We are weird.  Too weird at times.  Most of you know this though – and that is why a lot of you are here now.  Just see what the hell we are talking about and also to see if we took picture of your garden while you were having dinner or helping your kids w/ their homework.

Maybe.

Actually this is a local edition of Garden Stalkers – so all you internet-ers are safe this time… but we are about to turn this into a weekly post… so you are not safe for long.  Better get your gardens up to par, or you are probably going to be made fun of by yours truly in the coming months.  Like that is something new.

Last night we decided to grab the camera and get a few shots of some gardens & plants that always seem to be catching our eye lately.  Then we got distracted by ice cream and went home.  But before the ice cream… we snapped a few shots.  Check it.

This setup is on my way to work everyday.  It has some roses, which neither one of us has ever been a huge fan of.  I mean, we respect them… just not our style.  However, these look awesome w/ some cool pink flowers in the fore front.  It is a nice switch up from the normal rose-bush-stand-alone-focal-point-idea. The same people had this lil gem hiding in the back hugging the alley…

Yup that is a veggie garden… in the alley.  A growing trend here in Midland, TX – a trend we like to see.  As we passed this one, we quickly saw another just one more house down…

Pretty cool eh?  only 4 plants, but you gardeners know how that turns in to 5… then a second bed… 15 plants, a lawn clearing – bean pole… community garden… acre.  A little bit further down…

This one had a bit more room in the back – but still, basically an alley garden.  They had 10 or so plants (tomatoes we think) and a lot of space to work with.  Way to go garden neighbors.

Check out the Agave w/ it’s junk out.  Yup – for those that don’t know, looks like this guy has hit his game over stage.  That giant aspargus lookin’ thing is the spike the beloved Agave sends up at the end of it’s life cycle.  You can’t tell because the picture is small – but there is another one in there that did so last year and cratered.  Now this one – our guess – the one on the right is up for next year.  Big agaves though – we can’t wait until ours gets to this point.

Are you a garden stalker like we are?  We do this all the time, so expect to see more and more local (and online) garden stalking in the near future.  Just don’t call the cops on us.  Please.

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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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All of us need a great water bottle for the garden.  You know… “water” bottle… to keep your “water” in.  And by water I mean booze of course! 

So you are working in the garden, your sweating (because it is 900 degrees in TEXAS – you all are from Texas right?!?)… you are crying a little bit because you can’t get the weeds out that are takin’ over your garden.  You really need a drink – but you have vowed to stay out in the garden until you get all the weeds out.  So going back inside is not an option.  You are too grown to drink out of the water hose anymore (is there really an age cutoff for that?) – so what other options do you have?

A FREAKIN’ WATER BOTTLE!  A earth-friendly, re-usable water bottle.  With booze in it.    I added that last part… it could be water.  If you are a weird gardener that doesn’t drink whiskey in the garden.

Our giveaway today is brought to you by the letter H… wait, that is the wrong show.  It is brought to you by H2Ox2.com (you know… Julia Girdler).  They provide every kind of water bottle you could think of.  Seriously… even some you can’t even think of… they have them.  We are all trying to be more respectable to Mother Earth – and this is an easy and effective way to do just that.  The specific bottles that we are giving away today are the Vapur Water Bottles - which are HOT right now.

These awesome bottles can fold up and fit in your pocket (when empty), weight less than an ounce (when empty)… then can be filled w/ 16 oz. of booze… err water whenever you please.  Add in the fact that they can be frozen… dishwasher safe…foldable (I think I already said that)… they are just cool OK?!  This is a must have item for someone that is eco-friendly or is just trying to figure out some easy ways to “go green“.  Need I say more?

So you know the routine – head over to H2Ox2.com and pick up a water bottle of your own… they have kinds for every style, reason and everything in between.  I have one… it looks like a flask.  Shala has one, it looks like a water bottle and a garden had a love child.  So see… every style I tell ya!  Thanks to H2Ox2.com for the awesome giveaway… what a great way to “go green” (that sounds so cliche now eh?).

Oh… and I almost forgot – we are giving away TWO of these bad boys… and I believe you get to pick the color!  So go comment, go tell your friends on Twitter… Facebook… email this giveaway to everyone you know!  We will pull the winners randomly from the comments tomorrow – so be sure to comment (ON THIS POST).  Thanks again to H2Ox2.com & thanks for everyone that has been participating in these giveaways!  You guys are the best.  Good luck & good gardening!

Tags: Container Gardening, Drunk, Earth Day, Free Stuff Contests, Gadgets, Gardening, Gardening Give Aways, Health, Link'age, Living Green, Make A Difference, National Gardening Month, Nerdy Stuff, Organic Gardening, Pictures, Recession Gardening, Reviews, Springy by James
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