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Continue ShoppingSummer is just around the corner, now is the perfect time to start on your summer garden. Gardening is a great tool for a few reasons, first, you can make it inexpensive, second, you can have fresh crops that you can enjoy or sell, and third, it is a good way to stay prepared. Recently, we added a brand new ReadyWise Emergency item, our Heirloom Vegetable Seed Buckets, which we are very excited about. This bucket has made gardening easy, affordable and can help give your family peace-of-mind. Today we want to talk about different ways you can use the seeds and also give you some suggestions on how to build your own garden box. If you were following along with our ReadyWise “CovIDEAS,” then you may have already read our tips and tricks on how to “grow your own garden,” but if you missed it, it is up on our blog and we have also provided a link below as well. Our seed buckets are IN STOCK now but are limited in supply. You can shop through our ReadyWise website or directly through this link.
What does our Heirloom Vegetable Seed Bucket include?
This bucket comes with 39 different varieties of hand-selected non non-hybrid, non-gmo, open-pollinated vegetable seeds. This would be around $1,500 value at your local hardwood store. All the seeds have up to a 10 year shelf life, so this can last you a few years. It can also be good for trial and error if you are new to gardening because you will have extra if your crops are not successful the first time around. Saying that, if you think that this bucket has too many seeds for your family alone, we do suggest splitting it with friends or neighbors as well. This can also help break up the cost of the bucket. All the seeds come packed in their own UV-radiation resistant, resealable mylar foil bag and each kit contains more than 4,500 Heirloom Seeds (almost 2lbs worth). In total this bundle has enough survival seeds for a 3 acre garden.
VEGETABLE | VARIETY | WEIGHT | SEED COUNT |
---|---|---|---|
Asparagus | Mary Washington | .078oz | 112 |
Beet | Detroit Dark Red | .06oz | 125 |
Rutabaga | American Purple Top | .02oz | 122 |
Broccoli | Green Sprouting Calabrese | .02oz | 107 |
Brussel Sprouts | Long Island Improved | .013oz | 117 |
Bush Bean | Golden Wax | .742oz | 90 |
Bush Bean | Blue Lake 274 | .902oz | 85 |
Cabbage | Early Jersey Wakefield | .02oz | 100 |
Cantaloupe | Jumbo Hales Best | .10oz | 96 |
Carrot | Chantenay Red Cored | .020oz | 250 |
Cauliflower | Snowball Y Improved | .2oz | 125 |
Celery | Tall Utah 52-72 Improved | .07oz | 200 |
Collards | Champion | .016oz | 110 |
Cucumber | Poinsett 76 (slicing) | .058oz | 65 |
Cucumber | National Pickling | .162oz | 152 |
Eggplant | Black Beauty | .026oz | 110 |
Kale | Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch | .02oz | 158 |
Leek | American Flag | .24oz | 170 |
Lettuce | Buttercrunch | .02oz | 280 |
Lima Bean | King Of The Garden | 3.07oz | 103 |
Mustard Greens | Tendergreen | .02oz | 215 |
Onion | White Bunching | .028oz | 165 |
Okra | Clemson Spineless | .248oz | 129 |
Onion | Sweet Spanish Yellow | .012oz | 140 |
Pea | Sugar Ann | .818oz | 99 |
Pepper | California Wonder | 04oz | 104 |
Pepper | Early Jalapeno | .038oz | 115 |
Pumpkin | Jack O'Lantern | .440oz | 78 |
Radish | Early Scarlet Globe | .032oz | 139 |
Spinach | Nobel Giant | .064oz | 130 |
Squash | Golden Summer Crookneck | .22oz | 93 |
Squash | Butternut Waltham | .486oz | 142 |
Squash | Black Beauty | .5oz | 112 |
Sweet corn | Golden Bantam | .866oz | 97 |
Tomato | Beefsteak | .01oz | 87 |
Tomato | Roma | .01oz | 108 |
Tomato | Red Cherry Large | .02oz | 115 |
Turnip | Purple Top White Globe | .15oz | 180 |
Watermelon | Sugar Baby | .204oz | 125 |
How can this give my family peace-of-mind?
Given what is going on in the world, the importance of being prepared has shined it light more than ever. This bucket could help in a survival situation because it would give your family the reassurance of food and these crops could also be bartered and traded for money or different items. Chances are it won’t come to that, but it is always smart to have a back up plan.
How to build your own raised garden box (under $15)
The best part about building a garden box is that you can do it for relatively cheap, this specific one can be made for under $15. Some of the benefits to a raised garden box is less weeding, helps save space, it is easier to maintain the garden when it's high up and it can help keep kids or animals away. Below we have provided a list of the different supplies you will need along with step-by-step instructions. We did find these “How to Build a Raised Garden Bed For Cheap by FarmHouse On Boone” instructions on Pinterest (link provided above). They do offer a step by step video as well if you prefer watching rather than reading.
Garden Box Supplies (this will make one raised garden bed)
Instructions:
Youtube Video link
Blog Post:
“HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN GARDEN” Blog Post
Citations:
“How to Build a Raised Garden Bed for Cheap .” Farmhouse On Boone , Tutorial Gardens , 5 July 2019, www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-build-a-raised-garden-bed-for-cheap.