Gardening/Seed Starting

Easy accordion style poly row cover (frost protection)

Easy accordian style mesh row cover (pest protection)

This is a plastic photo organizer that perfectly holds seed packets and allows you to keep them extremely organized.

If you're home is cold, you might consider using one of these for your warm-weather starts. I've not used it, but it comes highly rated and recommended.

These fabric grow bags come in multiple sizes and are an excellent way to grow vegetables.

I purchased these three years ago and they've worked well with repeated uses. I put my tomatoes and peppers in these when they reach about 2 to 3 weeks of age.

These are great for smaller starts that you'll be putting out sooner, such as cabbage, broccoli, or even herbs and flowers.

For extending your growing season and protecting plants from both frost and insects.

Pack of 100

(Costco has the best deal I've found in the springtime) but I've also ordered this brand in the past

Just use newspaper and this roller to make all your little seed starting pots

Here's the vertical stacking and rolling system I have for my strawberries. The stackable vertical container garden tower is from my affiliate GreenStalk use this coupon code for $10 off your order: PIONEERING

This is a smaller grow light for small batches of seeds.

(6 pack)

This is the grow light I've had for over three years. It folds up compactly and I store it under our bed. Still using the original light bulb as well.

Supports for tomatoes, I have used both the smaller and larger ones for multiple years. My tomatoes grow so well, no matter which size I use, by the time they're full grown and producing tomatoes, I still use some twine and rope to finish off their support.

For adding calcium to the soil and bringing acidic soil PH level up

Keep water off the leaves and help cut back on blight or fungus.

Back Saving Gardening Tool Universal Fit Compatible with Snow Shovel, Rake, Spade, Weed Eater and More

Works great in many areas of your garden. Easy to install and maintain.

Using a lab will give you the most accurate results. Check with your local county agricultural extension office to see if they provide this service, most do (mine being one of the few states that don't). This is the lab I use as my local county office doesn't test soil, the basic test is only $12 and you can do it all by mail!

For an at home test, this Luster Leaf Rapitest Soil Kit is rated as a best seller.

After looking at the reviews on probe soil test kits, I didn't find one that I could recommend to you as reliable.

by Louise Riotte

by Frank Tozer. Excellent resource on growing vegetables, when to plant, how much, including seed saving (though not as heavy on seed saving as Seed to Seed). This is my go to reference for growing vegetables and troubleshooting problems.