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Birdies (another family small business with a great idea and lovely people) were the first in the world to make, and retail raised garden beds made from aluzinc and I immediately fell in love with them because I had been searching for a way to make gardening easier for myself with all my many ailments!

I’ve been using Birdies Garden Beds since 2008. Stand-up gardening, less bending, and less effort, makes gardening more fun and accessible to more people plus the aluzinc raised garden beds themselves are a top product! Highly durable, long lasting, strong, and they look AWESOME.

If you are in the USA, go to https://birdiesgardenproducts.com/SSMEbird Use code SSMEbird at checkout for 5% off.

In Australia, go to Birdies Garden Products Australia and use code SSMEbird for a 5% discount, or in New Zealand, go to Birdies Garden Products NZ and use Code SSMEBIRD26 for 5% off your first purchase.

Over the past 5 years Vego Garden has shook up the online gardening world with their innovation and high quality garden products. I’ve known Robert (the founder of Vego Garden) since the beginning, his engineering background, business instinct and love of gardening has created a product range that is now pushing others in the industry to do better.

I’ve partnered with Vego Garden to bring some of their products to Australia so Aussies can purchase them through my own store https://shop.selfsufficientme.com/ we are regularly running great specials.

In the USA:

•  Vego Garden Sitewide Affiliate Link:   https://get.aspr.app/SH1rft
• 5% Evergreen Sitewide Discount Code: SELF_SUFFICIENT_ME5
• Special Offer ($30 Off Orders Over $400): SELF_SUFFICIENT_ME30OFF

If you are looking to buy preserving gear/equipment like freeze dryers, jars, and canners OzFarmer is your store here in Australia. OzFarmer also stock farm supplies such as premium chicken tractors, drinkers and feeders.

I know the owner of OzFarmer well and his commitment to quality products and customer satisfaction is tremendous!

Get 10% off your purchase at https://ozfarmer.com/t4xruzils6 on checkout for most general products using code T4XRUZILS6.

Get free postage when you buy a LYVN Freeze Dryer using code SELFSUFFICIENTLYVN

Hoselink is a great family business with a typical story of what hard work and passion can create. Their products are developed out of solving problems for gardeners and anyone who has ever been frustrated when a hose or connection doesn’t operate as it should. Plus, the people who run the company are nice, down-to-earth, and fair.

Use this link here to automatically get 10% off your purchase from the Hoselink store or use code SELFSUFFICIENTME

Harvest Right is the inventor and manufacturer of the world’s first home appliance freeze dryer – an absolute game changer for backyard preserving!

Follow this link here to the Harvest Right Website and check out their freeze dryer range (for USA only).

The applications for freeze-dried foods are endless, and I’m making up new treats and condiments all the time, from powdered herbs to crunchy banana chips.

Australian Landscaping Supplies is a great alternative to Bunnings to get your gardening products. They stock high quality supplies made by fire dinkum Aussie businesses. Follow this link to get 10% discount on your order or use SELF_SUFFICIENT_ME code at checkout.

Want some indestructible garden tools for a great price? Garden Tools Australia send their famous garden tool sets all around the world! Aussie-made Forged garden tools: Go to this link at Garden Tools Australia and use code SSM10 for a 10% discount at checkout.

Heirloom, Non-GMO Seedss yield healthier, tastier produce compared to hybrid/GMO seeds, and because they’re heirloom, you can save and replant them for generations.

Survival Seeds Australia and USA go here for more info and use Code SSM at checkout for a 10% discount.

Some people just love wood for the look, feel and cost savings. Corrogarden fills the gap in the raised planter market with their range of wooden raised garden beds and signature recycled plastic growing base. I’ve been a supporter of Corrogarden from the beginning of the Company offering product design advice and giving feedback. Get a 5% discount on your purchase by going here to Corrogarden

World leaders in Healthy and Durable Cookware made in Australia and the USA.

I’ve been using Solidteknics cookware for several years now to cook our organically grown produce because the last thing I want to do is grow chemical free food and then cook it with something that could be toxic!

Get 5% off your purchase (excluding bundles and sales) when you use my code SSM5 at checkout here https://www.solidteknics.com/

Pressed from one piece and with a lifetime and multi-century warranty it’s a “solid” product!

Buy Me a Coffee is an easy and safe way for people to directly support my work through donating as little or as much as they like and only if they want and can afford to otherwise supporting through watching my videos and giving them a comment and thumbs up is still more than enough!  https://buymeacoffee.com/selfsufficientme

These are the Google display ads you see usually at the top or bottom of our Website or embedded in articles. Yes, they can sometimes be a little unsightly – I agree… However without advertising, publishers like us would die out and the internet would be left with only big companies pushing their products onto everyone. Monopolies are bad for humanity! Therefore, if you are blocking advertising please turn it off for our Website – thank you so much. Edit: We are currently trialing no Adsense advertising on our site in the hope that people enjoy the experience more.