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Farmers Defense presents the Rugged Guard Leather Gloves, designed to provide unparalleled protection and functionality for those laborious job inside the garden and out. Our gloves offer a perfect blend of touch sensitivity, durability, and breathable comfort.
Crafted from REPREVE® recycled material on the back of the hands, with moisture-wicking qualities that keep the back of your hands cool and dry. On the palm, they’re made with tough leather for an assured grip that lasts. The touch screen friendly fingertips on the thumb, index, and middle fingers allow for seamless device interaction.
Great For
- Gardening
- Landscaping
- Outdoor DIY Projects
Features
- Touchscreen compatibility
- Breathable fabric with moisture-wicking technology
- Adjustable heavy-duty rubber Velcro strap
- Padding on the palm for enhanced durability, grip, and comfort
- Double-reinforced leather padding between thumb and index finger
Material
- REPREVE® material made from recycle plastic bottles
- Real leather
Sizing
- Unisex size Medium
No more scratches, sunburns, or irritated skin—Farmers Defense Protection Sleeves keep you protected no matter where your adventures take you. Designed for comfort, durability, and all-day wear, these sleeves offer superior defense against the elements while keeping you cool and dry.
Built for Performance & Protection
- UPF 50+ Sun Protection – Blocks 98% of harmful UV rays, keeping your skin safe from sun damage.
Scratch & Rash Defense – Shields your arms from scrapes, thorns, and skin irritants while outdoors.
Cooling & Breathable Fabric – Made from REPREVE® eco-dynamic material, designed to wick away moisture and keep you cool.
Lightweight & Flexible – The perfect alternative to heavy long sleeves, allowing full range of motion.
Made for Every Outdoor Enthusiast
Perfect for gardening, hiking, fishing, pickleball, horseback riding, cycling, and any outdoor activity where protection and comfort matter.
Sustainable & High-Quality Materials
- 85% REPREVE® Polyester | 15% Spandex – Made from recycled materials, offering eco-friendly durability.
- Slip-on design stays in place – No slipping, rolling, or discomfort.
- Machine washable & quick-drying – Ready for your next adventure in no time.
Gear up with Protection Sleeves today! Stay protected, stay comfortable, and enjoy the outdoors without worry.
Meet our Kids Sun Hats, the ultimate playtime companion for sunny days! These hats are a must-have for any young adventurer, whether they're digging in the dirt, building sandcastles, or chasing butterflies. Our hats ensure your little ones can enjoy endless fun under the sun while staying protected.
Playful Protection:
- UPF 50+ material to shield from harmful rays
- Adjustable fit to suit all sizes, ensuring the hat grows with them
- REPREVE® eco-fabric, made from recycled plastic bottles
- Lightweight design for all-day comfort
Perfect For:
- Junior Gardening
- Beach and Sandbox Play
- Outdoor Discoveries
Protection Plus:
- Wide brim for full face and neck shade
- Breathable fabric to prevent overheating
Material and Style:
- Durable, child-friendly materials
- Fun, vibrant designs that kids love
Sizing:
- Runs small
- Ages up to 10
For anyone who has ever wanted to tend a little piece of ground but wasn’t sure where to begin, GrowVeg offers simple recipes for gardening projects that are both attainable and beautiful. Benedict Vanheems, editor of the popular website GrowVeg.com, guides aspiring green thumbs to success from the start, no matter what size gardening space you have. Get recommendations for veggie varieties for your first edible garden, plant a miniature orchard, and grow an edible archway, or keep your efforts contained by cultivating a rustic crate of herbs on a sunny balcony, a crop of carrots in a basket, or nutritious and delicious sprouts in a jar on the kitchen counter. The beginner-friendly instructions and step-by-step photography detail more than 30 approachable, small-scale gardening projects that will inspire and empower you to get growing!
“No matter the size or shape of your growing area, this will guide you through creating a butterfly-friendly space.” —Mother Earth News
Welcome the world’s most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety of butterflies who need our help, and shows you how to design a habitat where they will thrive. This optimistic call to arms is packed with everything you need to create a beautiful, pollinator-friendly garden. You will learn why butterflies matter, why they are in danger, and what simple steps we can take to make a difference. You'll also learn how to choose the right plants and how to create a garden that flutters and flourishes with life.
Grow More Food: A Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Getting the Biggest Harvest Possible from a Space of Any Size - Book
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Grow More Food: A Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Getting the Biggest Harvest Possible from a Space of Any Size - Book
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Just how productive can one small vegetable garden be? More productive than one might think! Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, former CSA growers and current owners of the Seattle Urban Farm Company, help readers boost their garden productivity by teaching them how to plan carefully, maximize production in every bed, get the most out of every plant, scale up systems to maximize efficiency, and expand the harvest season with succession planting, intercropping, and season extension.
Along with chapters devoted to the Five Tenets of a Productive Gardener (Plan Well to Get the Most from Your Garden; Maximize Production in Each Bed; Get the Most out of Every Plant; Scale up Tools and Systems for Efficiency; and Expand and Extend the Harvest), the book contains interactive tools that home gardeners can use to assist them in determining how, when, and what to plant; evaluating crop health; and planning and storing the harvest. For today’s vegetable gardeners who want to grow as much of their own food as possible, this guide offers expert advice and strategies for cultivating a garden that supplies what they need.
“Part essay collection, part gardening guide, The Heirloom Gardener encourages readers to embrace heirloom seeds and traditions, serving as a well-needed reminder to slow down and reconnect with nature.” —Modern Farmer
Modern life is a cornucopia of technological wonders. But is something precious being lost? A tangible bond with our natural world—the deep satisfaction of connecting to the earth that was enjoyed by previous generations?
In The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti celebrates gardening as a craft and shares the lore and traditional practices that link us with our environment and with each other. Charmingly illustrated and brimming with wisdom, this guide will inspire you to slow down, recharge, and reconnect.
Get a jump on the gardening season! In this Storey BASICS® guide, Barbara Ellis provides the basic information that you need to start a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers from seed. Ellis shares simple, proven techniques for sowing seeds, managing indoor plants, and creating proper growing conditions so your seedlings can thrive. Packed with expert advice suitable for both beginners and experienced gardeners, Starting Seeds will inspire you to plant a seed and watch it grow.
Monarchs are a favorite and familiar North American butterfly, and their incredible annual migration has captured the popular imagination for generations. As populations of monarchs decline dramatically due to habitat loss and climate change, interest in and enthusiasm for protecting these beloved pollinators has skyrocketed. With easy-to-read text and colorful, engaging illustrations, Monarch Butterflies presents young readers with rich, detailed information about the monarchs’ life cycle, anatomy, and the wonders of their signature migration, as well as how to raise monarchs at home and the cultural significance of monarchs in Day of the Dead celebrations. As the book considers how human behavior has harmed monarchs, it offers substantive ways kids can help make a positive difference. Children will learn how to turn lawns into native plant gardens, become involved in citizen science efforts such as tagging migrating monarchs and participating in population counts, and support organizations that work to conserve butterflies.
The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the right plants for pollinators, protect them from pesticides, and provide abundant blooms throughout the growing season by mixing perennials with herbs and annuals! 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators.
The plight of the monarch butterfly has captured public attention and sparked widespread interest in helping to save their dwindling populations. In this in-depth portrait of the monarch butterfly—covering its life cycle, its remarkable relationship with milkweed, its extraordinary migration, and the threats it now faces due to habitat loss and climate change—detailed instructions on how to design and create monarch-friendly landscapes are enriched by guidance on observing and understanding butterfly behavior and habits. Following the model of their previous best-selling book, 100 Plants to Feed the Bees, the Xerces Society provides at-a-glance profiles of the plant species that provide monarchs with nourishment. The plants, which are all commercially available, range from dozens of species of milkweed—the only food of monarch caterpillars—to numerous flowering plants, shrubs, and trees that provide nectar for the adult butterfly, including those that bloom in late season and sustain monarchs in their great migration. Gorgeous photographs of monarchs and plants, plus illustrations, maps, and garden plans, make this a visually engaging guide.
A Mediterranean cuisine staple, Bentley Seed Heirloom Green Globe Artichoke thrives in long, mild growing seasons but can also grow as an annual in cooler climates. In warm areas, colorful flower buds appear year-round. After flowering, cut the plant back to the ground to encourage new growth.
Planting Instructions:
- Start seeds indoors 12 weeks before the average last frost date.
- Transplant outdoors after 4 weeks, ensuring protection from frost.
- Space seeds 3" apart and plant at a depth of ½".
- Harvest buds when they are closed. After the first harvest, side shoots will produce smaller bonus buds.
Growing Information:
- Lifecycle: Perennial in warm climates, annual in cool climates (vegetable)
- Sowing Method: Transplant
- Time to Maturity/Harvest: 5 months
- Sun: Full sun
- Germination Temperature: 70-79°F
- Height: 5'
- Seeds per Ounce: 630
- Seeds per Packet: 50
Uses:
Great for eating and dips, packed with iodine, calcium, iron, protein, and vitamins A, B1, and C.
Additional Information:
- Heirloom Year: 1863
- Scientific Name: Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
- Packet Size: 3 ¼" x 4 ½"
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A perennial vegetable, plant Heirloom Mary Washington Asparagus once and enjoy delicious spears season after season.
Initial cuttings will be ready in about two years, and then harvested annually thereafter. Asparagus is worth the wait! Healthy and succulent, you can grill or freeze your harvest for later.
Growing Instructions:
- Start indoors 8-12 weeks before your last frost and keep the seeds moist.
- Seedlings will emerge in 10-14 days.
- Alternatively, you can direct sow in the spring when the soil temperature is 60°F or warmer.
- Harden off seedlings and transplant them to a permanent bed that won’t be disturbed once they reach 6-10 inches tall.
- Important: Do not harvest during the first year. Wait until late fall to cut back the tops for regrowth the following year.
- Harvest begins in 24 months.
Seed Information:
- Lifecycle: Perennial (vegetable)
- Sowing Method: Transplant or direct sow
- Time to Maturity/Harvest: 24 months
- Sun Requirement: Full Sun is ideal
- Germination Temperature: 60°F or warmer
- Spacing: 2" apart
- Planting Depth: 1/2"
- Height: 9"
- Seeds Per Ounce: 360
- Seeds Per Packet: 50
Uses:
Eating and freezing; rich in nutrients such as fiber, folate, and vitamins A, C, and K
Additional Information:
- Heirloom Year: 1900
- Plant Scientific Name: Asparagus officinalis
- Packet Size: 3 ¼" x 4 ½"
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Heirloom Henderson Lima Beans are a classic variety that has been a favorite in gardens for generations. These Bentley Seed heirloom lima bean seeds grow into a productive, bushy plant that thrives in both garden beds and containers.
Growing Instructions:
- Plant heirloom lima bean seeds about 1 1/2 inches deep and 3 inches apart, after the danger of frost has passed.
- They can be planted in rows or sections 2 feet apart.
- No trellis is needed as Henderson Lima Beans grow low to the ground in a compact bush.
Seed Information:
- Lifecycle: Annual (vegetable)
- Sowing Method: Direct sow
- Time to Maturity/Harvest: About 2 months
- Sun Requirement: Full sun
- Ideal Germination Temperature: 75°F
- Spacing: 3" apart
- Planting Depth: 1 1/2"
- Height: 18-24"
- Seeds Per Ounce: 100
- Seeds Per Packet: 10-15
Uses:
- Great for salads, casseroles, soups, and canning.
- Low-fat source of healthy complex carbs, fiber, and protein.
- Rich in potassium, iron, magnesium, and vitamin C.
- Also provides zinc, calcium, vitamin K, and vitamin A.
Additional Information:
- Heirloom Year: 1888
- Plant Scientific Name: Phaseolus lunatus
- Packet Size: 3 ¼" x 4 ½"
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Heirloom Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean seeds have been producing hearty, flavorful beans for generations. Bentley Seeds’ Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans are tall, vigorous, and highly productive.
Growing Instructions:
- Plant seeds in rows 3 feet apart after the danger of frost has passed.
- Seeds should be planted about 1 inch deep and 2 inches apart.
- Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans are climbers and require support. Be sure to provide a trellis, poles, or a fence for them to climb.
Seed Information:
- Lifecycle: Annual (vegetable)
- Time to Maturity: About 2 months
- Sun Requirement: Full sun
- Spacing: 2" apart
- Planting Depth: 1 inch
- Seeds Per Packet: 20-25
- Seeds Per Ounce: 100
- Ideal Germination Temperature: 70°F
- Sowing Method: Direct sow
Uses:
- Hearty, flavorful beans perfect for cooking and salads.
Additional Information:
- Heirloom Year: 1850
- Plant Scientific Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
- Packet Size: 3 ¼" x 4 ½"
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An easy, productive green bean seed choice for your garden! Heirloom Provider Bush Beans are wonderful space-savers, making them perfect for smaller gardens or container gardening.
Growing Instructions:
- Plant Provider Bush Bean seeds about 1 inch deep and 2 inches apart, after the danger of frost has passed.
- They can be planted in rows or sections 3 feet apart.
- No trellis is needed as Provider Bush Beans grow low to the ground in a compact bush.
- These beans are a very prolific producer.
- We also offer bulk green bean seeds.
Seed Information:
- Lifecycle: Annual (vegetable)
- Time to Maturity: About 1.5 months
- Sun Requirement: Full sun
- Spacing: 2" apart
- Planting Depth: 1 inch
- Seeds Per Packet: 20-30
- Seeds Per Ounce: 100
- Ideal Germination Temperature: 75°F
- Sowing Method: Direct sow
Uses:
- Great for canning, freezing, and eating fresh, allowing you to enjoy the multiple health benefits of beans during the growing season and beyond!
Additional Information:
- Heirloom Year: 1965
- Plant Scientific Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
- Packet Size: 3 ¼" x 4 ½"
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Wholesome and beneficial! Bring charming Heirloom Purple Bee Balm (bergamot) to your garden for cooking and treating common ailments. P.S. the bees love it too!
Growing Instructions:
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Sow bee balm seeds directly into your flower garden after all danger of frost
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Bergamot seeds can also be spread around fields as a wildflower
Seed Information:
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Lifecycle: Perennial
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Time to Maturity: About 2 ½ months but comes back
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Sun Requirement: Full sun
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Spacing: 18" - 24"
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Depth: ½ inch
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Bee Balm Seeds Per Packet: 80–85
Uses:
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Perfect for teas and flavoring fish dishes
Additional Information:
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Plant Scientific Name: Monarda
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Packet Size: 3 ¼" x 4 ½"
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Wholesome and beneficial, Detroit Red Beets offer superb taste and heart health benefits, making them a great addition to your garden!
Growing Instructions:
- Plant seeds in deep, moist, rich soil.
- Cover lightly with soil and water evenly.
- Thin seedlings when they are 3-4 inches tall.
- Plant from spring to fall for a continuous harvest.
- The thinned greens can be eaten—treat them as you would spinach.
Seed Information:
- Lifecycle: Annual (vegetable)
- Time to Maturity: About 3.5 months
- Sun Requirement: Full sun
- Spacing: 2" apart
- Planting Depth: 1/2 inch
- Seeds Per Packet: 175-185
- Seeds Per Ounce: 1,500
- Ideal Germination Temperature: 60°F
- Sowing Method: Direct sow
Uses:
- Great for cooking.
- Rich in vitamins and minerals with excellent health benefits.
Additional Information:
- Heirloom Year: 1982
- Plant Scientific Name: Beta vulgaris
- Packet Size: 3 ¼" x 4 ½"
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Peppers, while technically classified as fruits, are commonly used as vegetables in culinary dishes all around the world. With a wide variety of peppers available, such as bell peppers, jalapeños, and poblano peppers, there's something to suit every taste, from mild and sweet to fiery hot. Growing your own peppers can be a rewarding experience, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the process of growing peppers from seeds, planting, and caring for them, as well as how to use and store your delicious harvest.
Seed Plantation Choose a pepper variety that is suitable for your climate and geographical location. Start the planting process indoors about 8 to 12 weeks before the last expected frost date.
Container Size Selection If you're opting for container gardening, make sure the container size matches the pepper variety you've chosen. Typically, containers with a capacity of 3 to 5 gallons work well for most pepper plants.
Indoor Lighting Provide ample indoor lighting to support the growth of your pepper plants. You can use LED lights or place the containers near a window that receives plenty of sunlight.
Fertilization Fertilization is crucial for a thriving garden. While some soil mixes come pre-fortified with nutrients, adding organic, water-soluble fertilizers can significantly boost your pepper plants' growth.
Outdoor Transition As the weather warms up, it's time to move your pepper plants outdoors. Peppers thrive in temperatures between 70- and 85-degrees Fahrenheit, with moderate humidity (40% to 50%). If the temperature consistently stays above 55 degrees, you can leave your plants outside.
Regular Watering Once your pepper plants are outside, make sure to water them regularly. Keep an eye on pest control and provide nutrients as needed to ensure healthy growth and a bountiful harvest.
Harvesting When it's time to harvest your peppers, use a sharp knife or pruners. Avoid pulling the peppers off the plant, as this can cause damage to the branches and increase the risk of disease. Leave some of the stem attached to the pepper when cutting it. Harvesting some peppers while they're green and allowing others to mature on the vine will give you a mix of flavors, heat, and nutrition.
How to Use Your Peppers Now that gardening season is over, it's time to put your hard work to good use. In the winter, a great way to use your peppers is by making roasted red pepper soup, stuffed peppers, salsa, and sauces. If you're not ready to create a recipe using your peppers just yet, you can freeze them for later use.
By following this comprehensive guide, you'll be well on your way to growing and harvesting your own peppers. Not only will you enjoy the satisfaction of growing your own food, but you'll also have a variety of delicious peppers to incorporate into your favorite recipes. Happy gardening!