These are the everyday tools and supplies we actually use here on the farm — for the garden, the coop and looking after our animals. Most of these are the exact items we’ve bought and rely on; the links go to Amazon.ca so you can grab the same gear we do.
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Garden Seeds
We start peppers, lettuce and greens from seed every spring. This is the kind of Canadian-grower variety pack we reach for — good germination and built for a short season.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Walk-Behind Seeder
The EarthWay precision seeder we run down the garden rows — sets seed spacing and depth in one pass. A real back-saver once you are planting more than a bed or two.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Garden Watering Wand
A solid metal watering wand with thumb control reaches the back of the beds and the hanging baskets without soaking your feet. Ours has held up season after season.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Garden & Coop Netting
Heavy bird netting we use to keep critters off the garden and out of the coop run. Cut it to fit, and it lasts.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Trimming Snips
Sharp little pruning snips for harvesting, deadheading and trimming. We keep a pair in every coat pocket come summer — a multi-pack means there is always one handy.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Chicken Waterers
Automatic cup waterers keep the flock in clean water without daily spills. Screw them into a bucket or pipe for a low-mess setup that lasts through Okanagan winters.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Chicken Feeders
A no-waste port feeder cuts down on spilled feed — and the rodents that come with it. Easy DIY setup into a bucket, and this is the style we run.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Heat Lamps & Bulbs
For brooding chicks and cold Okanagan nights, a carbon-fibre coop heater is safer than an old-style bulb and still throws good warmth. This is what we hang in the coop.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Grooming Scissors
A proper grooming-scissor kit — not just for dogs. Handy for trimming goats, matted coats and all sorts of farm grooming. Sharp, and worth having a set.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Earth Auger
Chucks straight into a drill and saves your back setting posts, bulbs and transplants — we reach for ours constantly. This is the auger bit we use.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Garden Hand Tools
The trowels, weeders and cultivators that live in the garden bucket. Nothing fancy — just tools that hold up to real dirt.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Animal Care Essentials
All the little odds and ends for looking after critters — the stuff that quietly makes chores easier. A rotating pick of the barn basics.
Shop on Amazon.ca →Looking for fencing, gates and farm equipment instead? That’s our local catalog — browse it here or get in touch.