP HOTFROG Dual Body Tumbling Composter 37Gal
 
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This green wire is bendable and a great tool to tie tomatoes to a stake or training plants to climb!
Hydrofarm HGST Soft Tie Garden Ties, Green
 
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I’m an organic gardener and this is the only fertilizer I use to make all my plants bigger than my neighbors
Alaska Fish Emulsion Fertilizer 5-1-1 1 Gal
 
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I love these garden beds instead of the regular wood ones because they last longer they withstand the weather. I spray paint in mine forest green and they’re super deep and they enable me to have like a little garden in a space that I thought I could...
BTDVR 2PCS 3x3x2ft Galvanized Raised Garden Bed
 
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No space no problem. Use this raised container bed to grow flowers veggies anything you want
Best Choice Products 8 ft. x 4 ft. x 2 ft. Dark Green Outdoor Steel Raised Garden Bed, Planter Box for Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs SKY6855
 
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I love this raised garden bed for beginners who are trying to grow herbs or veggies for the first time place it right outside the door by your kitchen to make sure you walk past it and you see it and you tend to it
Yaheetech 48 in. L x 24 in. W x 30 in. H Natural Wood Elevated Rectangle Garden for Backyard DYxo890001
 
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The solar lights are great for outdoor gardens. I have them along the border of my fence for my outdoor garden so at night I can walk out there and it’s lit up.
Brightech Ambience Pro Solar Outdoor String Lights

Pests be gone!!

You can’t be outside in the summer without protection from the bugs!!
 
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Essential oils actually work in keeping mosquitoes off of you and now that I have a child I don’t love putting chemicals all over his body so these wipes are a great alternative and they actually keep the bugs off of him and he prefers me to wipe the...
CoreTex Bug X FR DEET-Free Insect Repellent Wipes - 25 Pack
 
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I spread these around my acre property to keep the ticks at bay apparently the mice eat the cotton that has a chemical on it that kills ticks and the ticks are generally in the mice den so once the mice get it, it spreads to all the ticks and actuall...
Thermacell Tick Control Tubes for Yards
 
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I love these for keeping mosquitoes away from me and my family when we’re playing outside
KICKOUTOR® 120 PCS Citronella Mosquito Sticks
 
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If you’re an organic gardener and you don’t like to use chemicals, but you have a lot of pest, this is great for killing ants sprinkling on your fruit or vegetables on the leaves. Specifically it helps keep annoying off and it also kills Japanese spo...
Harris Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade 2lb

Flower arranging tools

 
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If you wanna start making flower arrangements, you need to start cutting up some chicken wire rolling into a little ball and shoving it into a bowl or whatever vessel you’re designing in this is a great way to make foam free organic flower arrangemen...
Mklsit Chicken Wire 15.7x157in Green Mesh
 
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You need a good pair of garden chairs to cut through stems that are thick, especially like hydrangeas with a good pair of shears your flowers will absorb more water and last longer. This is the key for hydrangeas is not wilting. Cut them out a sharp ...
Haus & Garten ClassicPRO 8.5" Titanium Shears
 
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These are classic vases to make beautiful centerpieces in. They also work great great to hold candles.
HWASHIN Set of 12 Clear Glass Cylinder Vases

Vegetable and flower seeds

 
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You could sprinkle lettuce seed in the fall in the spring and in the summer really anytime and I love doing a mix of lettuce. It’s so much more fun than just putting one plant next to the other. Just make a salad and sprinkle the seeds everywhere and...
Burpee Gourmet Blend Lettuce Seeds 1000 seeds
 
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If you have a shady garden and not much growing, just sprinkle some wildflower, shady garden seeds, and watch them grow
Seed Needs Partial Shade Wildflower Mix 2oz

Indoor Plants

 
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For your indoor plants that grow tall or wide.. like Monstera … they benefit from growing vertically and you use these stands to support your plants. They get bigger with more support. It helps with space in your house too.
2 Pack 28'' Bendable Moss Pole Monstera Support
 
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These are awesome for when you’re planting new pots or your repotting your plants - you just lay this on the ground and it keeps all the dirt and leaves contained - then you put everything in the trash much seamlessly with next to nothing to clean up...
Onlysuki 39.5"x31.5" Large Repotting Mat