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The Perfect Gift Guide for the Gardener Who Has Everything
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items Here's a list of thoughtful gift ideas for the gardener, farmer, or homesteader in your life (that they'll actually use.) This guide is full of essential tools fit for the beginner gardener just starting their balcony garden or urban farm, or the per...
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Gardening Books I Can't Stop Recommending
The Best Gardening Tools Your Loved Ones Can't Do Without
Free Resources for the Gardener in Your Life
YouTube Channels to Send to Your Gardening Friends
Gardening Books I Can't Stop Recommending
There's a reason why these books showed up time and time again on lists curated by expert gardeners when I began my research. Now I'm sharing with you books that I own, recommended by masters in the field of gardening, along with books on my personal...
Brought to you by Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening this is the book I would recommend to any beginner gardener who just has a balcony or small space and just wants to get started. I know in apartment living, it can be really frustrating and like… almost debilitating to have a dream to grow your own ...
Field Guide to Urban Gardening: Grow Anywhere
This is the kind of book that's perfect for permaculture farmers, raised bed gardeners, container gardeners, all of them. It'll help the gardener in your life set up an ecosystem in which their hard work and efforts will be met with wisdom to allow t...
Companion Planting for Beginners Guide
Buy 👏🏾 it. 👏🏾 Buy it for them. They will truly appreciate it after they have taken the time to really go through this EXCELLENT wealth of knowledge. You might see them tearing up their gardens and doing complete overhauls, but it'll be worth it i...
The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book
Joel Salatin just 👏🏾 makes 👏🏾 sense! 👏🏾 Seriously tho! This isn't going to be so much your gardening book, but this is more of a ted talk by a third generation farmer who is trying to spread the gospel of what farming and gardening can do to wh...
Folks, This Ain't Normal: Farmer's Advice
This one is on my personal wishlist. It's on the, “maybe the next time I make an Amazon order, it's going to be in the cart” type wishlist. Like the, “I will own this in the next couple of months” wishlist. Yeah. It's that good. And I'm really excite...
The Independent Farmstead: Soil & Food
Sometimes it's just wonderful to see our people thriving in industries where we may not always be visible. This would be a wonderfullll gift (especially a great coffee table book!) for the gardener in your life. ♥️
Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture
The Best Gardening Tools Your Loved Ones Can't Do Without
It doesn't matter if they already have one. That's the brilliance of this list: they'll know you really are investing in their hobby or lifestyle because the items here are ones that the gardener in your life won't mind having a backup of.
Now I've got the regular gloves, y'know, the ones that just go to your wrist? But this is officially on my wishlist now that I'm gonna be dealing with sharper objects. I love that it goes all the way up to your elbows because those dealing with sickl...
HANDLANDY Pruning Gloves Long for Men & Women
Speaking of sickles! This is the Japanese style that is just… it's going to become their best friend during harvest season and just with basic yard maintenance, I'm telling you. You can put the large sickle down (unless you're dealing with like yarro...
Japanese Weeding Sickle Sharp Edge Full Size
This is one of those swiss army knives of the gardening world. Literally. And now, I like this package in particular because it comes with its own carborundum stone, which you can also use to sharpen the japanese scythe that I mentioned earlier in th...
Black Iron Hori Hori Garden Knife 7" Tool
Just like the hori hori knife, this is another one of those things that even if they have fifteen of them? They'll open the gift and be like “YAY 😍” LOL because seriously, they're just another multi-purpose tool that comes really in handy with trans...
Husky 6.2 in. Double Grip Injection Handle Stainless Steel Garden Trowel GD210301
Not only is it's aesthetically pleasing, your gardening friend or family member will know EXACTLY what they can do with this. When it's time to harvest? They can just pluck everything up and into this thing and carry it to where it needs to go. It's ...
Maine Garden Hod
Got clay soil? First, look into regenerative gardening. You don't have to keep buying soil every year, 🗣️ YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP BUYING DIRT IN BAGS, I PROMISE YOU! Even if you're lasagna or square foot gardening, this will help aerate your soil, br...
The Cultivator Treadlite Broadfork | 20" wide | 5 tines
Now if they've got the room (and ESPECIALLLYYYYY — cannot stress this part enough — if they've got disabilities or a bad back??) and your gardening loved one has been spending more time with plants than people? This is the gift for them. I'm telling ...
Arch Trellises & Raised Beds | Gardener's Supply
Okay, hear me out, hear me out! 👀 Listennnn… I know that this says foot repair… that's not how your gardening friend is gonna use this. (I mean they can, but still.) Listen: this is going to be their best friend with all the hand washing they're gon...
Kerasal, Intensive Foot Repair Ointment, 1 oz (30 g)
Just like the arch trellises, vertical planters are ideal for that gardening beginner or master planter who has limited space, or just wants to make more use out of their balcony, deck, or patio. They're really brilliant for herbs in particular, but ...
Greenstalk Vertical Planters
Free Resources for the Gardener in Your Life
There's a plethora of wealth and knowledge that's just floating around in the internet that your gardening loved one may not be aware of. Send these links to them so that they can gain access and they'll love you forever, swear. ♥️
Utah State University really did their thing with this list!!! 😭 Seriously, I'm personally on track to taking my notes from the canning and drying sections of this site because it's just that extensiveeee.
Preserve the Harvest | USU Extension Canning and Food Preservation Resources
Now this is an app! Yessss, yesssss, it's wonderful! They have a free version, they have a paid version. You know the deal. But this is ESPECIALLY great for square foot gardeners because it helps you plan out what you're planting, where, best compani...
Planter | Garden Planner
Square foot gardeners and lasagna gardeners are gonna loveeee this app. Not only is there a plant identifier (WIN! 🌱😍), but there are companion planting guides (just like with the Planter app), which beneficial insects you should be looking for, et...
From Seed to Spoon Vegetable Garden Planner Mobile App
YouTube Channels to Send to Your Gardening Friends
Whether your aspiring gardener is trying to stay motivated or you want to encourage loved one in their pursuit of growing their own food or starting a small farm, these are great resources that you can text them to let them know you see them and supp...
Kevin and crew are one of my personal I-may-never-meet-them-but-appreciate-how-they-have-changed-my-life-mentors that I think many, mannnyyyy people have been encouraged and taught by over the years in their gardening journey. Because the knowledge t...
Epic Gardening on YouTube
Brian Lowell is another one of my online mentors (that doesn't know I exist 🙈😂). What he's taught me about building trellises, how I personally want to plan out my tomatoes next year, the best flowers to plant beside my vegetables?? It's just all g...
Next Level Gardening on YouTube
I was introduced to this wonder woman through the Exploring Alternatives channel on YouTube I think it was? It was either on the side as a recommended watch or something like that, but whatever— I LOVE HER! And I love that she is an incredible inspir...
Yellow Door Urban Homestead
This is another YouTube channel that I love the explore that makes me feel like I'm not alone on this journey of dreaming big about my homesteading goals and one that encourages you to start where you are and go on from there. It's okay to grow from ...
Our Freedom Song
This is one of my favourite channels on YouTube. Period. Listening to Mrs. Ruth Ann is not only so soothing, but her wealth of knowledge as a former old order Mennonite has helped me plan out what I want to do with my harvest. That's key. You can gar...
Homesteading with the Zimmermans
Just like Mrs. Ruth Ann over there with the Zimmermans, Becky is someone who I've watched for almost a year now? I've used some of the recipes, I've taken the notes and bought the things to secure my pantry like… her YouTube was kinda where I started...
Acre Homestead
This is a recent discovery that I know was nothing but the Most High. For those who know that they also want to cultivate flowers along with fruits and vegetables, this is your girl. The wealth of knowledge I've been writing down over the past week w...
Regenerative Gardening with Blossom & Branch Farm
Ms. Monica here is a channel I've been peaking at recently, and she's for those farmer and homesteading friends of yours who are looking to turn their acreage into a business. She gives it step by step how she's getting things done and it's refreshin...
Out The Mud Farm