ENCORE… ENCORE… ENCORE!

You thought it was over didn’t you?  To be honest… we did too.  Then as people started to whine and pout – we had to do something. 

And did we ever do something about it.

Well… we can’t even take credit for this.  Seriously… this is bigger than us.  This has everything to do with the awesome sponsors of this giveaway.  I don’t think we even need to go any further… let’s just get to all this giveaway madness.  I hope you have a minute… err an hour.

Encore Garden Giveaway #1 -  Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew Soil Conditioner Tea

Yup… Annie is back… and she’s bringing her sh!tbags w/ her!  We have already given away 1 gift pack of Annie’s Moo Poo Teas – and she was so saddened by the contests being over… she tweeted me and said – I WILL GIVE MORE IF YOU WILL KEEP THEM GOING!  So… we had to right?  Right.

If you haven’t tried these cow/horse manure teas – they will get your garden going!  I mean really going!  Big blooms for your flowers & big veggies in your garden.  We are always looking for organic ways to feed our plants and these manure teas totally fit the bill!  No crap!  Well… ok… there is lots of crap involved… but you get the idea.  Annie @ Authentic Haven Brand is chipping in not 1… not 2… but 3 gift packs for this encore celebration of National Gardening Month!  So what does that mean?  3 winners!

Encore Garden Giveaway #2 – Annie’s Goat Hill Soaps

So you have been dealing w/ the garden all day – you got garden soil under your nails and you just want to clean up.  The last thing you want to do is use some run of the mill soap laden w/ chemicals and junk you flat out shouldn’t be lathering up with.  We have the answer… well – actually Annie’s Goat Hill Soaps has the answer!  This soap is made from goat’s milk!!  Real goat’s milk!  Hand crafted… one of a kind goodness.  Skin safe, scented or unscented – keep it as natural as you would like.

Annie is going to throw in 2 bars of soap to one winner!  That soap will last you FOREVER! 

Encore Garden Giveaway #3 – Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting

Everyone was sad when Deb won the only copy of Chris McLaughlin’s soon to be out book – The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting… so Chris agreed to giving yet another copy of her book away!  Once again… this book will not be out until next month – but you can get a SIGNED copy of this book for FREE!  You will never have another question when it comes to composting – that is for sure… and if your and idiot – you won’t be for long.  (Go sign up for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting’s Fan Page on Facebook)

So if you are anyone but Deb – here is your chance to win a copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting… and you can be composting w/ the best of them!  Just to recap… 1 book to 1 winner.

Encore Garden Giveaway #4 – F-F-F-FISKARS IS BACK (no way… YES WAY)

I said they were done.  They said they were done.  Then this whole encore garden giveaway started rumbling around… and Fiskars couldn’t resist hooking up some more gardeners!  If you haven’t been around to read my loving tales of my Fiskars tools (good, because they are embarrassing) – you surely missed out.  I am in love w/ their new reel mower – the loppers I own have earned their keep over and over and over and my grass shears – so freakin’ awesome.  If you ask me which tools to buy – no question, Fiskars own at our house.

Enough about me – let’s talk about you… or at least what YOU can win.  Fiskars is once again bringing the pain w/ PowerGear Bypass Pruners, PowerGear Anvil Super Pruners (Loppers) and also (this one is new to our giveaways)… UpRoot Weed & Root Remover.  Yup, 3 freakin’ Fiskars tools!  For those that don’t get it… that is 3 more winners!

Encore Garden Giveaway #5 – Your Favorite Nursery (apparently)… Annie’s Annuals

In the largest giveaway in Double Danger history (by far) – Annie’s had over 130 entries for a chance to win one $50 gift certficate.  After such a response Annie’s Annuals came back and said… we can’t disapoint so many people, let’s do 4 gift certificates!  We said… SURE!  Well, they came back when they heard we were doing this whole “encore” thing and said – let’s do 2 more! 

Seriously – we have never been to Annie’s Annuals – but when we make it out to the West Coast… we are freakin’ going!  After hearing people talk of being there for hours and hours and how everyone was so nice – how could we not.  Annie’s portion of this encore garden giveaway – 2 gift certificates for $25 each – in other words… two different winners.

Encore Garden Giveaway #6 – Corona Garden Tools

We didn’t get a chance to touch base w/ Corona during the giveaways – so they didn’t take part… but when they heard we were doing an “encore” to cap off this giveaway-a-thon – they jumped on board w/ the quickness.  We have some friends that wouldn’t trade their Corona pruners for anything – and after going through pair after pair of pruners… we are about to invest in some as well.  We love the name – however it might be because we love beer… and there is a certain beer that shares the same name… but who cares the reasoning!

Corona, since they couldn’t take part in the original giveaway have really stepped up and are putting 5 sets of pruners (check them out) on the line.  No crap – FIVE!  Meaning - 5 people will win their very own Corona pruners to work their garden over with.  Before I forget… be sure to stop by for even more giveaways from Corona by becoming their fan on Facebook.  Go Go GO!

Encore Garden Giveaway #7 – Ethel Gloves

You didn’t win them the first time (awwww).  Then you failed to win the second time (double awwww).  But now you have one more chance to redeem yourself because Ethel Gloves is back w/ one last gardening gloves giveaway to help your hands to live to see the future.  We are proud owners of both Ethel gloves & Mechanix gloves – and we cannot say enough about them.  We both have donned ours for over a year & a half now and they are still going strong.  In fact we used ours all last weekend potting up plants, putting in new plants around the yard and I cannot even begin to tell you how often we I have used the Mechanix gloves for “manly” chores.

Ethel Gloves has once again put forward a pair of gloves to one lucky winner… that is 1 more pair of glove to 1 winner!  This is great, considering they have already fitted two different people w/ gloves already during this giveaway.  Don’t forget, they are still running the coupon code created specifically for our readers to get 15% off your order.  Go use it!  Coupon Code: DOUBLEDANGER15

Encore Garden Giveaway #8 – Garden Shoes Online

I just heard about 300 women all gasp at the same time.  SHOES!?!?!  OMG!  Settle down… it isn’t shoes this time, but it is an awesome place to get just about any kind of gardening shoes on the planet and if you haven’t – stop by GardenShoesOnline.com to check it out.  Garden Shoes Online didn’t get a chance to play along w/ our giveaways during the past two weeks, BUT… they made it in for the encore garden giveaways and we couldn’t be happier.  They have selected a pair… wait for it… wait for it…

Felcos Right Handed Pruners OR Felcos Left Handed Pruners – so just in case you are a lefty… you don’t have to try and make due w/ a pair of right handed (like I’m sure you have done before).  That is 1 winner of 1 pair of Felcos!

That is it… ha… like it isn’t a big damn deal.  In total we will pull 17 winners when it is all said in done… and that is JUST for this encore giveaway.  We are almost giving away as much stuff w/ this one as we did the entire 2 weeks of giveaways prior!  We will run this one all weekend – and pull winners Sunday night.  That will give you a couple day to be sure you are signed up (by leaving a comment in this post) and it will also give you time to share w/ everyone you know!  Throw this up on Facebook.  Tweet it.  Email it.  Write a letter to your friend in the next county… whatever way you can – get the word out!  We want this one to be the biggest one yet!

Before we wrap this thing up – we want to extend our warmest thank you(s) to our sponsors… all of you folks have went above & beyond yet again (since some of you even gave last year).  We are blown away by your support – we LOVE doing this for gardeners & potential gardeners.  Our dream is to inspire new gardeners each year w/ giveaways like this and w/ our blog too!  So if we have made a difference to you – let us know about it… we are dying to know.  Really though – sponsors… we love you.  In a totally professional way.  Thanks again.  And again.

Good luck everyone & good gardening!

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We can’t keep them away from our site.  They stalk us… one time we found them looking in our bathroom window… it was weird.  But you guys get to benefit from it and do not have to deal w/ the awkwardness of having a major corporation peeking in your toilet room every other day.  I guess it could be worse.  And I’m guessing by how this post is starting off… that they may never sponsor another giveaway again.  Sorry.

I don’t really have to talk up Fiskars do I?  I mean they provide a lot of us gardeners w/ reliable tools for our gardens and our lawns – and talk about durable… I DO WORK w/ our Fiskars tools – and they just keep on chuggin’.  Once again we are going to be giving away a pair of PowerGear Bypass Pruners and a pair of PowerGear Anvil Super Pruners (Loppers).  Check the pictures below to see exactly what you will be winning…

I’m not going to go into a huge dialogue about how much I love my Fiskars loppers… but hell, why not.  So one day I took my Fiskars loppers out for dinner (Shala was out of town) and although it was awkward at first – people seemed to come around.  We went to a nice Italian place and shared some spaghetti like in the movies… you know, where you share the same strand of pasta and end up lips to lips.  Anyhow… after dinner, we went and watched a movie – a total chick flick – because I wanted to be sure the loppers went home and told her friends how great of a date I was.  I was a gentleman after the movie and took it home and didn’t even worry when all I got was a peck on the cheek.  Ever since, the loppers & I have been quite the pair.  We hang out in the park (loppin’ random limbs), have picnics (ahem…) and spend more and more time together.  Shala has come to terms w/ it and actually likes the impact the loppers has made on me.  And our yard.

I need to quit drinking… and like I said before, no way on Earth they are going to want to sponsor after this post.

So start a love affair w/ some Fiskars Pruners or Loppers today by leaving a comment in this post and you will be entered to win.  We will pull the two winners from the imaginary hat tomorrow morning and then you too can wine & dine your potential Fiskars mate.  Be cool if you would and share this link w/ your friends, your fellow Facebookers and your Twits (that is people on Twitter if you didn’t know).  Email it to a long lost cousin if you have to – whatever it takes to spread the word.  We thank you for being a part of all these giveaways… it is fun to be able to do it and provide gardeners w/ tools to help their garden grow.  Also a BIG thank you to Fiskars for providing 3 giveaways w/ 6 winners… that is truly awesome.  I wish we could supply everyone w/ a pair of one or the other – but 6 people is a good start.  If you haven’t – stop over at Fiskars and browse their website, lots of goodies and you can find them at nearly all the major hardware stores too!

So get it!  What are you waiting for! Good luck & good gardening!

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Today’s giveaway is a weapon.  A mean, Japanese gardening weapon of danger and death… for weeds.  Or at least that is what I use mine for.  The Hori Hori Garden Knife (who’s name makes us giggle each time we hear it) is brought to you today from Aha! Modern Living – you know… Jayme Jenkins from Twitter (figured it out yet?  NestInStyle maybe?).  You know.  You gotta know.  You should know.

My wife got me this last year at some point and I have to admit when I pulled it out of the box… I felt the urge to go cut some sh!t up!  I ran outside, dug a big hole w/ it (cuz it is like a trowel on steroids) – then I filled it back in, found an old plant I had been dreading to cut out (because it had tough roots) and bludgeoned it to death, then cut its roots w/ ease (cuz it is basically a knife on steroids).. then I holstered it and drank a lot to celebrate.

I just made that up… sorta.  I embellished a bit.  I did drink a lot at the end. 

I joke, but seriously this knife is awesome – I had my Stepdad sharpen mine up a bit (because he is a knife maker dude) and it made all the difference.  Now it is a cutting machine!  I use it to plant with, remove grass and lots of other situations in which a trowel will just not do. 

Let’s get back to Aha! Modern Living though… you have been there right?  No?!?!  What the… seriously?!?  Talk about cool stuff all in one location – we have several items from Jayme’s website and expect even more.  You have probably seen our birdfeeder before – it’s from Aha!… you remember don’t you?  The one that the squirrel ate out of.  Here – just watch.  Anyhow – she keeps the coolest items for your home & garden and is a MUST for any “cool” kid.  You are a “cool” kid right?  I thought so – you wouldn’t be here otherwise.

If you don’t know the routine by now… your either half drunk or half crazy – or – half & half (not the best combo).  To enter this contest, leave a comment.  We will then pull a random number and the comment that matches that number… wins.  Simple.  Be sure to leave your name & email – or I will just keep it for myself.  Just kidding Jayme. 

PS – don’t freak out if your comment doesn’t show up immediately – that just means you haven’t commented here before, and because of the spammers in this world… we have to play bouncer and check everyone’s ID.  So give me a bit, because I’m either super busy… or super… ummm not thirsty.  I will get it on there before we draw the winner – I promise. 

Oh and thanks again Aha! Modern Living for this awesome giveaway!

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