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Ivy’s Starter Kit

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Ivy’s Beginner Starter Kit — Five tools to get you growing before you plant your first seed
Welcome to the Dirt Diva family! All five of your free resources are right here. Click each button to download your file. Keep an eye on your inbox too — over the next few days Ivy is going to walk you through each one personally and show you exactly how to use it.
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Pest Control Chart Something is eating your garden and you have no idea what it is yet. This chart fixes that — identify the culprit, know exactly what to do about it, and stop losing plants to things you could have handled in five minutes.
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Garden Problem Solver Yellow leaves, wilting plants, stunted growth — every beginner hits these walls. Start with the symptom you can actually see and this guide walks you straight to the cause and the fix. No guessing required.
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Container Size Chart The wrong size container is one of the most common beginner mistakes — too small and the roots run out of room, too big and the soil stays wet too long. This chart tells you exactly what size you need for whatever you’re growing.
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Veggie Quick Reference Chart Sun, water, spacing, and days to harvest for the vegetables most home gardeners actually want to grow — all on one reference sheet. Tape it inside your garden shed or take it to the nursery so you never have to guess.
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Seed Packet Decoder Nobody tells you how to read a seed packet and they are genuinely confusing the first time. Days to maturity, direct sow vs. transplant, hardiness zones, planting depth — this decoder makes every number and symbol on that packet make immediate sense.
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🛒 Ready to Get Your Garden Set Up Right?

Get Ivy’s Hand-Picked Beginner Garden Essentials

Ivy and Kevin have put together a list of the tools, supplies, and extras that make starting a food garden actually work — without wasting money on things you don’t need yet.

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Your Garden Needs a Soundtrack Like This

Before the seeds go in, before the first harvest, before any of it — there’s this. That low, rhythmic clug clug you’re about to hear is Kevin’s backyard fountain. It’s also, as you’ll discover in a few days, the scene of one of the most absurd wildlife standoffs in suburban gardening history. We’re not going to spoil it. Just watch this first, get very comfortable, and know that the story behind this fountain is coming. Seventeen minutes of pure garden quiet from the Pacific Northwest. You’ve earned it.
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