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Planting supplies that have stood the test of time in my garden
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items These are the supplies I turn to year after year in my garden. One of the best ways to make a garden even more sustainable is to choose supplies that will last through several seasons' worth of weather, wear, and tear without needing to be replaced.
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Things to plant in
Things to wear while gardening
Tools
Things to plant in
These were a bit of a splurge but totally worth it! The height enables me to grow root vegetables (potatoes and carrots especially) in a raised bed, which ultimately takes up less space than the system of buckets I was using before. I chose the 17-in...
Vegega 17" 9-in-1 Garden Beds
3- 5- and 7-level planters with water reservoirs at each level for easy top-down watering without soil splash-back. Each layer has six pockets that can hold anything from herbs and flowers to tomatoes and vining plants. Stay outside year-round withou...
GreenStalk Planter
Multiple shapes and sizes, from 3" to "30. Add water to the bottom tray to hydrate plants from the roots, which reduces soil splash-back and pathogen exposure. Mine stay outside year-round in temperatures from 0 to 100+ without cracking or otherwise ...
Self-Watering Plastic Indoor Outdoor Planter Pot - Room Essentials
Things to wear while gardening
I bought these to garden in, but they're honestly one of my favorite pieces of clothing overall. Moveable, breathable, pockets everywhere (including a zipper pocket on your chest, which I use to store my keys and wallets when I go to nurseries and ga...
Women's Heirloom Gardening Bib Overalls
Comfortable and cooling protection from the sun, thorns, and bugs. Much less restrictive than wearing long sleeves in the summer heat and humidity. I also have super sensitive skin that can be reactive to all sorts of pollen and flowers (not the best...
Protection Sleeves
Machine wash cold. Adjustable hole in the back to fit a ponytail or full-on-bun. Keeps the sun and sweat out of my eyes (and off of my glasses!) Matches my favorite gardening overalls. Need I say more?
Classic Ball Cap
Tools
Chemical-free weed removal without spending all day on my middle-aged knees? Sign me up! I love mine so much I bought one for my mother, my sister, and all my gardener friends. Using this kind of feels like playing an old-fashioned claw machine game,...
Grampa's Weeder 44 in. Steel Weeder Wood Handle
Using ollas when we're headed out of town for a few days has been a game-changer for making sure our plants are watered when we're out of town. It's nice to not have to bug our neighbors or my mom to make sure plants get watered when we're away, then...
Back to the Roots 16.9 oz Self Watering Terracotta Olla Pot
If I could only have one gardening tool, it would be this hori hori. It does EVERYTHING: digs, cuts, measures depth--I use it to dig planting holes, poke seeds into the correct soil depth, open bags, prune small branches, harvest veggies; it can hand...
Hori Hori Classic
This bench is a 2-in-1: you can sit on it or flip it over and use it as a kneeler complete with high sides to help with getting up and down! The two side pockets hold a number of necessary garden tools in immediate reach, and there's even enough spac...
Ohuhu Garden Kneeler & Seat with Tool Pouches
These kraft paper envelopes are my favorite way to save seeds. They're cute enough for gifting saved seeds to friends and neighbors, and I do! The front has space for basic planting and care information about the plant, and the back has several lines...
Seed Saving Envelopes
Small enough to be operated between your thumb and forefinger, these are fantastic for harvesting delicate herbs without bruising the leaves (which releases the plant's oils and will hurt their flavor later!) The immediate snap-back action means I c...
Precision Herb Snips