From early May through October 31, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
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UV-resistant zip ties designed for securing fencing, netting, and trellises to metal, fiberglass, or wooden posts up to 3" in diameter. Quick and easy to use, will not rust or rot.
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No matter your water source, you must filter it for drip irrigation. This particular filter is extraordinarily easy to clean, making maintenance a breeze.
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Safe, nontoxic, easy to use hydrogel formulation absorbs and holds water. The swollen crystals adhere to plant roots, reducing transplant shock. Useful for garden seedlings as well as woody plants.
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A must-read for anyone in the cannabis industry. Covers all aspects from soil and seed, to planting, growing and maintaining, through markets and product diversification. Funny and informative.
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The book you need to grow apples organically. This revised and expanded version includes apple-growing basics, as well as the latest research and strategies for successful organic orchards.
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This thorough and well-researched book features loads of educational tidbits and tips. Includes descriptions for 59 varieties with notes on taste, texture and suggested uses. Great for cooks.
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Brilliantly framed as a detective story, this book is a must for anyone interested in apples and the old-timey experts behind the scenes. Filled with photographs and beautiful illustrations.
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A well-written, and brief but dense guide for exploring and rediscovering apple heritage, with descriptions of 162 varieties of historic or commercial importance to New England. A pleasure to read!
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by Tammi Sweet, 144 pages, 7x9, softcover. Practical, clear and wasting not a word, this guide is a perfect tool for anyone new to the world of...
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This guide forgoes a full taxonomy of each species in favor of highlighting a few unique traits that single out each one. Features plenty of color photos of each detail to help you ID your trees.
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Outlines a spectrum of tools and methods to suit both the casual dabbler and the fastidious fermentista. Features a solid groundwork of basic recipes and techniques for hard or soft cider.
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Mycorrhizae form beneficial relationships with the roots of most plant species: they boost plant growth by improving the roots’ ability to take up nutrients, water and oxygen.
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A poignant and galvanizing collection of essays and conversations with respected Black leaders, brilliantly woven together by Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm, author of Farming While Black.
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An approachable botany textbook and herbal field guide to North American plants with colorful illustrations on nearly every page. Regularly updated by the author since its release in 1996.
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Molecular geneticist turned seed breeder Carol Deppe knows seeds and shares information available nowhere else. Learn the subtleties of selection, how to design variety trials, and much more.
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Specialized trapezoidal shape with two cutting edges slices plants off at ground level for clean quick harvesting or nips sideshoots for continued growth. Stainless steel blade.
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Old-time wooden lath and wire bushel baskets featuring a wire loop handle on each side. Classic and effective. We sell hundreds every year at the Common Ground Fair. Made in PA.
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Filled with clear how-to and how-not-to instructions, along with useful illustrations and laugh-out-loud humor, Turnbull walks through the basics and delves into specifics for more than 150 plants.
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A gift to a world disoriented by ecological collapse and haunted by the question of what to do, Eisenstein’s book gets to the heart of the predicament of how to heal our planetary wounds.
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From first-hand experience and extensive research Levy and Serrano have identified and profiled a host of easy-to-grow cold-hardy edible fruits and nuts that are great for home gardens.
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A soil science book for everyone! Filled with farmer anecdotes, insightful reference charts, and illustrations, this book is both engrossing and practical for anyone who works with soil.
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Full of tools to plan for success before your first seed hits the soil. If I’d had this book when I started farming, I would have avoided many mistakes!
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Tired of ineffectively mixing fertilizers or potting soil ingredients together in a wheelbarrow or tractor bucket? Let us do the dirty work for you! Buy ingredients from us or bring your own.
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A liquid combination of yeasts, actinomycetes, and bacteria. Promotes plant health and growth, and improves nutrient absorption and soil fertility. Our cannabis-growing friends can't do without it.
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by Helen Atthowe, 384 pages, 8x10, softcover. If you’ve been following the various threads in “ecological” or “holistic” growing that have...
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Highlights reasons to plant an elderberry bush and how to do it successfully. He walks us through a history of the plant, its cultivation and propagation, and its many uses in food, tools and toys.
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Inoculates peas, sweet peas, cowpeas, dry beans, peanuts, lentils, limas, vetch, and Sunn Hemp. We recommend using fresh inoculant each time you plant a legume.
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by FH King, 441 pages, 5½x8½, softcover. In the early 1900s, former USDA official FH King traveled through China, Korea, and Japan to document how...
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Emphasizing a revitalized historical overview of what worked (and still does) for past cultures throughout the world to inspire us as we reinvigorate our sustainability for the future.
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100% organic cotton canvas bag featuring the amazing harvest artwork of Fedco’s own Sarah Oliver. Tote bag is 12½" wide x 14½" tall. 24" handles. Square bottom.
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With 26 full-page illustrations (including covers), our exclusive coloring book features some mash-ups you might recall from past catalogs, and some brand-new ones, for an all-ages coloring fun fest.
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by Fedco catalog crew, 12 pages, plus 4 blank pages for notes. 5¾x7¼, printed on cardstock. The handiest dandiest seed info booklet you ever did...
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This nifty metal lunchbox serves myriad uses for kids, gardeners and farmers alike. Use it for snacks, tools or to keep seed packets dry while gardening on drizzly days! 4x6x7¾".
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by Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey, 440 pages, 8x9, softcover. Since it was first published in 2014, this book has become a trusted...
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A cookbook for avid foragers and gardeners looking to infuse their kitchens with creativity. With clear instructions, gorgeous photos, and inspiration well beyond the usual soup-or-salad suggestions.
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All-in-one field guide, history lesson, memoir and cookbook, with familiar edibles alongside lesser known ones. Beautiful photos and rich sidebars feature relevant musings and entertaining commentary.
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by Scott Zona, 256 pages, 8x10, hardcover. Ever wondered what’s happening when your plant suffers transplant shock? Or what causes variegation in...
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Practical information for every skill level is jam packed into the timeframe between planning a garden and storing away the results. Good pictures and line drawings illuminate the content.
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by Tavis Lynch, 112 pages, 72⁄5x9, softcover. A basic step-by-step guide to home-scale mushroom cultivation. Lynch presents methods for growing...
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If you are new to seed saving, this little manual by the founder of Johnny’s covers all the basics and is the best place to start. First published in 1976, it is a classic.
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The definitive guide to growing garlic. He covers varietal differences and history, and provides in-depth cultural information on growing, harvesting, storing and marketing garlic.
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by Richo Cech, illustrated by Sena Cech, 354 pages, 8x10, softcover. Every spring, for inspiration and practical reminders for the new growing...
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