ForFarmers
Issue No. 12 · independent picks, tracked prices

Farm & garden goods,
vetted like kin.

ForFarmers is a catalog, not a warehouse. We put a dozen honest picks for the place you grow — each one an affiliate listing with its item number, its specs and its price stamp, clear as a mail-order ticket.

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Featured entry · No. 004spring

Forged Hori-Hori Transplant Knife

One blade that lifts a seedling, cuts root and digs a divot — then hangs on the nail.

1,140 ratings

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Goods on the shelves

Twelve entries, four departments — each one vetted by hand, each price checked the day it was printed. Pull a divider to open a department.

No. 001
Seeds & Starts

Heirloom Tomato Seed Collection

Twelve open-pollinated varieties — the slicing, the sauce and the snacking kind.

  • 12 varieties · 540 seeds
  • Non-GMO, open-pollinated
  • Sow-deep chart on each pack
3,412 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 002
Seeds & Starts

72-Cell Seed-Start Kit with Dome

Tray, dome and cells that wash clean — because last year's algae is nobody's friend.

  • 72 reusable cells
  • Clear humidity dome
  • Dishwasher-safe trays
9,877 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 003
Seeds & Starts

Rainbow Root Seed Trio

Purple, yellow and orange roots that convince a kid to eat a carrot for the first time.

  • 3 color varieties
  • Seeds packed for 3 seasons
  • Straight-line sowing strip
1,128 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 004
Tools by Hand

Forged Hori-Hori Transplant Knife

One blade that lifts a seedling, cuts root and digs a divot — then hangs on the nail.

  • Full tang, 7-inch blade
  • Serrated one edge
  • Canvas sheath included
1,140 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 005
Tools by Hand

Bypass Pruners, 3/4-Inch Cut

Clean cuts on green wood, a latch that survives a pocket, a spring you can actually replace.

  • Cuts to 0.75 in
  • Replaceable spring
  • Warranty honored by mail
12,304 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 006
Tools by Hand

2-Gallon Pump Mister & Sprayer

For dormant oil, fish emulsion and the gentle wash-down. Pressurizes in twenty pumps flat.

  • 2 gal translucent tank
  • Cone-or-jet brass tip
  • Gasket kit in the box
2,206 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 007
Barn & Flock

Solar Automatic Coop Door

Opens at dawn, shuts at dark, and a raccoon has left this door exactly zero times in our test.

  • Solar + USB backup
  • Failsafe light sensor
  • Mounts on any flat board
5,623 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 008
Barn & Flock

Ceramic Nest Eggs, Set of 6

Old drover's trick made tidy: a visible 'nest is here' cuts lost eggs in half by week two.

  • 6 glazed ceramic eggs
  • Fits standard nesting boxes
  • Wipe-clean glaze
1,006 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 009
Barn & Flock

Press-and-Go Fly Trap, 2-Pack

No electricity, no spray — hang it far from the house and let the sun do the trapping.

  • Chemical-free lure
  • Season-long catch bag
  • Hangs from any eave
7,812 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 010
Soil & Compost

Dual-Chamber Compost Tumbler

Two chambers means one always cooking. The hand-crank gear means turning it isn't a chore.

  • 2 × 37 gal chambers
  • Crank-driven aeration
  • Sift gate on the door
2,890 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 011
Soil & Compost

22-Inch Compost Thermometer

The pile talks through this needle: 130°F means turn it, 160°F means leave it be.

  • 22 in probe
  • Big dial readable at arm's length
  • Calibrated at the factory
4,201 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick
No. 012
Soil & Compost

Mycorrhizal Root Inoculant

Live fungus for transplant day — the quiet partner that trades root reach for plant sugar.

  • Powder, 8 oz jug
  • Refrigerate after opening
  • One dip per transplant
666 ratings
Porch-tested · independent pick

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The buying almanac

A catalog lies flat if it ignores the calendar. Here’s the same book read by season — what to have oiled, ordered and hung before the ground thaws.

Mar – May
Spring

Soil work, transplants and the first fenced-off bed. Buy steel and seed before the rush.

4 entries on the season
Jun – Aug
Summer

Water, mulch and pest craft. The pruning season's quiet work starts at solstice.

4 entries on the season
Sep – Nov
Fall

The compost year pays out. Turn the pile while it's warm and bank the leaf crop.

2 entries on the season
Dec – Feb
Winter

Indoors: seed trays under lights, tools oiled, catalogs read with a pencil in hand.

2 entries on the season

How we vet

An affiliate catalog earns trust one stamped page at a time. These are the four marks every entry passes on its way to the shelf.

Tested before typed

An entry earns its page number only after it has worked a real season on a real porch. No bench, no listing.

The tag is honest

We earn a commission when you buy through our links. That's the whole business model, said plainly and spelled out in the fine print.

No bought pages

No brand has ever paid for a plate on these shelves. Sponsorship offers get the same answer as the fence salesman: no.

Specs over sales talk

Every entry lists what matters in the field — sizes, materials, consumables — not marketing adjectives borrowed from the box.

Change the binding

Eight bindings for the whole book, each printed for day or night. Every palette mixes a trust color with an attention color — pull one off the shelf and the catalog repaints instantly. Your choice is filed on this device and painted before the first pixel.