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From Seed to Harvest: Midwest Gardening Essentials for Every Backyard
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items Everything we've actually used to keep our Kansas garden going through brutal summers and surprise late frosts, from raised beds to the hand tools that never make it back to the shed.
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Indoor Gardening
Tomatoes
Container Gardening
Indoor Gardening
Extend your growing season right through cold Midwest winters with smart indoor setup solutions. Discover seed starting supplies, energy efficient grow lights, and space saving countertop gardens designed to keep fresh herbs, leafy greens, and housep...
These stations utilize vertical space by attaching to windows, freeing up counters and shelves, all the while aiding in healthy root growth.
Window Propagation Stations with Suction Cups
Our go to during a Kansas winter when the ground is frozen solid and something still needs to grow.
Indoor Gardening System with LED Grow Light
The easiest way we found to keep fresh herbs going through a Kansas winter without much fuss.
Indoor Herb Garden Starter Kit
What actually got our seedlings through mid February with limited counter space to spare.
Indoor Gardening Hot House
The difference between seeds that sprout and seeds that just sit there in a cold mudroom.
Seedling Heat Mat
Allows you to start seeds indoors during the winter when outdoor gardening isn’t possible. This head start ensures your plants are ready for transplanting when the weather warms up.
Fruit Seed Pod Kit
Saved our kitchen table more times than I can count during a repotting binge.
Repotting Mat for Indoor Plant Transplanting
Keeps our windowsill jungle from taking over every flat surface in the house.
3 Tiers Metal Plant Stand
The fix for a plant collection that outgrew its space faster than we expected.
Plant Caddy Plant Stand
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Simple glass jars make the perfect incubator for seedlings, trapping in moisture for ideal conditions.
Regular Mouth Mason Jars
A space saving 6 layer vertical system that lets you grow up to 30 plants simultaneously, from fresh herbs to strawberries and leafy greens. Complete with a built-in automated water pump and timer, it makes year round indoor or patio gardening virtua...
Black Modular Hydroponic Tower Garden System w/ Water Pump & Timer
Handmade from colorful blown glass, this decorative self watering globe keeps indoor potted plants perfectly hydrated while you are away or busy. Simply fill with water and press into the soil to deliver steady moisture directly to the roots while ad...
Multiple colors Glass Garden Stake
Featuring 42 full spectrum LEDs, this clip on dual head grow light gives indoor seedlings, herbs, and houseplants targeted light in any room. With ten dimmable brightness levels, three lighting modes, and an automatic built in timer, it easily clamps...
Clip-On Dual Head LED Grow Light
An accessible digital guide packed with step by step strategies for cultivating fresh produce and vibrant houseplants indoors. Discover essential advice on selecting proper grow lights, managing indoor humidity, optimizing potting soils, and maintain...
Indoor Gardening by Aria Smith
Tomatoes
Perfect for beginners and seasoned gardeners, these essentials ensure a bountiful harvest of juicy, vibrant tomatoes.
Tomato cages with grow bags provide optimal support and drainage, promoting healthy growth and preventing plants from drooping under the weight of the fruit.
Tomato Cages with Grow Bags
Upside-down tomato planters save space, reduce pests and weeds, and enhance air circulation for healthier, more productive plants.
Upside Down Tomato Planter
Plastic plant support clips securely hold stems to stakes, preventing damage and promoting upright growth for healthier plants.
Plastic Plant Support Clips
A practical guide packed with expert tips and techniques to help gardeners cultivate healthy, flavorful tomatoes.
Grow the Best Tomatoes: Storey Bulletin A-189
We plant a few different varieties every year. Keeps things interesting and hedges against a bad season for any one type.
Tomato Seeds
Cheap, reliable, and keeps the tomatoes out of the dirt where they'd otherwise spoil.
Tomato Plant Support Cage
The cheapest, most reliable tomato setup we've found after trying nearly everything else.
5 Gallon Bucket
Depending on the climate you're planting in, Sunburn is a real threat! Protect your plants and let them thrive with this simple and inexpensive product.
Cloth Sun Shade Net
The one step we almost skipped our first year, and regretted it by July.
Mulch
Everyone has their own strategies for the best set up for tomatoes, but this is another great, inexpensive option for keeping the plants going up!
Garden Trellis Netting
Creates a walkable "tomato tunnel" that elevates heavy vine crops off the damp soil, effectively preventing ground rot, fungal disease, and hungry garden pests. The spacious A frame structure and large reach-through mesh make pruning, tending, and ha...
Vertical A-Frame Trellis
Built with a sturdy steel frame and durable mesh enclosure, this crop cage provides essential windbreak protection for tall tomato plants facing strong Kansas gusts. The spacious ten foot footprint fits directly over raised beds or ground rows, givin...
Crop Cages with Zippered Door
Standing over seven feet tall, this heavy duty rust resistant metal arch trellis creates a sturdy vertical framework for indeterminate tomato varieties. Lifting heavy vines off the ground improves airflow, prevents soil fungal issues, and gives heavy...
Metal Garden Arch Trellis
A complete digital handbook covering every step of the tomato growing cycle. Learn essential strategies for germinating seeds indoors, transplanting healthy starts, pruning for peak yields, and preventing common blights so you can harvest sweet homeg...
A Guide to Tomato Growing from Seed to Harvest by George E. Whitehead
Container Gardening
A versatile gardening technique ideal for spaces where traditional gardening is not feasible, such as patios, balconies, rooftops, or small yards.
Our fix for growing herbs right outside the kitchen window without giving up yard space.
Window Box Planter
What we reach for once the ground level containers run out of room.
Stackable Planter
Got us through a couple of years without real yard space, and still pulled a solid harvest out of it.
Raised Garden Bed Planter Box with Trellis
Talked us out of a few expensive container mistakes before we made them.
Container Gardening For Dummies
Turned an empty stretch of fence line into actual growing space.
Hanging Planter Bags
The cheapest, most reliable container option we've found. We've got a whole row of these now.
5 Gallon Bucket
Keeps our climbers from taking over the whole windowsill.
Indoor Plant Trellis
The plain, reliable pots we somehow keep buying more of every year.
Home Garden Pots
We go through more of this than anything else in the garden shed.
Potting Soil
Solved our biggest complaint with in-ground beds. No more bending over all day.
Raised Planter Box with Legs
These durable 21 gallon fabric raised beds provide superior root aeration and automatic drainage to keep plants healthy and prevent overwatering. The spacious rectangular shape gives vegetables, herbs, and flowers plenty of room to thrive on patios, ...
21 Gallon Fabric Rectangular Raised Garden Bed Planter with Drain Holes
Featuring three tiered planter boxes, this wooden vertical raised bed maximizes growing space on small patios, decks, or balconies. Built in drainage holes keep roots healthy, while the stacked cascade design ensures each layer receives plenty of sun...
Vertical Raised Tiered Garden bed
Featuring breathable fabric and sturdy handles, this seven pack of colorful grow bags provides optimal root aeration and easy mobility for container gardens. The flexible porous design prevents root circling while facilitating superior drainage, maki...
Fabric Grow Bags With Handles
A practical eBook guide that teaches beginners how to pair mutually beneficial plants together in small pots and containers. Learn simple companion planting techniques to maximize crop yields, deter pests naturally, and make the absolute most of limi...
Companion Container Gardening for Beginners by Kelly Hudson