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Vego Garden is the exclusive retailer of their products. They carry a broad range of gardening products– planters, tools, accessories, seed starting supplies, and more. I like that many of their products are build to last and are practical. Furthermore, they add aesthetic without sacrificing the aforementioned. (2024)

Media Appearances / Features

John Kohler / Growing Your Greens
John is YouTube’s earliest gardening and health foods masters. When he reached about visiting my garden, I initially thought that it was some type of impersonation scam. I eventually accepted that it was the real John Kohler reaching out to me. He came over and I was his camera man while he gave a tour of my garden. At the end we sat down in front of the camera and chatted a little. Off camera, he encouraged me to make more videos. Being a big critic of myself and my videos, it was great to hear his words of encouragement.

Epic Gardening Podcast
As it was mentioned above, I was invited to be a guest of the podcast. Kevin and I talked about some the things that I enjoy about being outside in my garden: Ducks in the garden, Planting small and in succession, Growing with children, Edibles in landscaping, Citrus & California History, Permaculture in California, Time traveling through heirlooms.

Burpee Gardening Gardeners of the Year 2020
Burpee is another seed company that I have been a long time costumer of. I was selected in a contest to be one of 12 Burpee Gardening Gardeners of the Year. I was the October feature. It was a great opportunity to share what my gardening style is. The blog content can be found: https://www.burpeehomegardens.com/Blog/2020/10/01/gardener-of-the-month-october-2020.html

High Mowing Organic Seeds
In response to the pandemic, High Mowing Organic Seeds included me in their feature about Resilience for their 2021 seed catalog and blog. It was an opportunity to share a little bit about the serious side of my growing of food.
https://www.highmowingseeds.com/blog/2021-catalog-stories-of-resilience-part-2/

Bootstrap Farmer
#meetagrower is Bootstrap Farmer’s weekend feature of food growers of all calibers– from professional farmers to home growers. As a happy and repeat customer, it was very nice to have been asked to be a part of this feature. Bootstrap Farmer sells growing supplies to farmers and larger scale growing. For the amount of food that we are trying to grow, I often look at what practices and supplies the professionals use and then scaling things down. Bootstrap Farmer also supply smaller quantities for home growers and enthusiast.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdigoduOGS-/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

“How To Become A Gardener: Find Empowerment in creating your own Food Security” (Book Appearance)
2022. Ashlie Thompson, The Mocha Gardener. Cool Springs Press. ISBN: 978-0-7603-7424-5. Pages, 160-163.

Product Testing

Leatherman (2021 to Present)
https://www.leatherman.com/
The best multitool in terms of build quality, functionality, and joy to use is a Leatherman (Made in USA) tool. As a gardener, plant enthusiast, pet owner, camper, hiker, DIY'r, offroad explorer, and a dad who helps his kids take toys out of their packages and install batteries, I enjoy using my Leatherman multitools in these areas. As a product tester, I provide feedback that influences the development of new products. I also hope to steer the development process towards tools geared specifically for gardeners.
Notable project: Leatherman ARC multi-tool

Gardener's Supply Company (2018 to 2023)
https://www.gardeners.com/
Is a B-Corporation, employee owned company, customer oriented business that supplies a wide range of gardening related products.