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items This year I’ve taken up more homesteading hobbies! Here’s everything you need to get started! Sourdough& gardening
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Sourdough
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This is the starter that I use and it has not done me wrong! Create such good products I love it so much
100+ Yr Old SF Sourdough Starter w/ Recipe
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You’ll definitely need a food scale since most recipes are in grams rather than cups. Any food scale will do.
Food Scale
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This is my favorite flour to use when making sourdough
Bread Flour
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Any size mason jar will do it’s just to keep your dough contained. I would recommend getting to since you do have to discard in the beginning. Don’t throw it out. You can use this for many recipes!
Ball® Mason Jars & Home Canning
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Any size basket will do this is so that your bread can contain a shape, the circular ones are my favorite since they do fit in the Dutch oven so perfectly
A guide to bannetons, brotforms, and proofing baskets
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Do you wanna find a long skinny spatula like this one above to fit into your mason jar when you’re mixing your sourdough starter. Do you wanna make sure that you do not use any metal in your sourdough so silicone is best.
OXO Jar Spatula: Silicone Heat-Resistant Scraper, Soft-Grip Handle, Dishwasher-Safe, 11.2" Length
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You want to have a bread lame such as the one above order to score your bread. This is what gives you that nice opening and you can also create fun designs.
O'Creme Baker's Bread Lame Dough Scoring Tool Fixed Blade with Protective Cover
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You want to have a good Dutch oven that you can put in your oven at a high temperature. This helps gives your bread the perfect cross and keeps it contained while baking. My trick is there few ice cubes in towards the end to get the crust nice and cr...
Dutch Ovens Shop
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You’ll need a dusting one like this to sprinkle rice flour on top of your bread before using your bread lame.
Baker's Dusting Wand
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A silicone mat like this is great for needing your dough and rolling it out in order to add inclusions into your breads.
OXO 11.5"x16.5" Silicone Baking Mat: Oven & Dishwasher Safe, Red, Rectangle, Pastry & Oven Mat
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Using a bread sling like this one will help you when baking your bread place it at the bottom of your Dutch oven and place your dough on top. This helps you easily transfer the bread after it is done cooking to a wire rack in order for it to cool.
Round Loaf Lifter
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Dusting rice flour on top gives it that nice dusty look before baking
Gluten Free Flour Blend - 16oz - Good & Gatherâ„¢
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Using rubber bands as a cheap way to keep track of your sourdough starter you’ll need to know how much it rises and deflates marking your mason jar with a rubber band. Will help you keep track.
Rubber Bands : Clips & Fasteners
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You’ll want somewhere to store your bread after you’re done. I love bread boxes like this!
Acacia Rolltop Bread Box - Lipper International
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I like to use a silicone bowl when letting my bread proof
Banneton Bread Proofing Basket Silicone Sourdough Bread Baking Basket Collapsible Proofing Bowl Supplies Set Tool Sourdoughs Kit
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I love using a bread bow to cut my sourdough because it gives me that perfect even slice every time
Bread Slicer, Bread Knife for Homemade Bread Sourdough, 15.5inch Bread Knife, Sourdough Cutter for Homemade, Premium Stainless Steel Serrated Saw Bread cutter, Cuts Thin Even Slices
Garden
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This year we put four of these together and made one giant garden. It definitely does need a lot of soil, but they are big enough for many different plants to grow.
2PCS Outdoor Metal Raised Garden Bed,6x3x2ft Planter Box for Vegetables,Flowers,Herbs w/269 Gallon Capacity,Silver
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I used this fertilizer on my garden this year and I have had amazing results
FoxFarm FX14092 Hydroponics Grow Big Liquid Concentrate Plant Fertilizer, 1 Pint
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Unfortunately, pests are sneaky! His name oil helps keep the bugs away in my garden this year
Captain Jack's 16 oz Neem Oil Ready-to-Use Spray for Insect, Fungus and Mite Control
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I know 100,000 seeds does seem like a lot. However, these flowers do blossom in stages. Planting wildflowers next to your garden will bring in pollinators that you need to help your garden grow.
Organo Republic - 16 Perennial Wildflower Mix Seeds Varieties-100,000+ Non-GMO Heirloom Garden Seeds
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This is my favorite semi local greenhouse where I get all of my vegetable plants. I tried by seed unfortunately living in a small house there’s not enough room to start plants by seed indoors so getting plants here is my next best option. They’re ver...
Hallock's U-Pick Farm & Greenhouse LLC
Sewing
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Comes with everything you need to get started
Brother XR3774 Sewing And Quilting Machine With Wide Table
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Choose a color to match your fabric!!
Coats & Clark Dual Duty Plus® Hand Quilting Thread
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Cotton fabric is needed for your quilt!
Michaels
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This will be the middle of your wuilt
Quilt Batting
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You’ll need a cutting mat to make your shapes
Fiskars Cutting Mats in Sewing & Cutting Tools(11)
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Perfect for cutting fabric
Fiskars Rotary Cutter
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These work best for holding fabric together
Multipurpose Sewing Clips, 100 Pcs Plastic