- Seeding cells
- Seeding trays
- Growing medium/potting soil mix
- Heating mats (ideally)
- Light (ideally)
- Seeds
- Labels
- Permanent marker
- Notebook for keeping notes and consulting crop plan
Fertility equipment (my soil is very coarse sand)
- Compost
- Horse Manure (lowest quality manure, but available for free)
- Soil
- Peat moss
- Pelletized chicken manure or blood meal (ideally)
- Truck (rent or borrow)
Season Extension equipment
- Floating rowcovers
- low tunnel/unheated greenhouse
- Transplants
Irrigation equipment
- 150 feet of hose
- Sprinkler
- Timer for watering
- Drip irrigation for greenhouse crops
Harvest equipment
- Pulp berry baskets of varying sizes
- Stackable perforated harvest bins for picking and delivery to market
- Unperforated bins for washing root vegetables
- Elastic bands for Asparagus and other bunching vegetables
- Harvest cart
- Hose nozzle for cleaning
- Cold room (ideally)
Market supplies
- Signs
- Labels
- Tent shelter
- Folding table
- Table cloths
- Cashbox
- Cash & change
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The above is my shopping list for what I need to start my business. This list continues to grow as I remember other indispensable items (feel free to comment anything I have forgotten). I have already purchased many of these items, and am still looking/shopping around for others. Those with "ideally" in brackets are items which I might not get around to purchasing this year.
Risk is inevitable in business. Nothing comes for free, and making a living self-employed requires investment. The returns will hopefully exceed what you can expect as an employee but putting in a few years of hard work is as inevitable as spending some money.
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