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Petite Home Gardening 🌱 - Space-conscious items to help build your compact garden!
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items Living in a city, small apartment or house, you don’t usually have a lot of outdoor space to work with. But with a little space planning and pizzazz, you can create your own compact garden! Here are some helpful things I’ve started using on my small ...
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Planters
Gardening Tools
Gardening Supplies
Outdoor Extras ☀️
Planters
An investment (take advantage of holiday sales and bundles when you can!) but a truly helpful and space-saving vertical planter system that allows for you to plant in multiple tiers (they have 3, 5 and 7 tiered versions) and with an easy top-down wat...
GreenStalk Vertical Planter
Great for vining/climbing vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, and zucchini~
51" Self Watering Planter Box with Trellis
This may or may not be at your local warehouse, but it’s very easy to install and help you get started! The self-watering bottom is helpful for those extra hot or busy days, so you can have a little peace of mind your plants will stay hydrated. 😊
Self-watering Elevated Garden Planter
It’s not always realistic to set up several garden beds so a great way to give the illusion with some added aesthetic is this IKEA planter box. Could hold 2 large plants or several smaller plants, with slats that help with airflow and drainage after ...
ASKHOLMEN Flower box - dark-brown
For smaller scale climbing plants (like tomatoes) or even added support for peppers or flowers! These are tackle so you can adjust as your plants grow, or you can play around with the shape created with the interlocking “rings” to better suit your ga...
Small Tomato Cage 2 Pack Adjustable Trellis
A more budget-friendly alternative to the Greenstalk planter. Still some fun colors to choose from and also on wheels to make watering or movement around your small space a little easier~
VECELO 5 Tier Vertical Garden Planter w/Wheels
Gardening Tools
A heavier duty pair of garden shears! Helpful for those thicker or woody stems.
Haus & Garten ClassicPRO 8.5" Titanium Pruning Shears
An ergonomic (and cute!) pair of scissors for your plant/floral/gardening needs. Note this is note the best option for very large woody stems.
Tokyodo AH000037-024 Flower Materials
Vigoro 2 Gal Rosemary Green Modern Multi-Grip High-Density Plastic Watering Can RZ-WC2G3BH5 - Home Depot
If you have an easily accessible spigot, a durable garden hose is essential! My first hose was basically from the dollar store and… that didn’t last too long before it started leaking and got worn down by the outdoor elements lol. So this affordable,...
1/2 Inch Garden Hose 15FT with 3/4" Fittings
Along with your garden hose, you gotta have a nozzle! This should fit most garden hoses and connectors. There are always a lot of settings with these but I mainly use “shower” for general watering, “mist” if I want gentler external watering of the mo...
AUTOMAN Garden Hose Nozzle, 7 Patterns
These versatile spray bottles can come in handy in various ways. They can be an alternative “misting” sprayer, a spray bottle for DIY natural insect repellants (ex. garlic, mint, dish soap and water!), or even something that holds isopropyl alcohol t...
JohnBee 16oz Spray Bottles 2-Pack - Adjustable, No Leak
For a little more precision when trimming or pruning your plants! The slight curve can be helpful with harder to reach leaves or stems, but also still strong enough to cut some smaller vegetables.
6.5" Pruning Shears Sharp Garden Scissors (2-Pack)
Gardening Supplies
A solid potting soil mix for your outdoor plants that provides a good balance of moisture retention along with porosity for some air/breathing room. Perfect for container gardening!
Outdoor Potting Mix - 8 quarts
More bang for your buck with this potting mix and more easily found. Filling the planters can take quite a few quarts depending on the size, so something to consider is mixing up this mix with other nutrient-dense putting mixes.
Miracle-Gro Potting Soil Mix 50 qt. For Container Plants, Flowers, Vegetables, Shrubs, Feeds up to 6 Months 72790430
The potential downside to gardening… the bugs (ugh)!! When you water your plants and soil stays moist, they are also unfortunately more prone to some pests like fungus gnats. Additionally there are other pests to watch out for like aphids, fruit flie...
LFSYS 64 Pcs Yellow Sticky Traps for Gnats
Another effective non-toxic to your plants/produce/pets pest control option - you soak the “bits” in water like a “tea”, then watering plants and soil with this will help kill any larvae from pesky bugs like mosquitoes and fungus gnats before they ge...
Summit Chemical Co Mosquito Bits
Outdoor Extras ☀️
Not as necessary, but this simple shelf has come in handy for elevating individual plant pots, as well as being helpful for quick tool/supply storage.
SATSUMAS Plant stand - bamboo/white 27 ½ "
This isn’t just a storage container for all those extra supplies and pots and bags… it’s also a sturdy seat or temporary table for your outdoor space! I didn’t realize how much more crouching up and down is needed for maintaining your garden, so havi...
EAST OAK 31 Gallon Waterproof Outdoor Box