Mom Tested, Kid Approved
Tools, gadgets, & resources to help your family on your growing journey.
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Our Top Choices for Kids Gardening Tools For Tiny Hands
Kids Gardening Tools (unicorn/pink/purple)
- Great set to gift for the kid that wants to join you in the garden
- Set includes a canvas bag with pockets, shovel, rake, trowel, kids gardening gloves, unicorn watering can, three biodegradable planters and a STEM learning guide.
Kids Gardening Tools (blue/yellow)
- Great set to gift for the kid that wants to join you in the garden.
- Set includes: Canvas tote; shovel; rake; fork; kids smock; watering can; kid-sized gloves, a Gardening Guide; 4 plant pots; 4 plant tag and 2 packs cute stickers.
Kids Cordless and Electric Leaf Blower
- Your kids always want to help with the leaves, but your blower is way too heavy. This lightweight yet powerful leaf blower is perfect for even toddler hands.
- Weighs less than 2.7 lbs, so kids can easily handle it; the flexible rubber grip prevents slipping.
- Battery lasts 30 minutes for a fun activity outside.
Radio Flyer Kid’s Wheelbarrow
- How adorable is this wheelbarrow? Seamless steel tray with no-scratch edges to keep your toddler’s fingers safe. It also has real wooden handles, steel undercarriage and a durable molded wheel.
- Your kids can help in the garden in style gathering veggies or carrying soil or mulch.
- Great for development: By carrying items in the wheelbarrow, kids will learn control and gain confidence in their balance.
Our Top Choices for Kids Books (Gardening & More!)
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
- In this charming story about celebrating differences, a Chinese-American girl wishes for a garden of bright flowers instead of one full of bumpy, ugly, vegetables.
- Growing up my mothers garden was full of Vietnamese vegetables, so I related to this a lot.
- This book springs forth with the bright and cheerful colors of blooming flowers and lumpy vegetables. Grace Lins playful illustrations pour forth with abundant treasures. Complete with a guide to the Chinese pronunciation of the vegetables and the recipe for ugly vegetable soup! Try it . . . you'll love it, too!
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
- This sweet exploration of the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year could not be more lovely, according to the Washington Post.
- Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home.
- After reading head outside and have your kids do their own discovery in your yard or at the park.
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary McKenna Siddals
- We read this book with our daughter when we started our first home compost.
- Not only is composting becoming more common in households and residential gardens, but many school gardens feature compost piles, too.
- Shares how you start a compost pile and what’s safe to include.
The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
- The Listening Walk will remind both adults and kids of the wonders all around them...if they slow down and listen. Our daughter frequently references this book when we are outside.
- A little girl and her father take a quiet walk and identify the sounds around them. Soon the girl discovers an extraordinary world of sounds in her everyday environment.
- Our daughter often hears trucks, hammers (lots of construction where we live), leaves rustling. Take a listening walk with your kids and see how many sounds they can identify.
Our Top Choices for Adult Gardening Tools
Kitchen Compost Bin
- This was our first compost bin. We fill it up and then take it outside to our tumbler or to the basement which has our vermicomposting bin.
- This bin doesnt smell even in the humid summer. Comes with two carbon filters with each bin.
- The problem with other composting bins is that they are made of stainless steel. When acidic foods are added directly to the metal bin, over time they can eat through the metal and cause rust and leaks. This bin has a plastic liner bucket which means that food does not touch the powder-coated steel outer bin and prevents it from rusting and leaking.
Outdoor Tumbling Composter, 37 gallon
- This was our first outdoor composter. Takes a little time to set up but for the price, it's worth it.
- Great tumbler for beginners! The large openings and removable door make it easy to add scraps/clippings and remove finished compost.
- Durable construction – BPA free, UV inhibited, 100% post-consumer recycled polypropylene is contact safe and will not degrade under direct sunlight. The galvanized steel frame is corrosion resistant.
- We have tons of deer, squirrels, raccoons in our area yet they stay away from this bin.
Gardener’s Supply Company Featherweight Coil Hose, 75′
- Our garden is far from the water supply. We use this coil hose as an extension to our existing hose.
- We never deal with hose reels that are clunky and labor-intensive. This hose stretches far enough into our yard making it a breeze to water, especially when you need to take care of seedlings. After watering we just tuck it back against the wall. Super quick and easy!
- Phthalate-, BPA- and lead-free; meets NSF drinking-water standards
Alma Garden Hose Nozzle Spray Nozzle
- Never get hand cramps with this ergonomic hose sprayer. Thumb control enables you to use the garden hose spray nozzle, and quickly change from high-pressure to low pressure water flow.
- Comes with 10 adjustable hose sprayer patterns.
Our Top Choices for Kitchen Tools
Make Great Meals with Your Garden Harvest
Vitamix 5200 Blender Professional-Grade, Self-Cleaning 64 oz Container
- Hands down the best tool we have in our kitchen. We have a food processor, immersion blender, and other cutting/chopping/mixing tools, and this one gets the most use.
- Unlike other blenders, Vitamix provides a Tamper. This tool allows for processing thick, dense ingredients like nut butters and batters. BPA-free plastic tamper pushes food down into the Vitamix processing blades without coming into contact with the blade.
- Cleanup is a breeze. Fill the container with soap and water, blend for 60 seconds and voila!
Brod & Taylor SAHARA Folding Food Dehydrator (Stainless Steel Shelves)
- After years of holding off on getting a dehydrator (we have so many kitchen supplies), we found this folding one. Great for small kitchens and perfect if you dont have a ton of storage space.
- Why dehydrate? You can save produce, save money, and time! Dont throw away all that kale. Make kale chips (better than from the oven). Make fruit rolls ups for kids. Make dehydrated fruit for car trips, hikes, or outings. Have fun mixing up your own recipes for jerky.
- This ends up being a time saver because youre not taking up oven real estate. The dual time/temperature controls also is nice to run at higher temperature for fast initial drying then automatically switch to lower temperature to maintain nutrients and taste.
- Unlike dehydrating in the oven, you never have to wait around for food to finish. Just set it and forget it! Go about your busy day.
Kuhn Rikon Original Swiss Peeler 3-Pack
- If Ina Garten recommends this peeler, it must be good!
- You can never have enough peelers in the house. This 3-pack is convenient to have around the kitchen.
- The blades are sharp and the potato eye remover makes it easy to prep your meals.
Bambusi Organic Bamboo Cutting Board Set
- Why bamboo? Bamboo is antimicrobial, and unlike plastic, germs and bacteria will not get stuck in knife grooves. Bamboo is known for its strength, density, durability, and eco-friendly.
- This set comes with a butcher block board for every kitchen task. The large cutting board is 13” x 17.75” with deep juice grooves, perfect for slicing meats and roasts. There are three small wood boards (13” x 9.5” | 11” x 8.7” | 8.25” x 6.3”) great for quick chopping, dicing, and mincing tasks.
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