WOW!  What a freakin’ turnout!  We are blown away… I think this has to be a record for entries in a gardening giveaway contest… for a 1 day period… on a gardening & bbq blog… on a Monday… this year.  WE OWN A RECORD!!!  And you guys were all part of it.  Tell your friends.

Anyhow… we were giving something away right?  Nah… APRIL FOOLS! HAHAHAhahhahahoHoHoHoHOHOHoHahaha…

Crap that was funny.  Seriously though – let’s make someone the luckiest person (AKA – the winner of a $50 Gift Certificate to Annie’s Annuals) on the planet…

CONGRATS Laurie!  I bet you feel like the luckiest person on the planet right now?  Now… I have said it before, but seriously – this time… it might actually mean something… you just made a CRAP-TON of enemies!  RUN!!  This time, they could prolly take you – there are a lot of them!! SERIOUSLY… RUN!!!

WAIT… there more now though!  Because of the awesome response to this giveaway and because Annie’s Annuals are some of the sweetest folks in the game – they have decided to give away TWO $50 gift certificates… be sure to show them love.   The second $50 winner is…

 

Congrats Kathleen!  You did it… you really did it!  Now you can get you some poppies & pansies and  soil and… whatever.  And be sure to thank the folks over at Annie’s because without them extending this to be more than one winner - you would have been a big loser like the rest of these peeps. 

BUT WAIT AGAIN!  We seriously can’t keep giving more and more away can we?!?  WE CAN!  Annie’s has also decided to give away TWO runner up gift certificates for $25 each – because they hate to dissapoint so many people.  SWEETEST, I’m telling you… SWEETEST!  Runner-up #1 is…

Woot woot!  Way to go Mandy Lee!  Hope that helps you fulfill your dream of gardening goodness!  Runner up #2 is…

Great job Kai – looks like you can pick up some goodies for your yards!  Hope it goes far enough for you to spruce it up!

Thanks to everyone who played along – this was truly amazing!  Thanks to Annie’s Annuals for the awesome giveaway, really – it was too much.  AND for all you losers – don’t forget you can head over to Annie’s Annuals and use the coupon code: Danger10 and BANG – 10% off your order! GO.. get after it! 

NEXT!

Tags: AeroGardening, Container Gardening, Flowers, Free Stuff Contests, Gardening, Gardening Give Aways, Humming Birds, Link'age, Living Green, Make A Difference, National Gardening Month, Organic Gardening, Recession Gardening, Springy, raised beds by James
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Last year I picked up an AeroGarden for Shala.  Since doing so – we have grown tons of lettuce, basil, parsley, dill and cilantro.  It really has been a neat lil’ toy – but most importantly it has allowed for things during these cold months that we wouldn’t normally be able to grow.

This morning we picked Cilantro & Basil (regular & purple).  And we still have a bunch left to pick.

Wondering if anyone else has one of these guys?  I know they are pricey – but at the same time… so is regular gardening (when you are a true addict).  We like ours, and are amazed at how fast & effecient things grow in it.  So in other words…

Are you an AeroGardener?  And if so – do you think yours is as cool as we think ours is?

Tags: AeroGardening, Aerogarden, Crappy Weather, Living Green, Winter Gardening by James
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We’ve been bad blog, dog & plant parents. 

We have finally made it through the month of May.  There were a few days in there that I didn’t think we would ever make it.  James went out of town three weekends in a row and I went out of town two.  The other weekends were spent at family functions in other towns 30 or 45 minutes away.  We. Are. Tired.

Our yard and plants have suffered.  Most things are still living they just aren’t doing as well as they could be, but this weekend we are HOME.  In fact there are no out of town trips planned for this whole month and we hope to keep it that way.  There is grass to cut, potatoes to harvest, plants to prune and empty barrels to fill.

At this point I would have to say that the tomatoes in the Aerogarden are looking the best and feeling the least amount of stress.

(Yes, we do realize that the name tag says cilantro.  It’s a liar. LIAR!  We used our own seeds for this and it was the only tag that we had.)

This picture was taken a week ago and these plants have grow a lot since then.  The Aerogarden will never take the place of our garden outside, but we do enjoy trying to grow different things and watching how fast they grow.

We will take some pictures this weekend of the other things going on.  It’s been a tough year to keep things documented but maybe things are slowing down and we will get better.

P.S. – WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME RAIN THIS PAST WEEK!  Real live rain!

Tags: AeroGardening, Aerogarden, Container Gardening, Eating At Home, Gardening, Growing Potatoes, Growing Tomatoes, James Is Wrong Too, Organic Gardening, Recession Gardening, Springy by Shala
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