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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So we told you about the moo poo teas that we use – even though we wanted to keep it secret.  We told you about our favorite gardening tools, and how we fight off gardening ninjas w/ them.  We are scared we may have given away all our secrets to having a great garden and maintaining it.  Oh well.

Another day, another secret.  Today’s secret – Great Big Plants (GBP if your cool) Organic Liquid Compost.  We came across GBP about 3 years ago or so and have used it ever since.  When we first got into the whole “organic” thing – we were looking around for fertilizer to help us keep it both organic and still give us that BOOM when it comes to growth.  Great Big Plants came across our radar and we have been a dedicated customer ever since.

I’m sure some of you are thinking – wait a second, you said that y’all use Annie’s Authentic Haven Brand Manure Teas!  You are right.  We do.  We actually rotate between both the manure teas & Great Big Plants – giving our plants a silly boost of growth.  It seems to work for us, if you have ever been in our backyard jungle and seen what we are doing – you would agree.  Our tomato plants LOVE Great Big Plants – and by Fall… they are Great Big Plants.

Great Big Plants is a liquid compost concentrate that basically rebuilds your soil (instead of just being a fertilizer), so you can use it when you are transplanting, afterwards and everywhere in between.  It is great for when you first put your transplants in – because it gives the soil a boost to help minimize that length of time when plants seem to stall in terms of growth and it does it naturally!  You can’t beat that.  It also helps with mature plants, continually feeding the soil to build a better soil and a bigger plant.  If you aren’t using it – you need to be.

Wanting to try this yourself?  Well we got you covered w/ a quart size bottle of Great Big Plants Organic Liquid Compost – but also, if you want to purchase some for your garden/plants – hop over to their website and use the discount code they made for us…

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That will give you 15% off your order and get you on your way to having Great Big Plants (I think that was a pun?!?), sorta. 

So do your think – leave a comment below and you are entered.  Pay attention too… most of you guys are good – but some of you, HAVE YOU EVER USED A COMPUTER BEFORE?!?  If I have to move another comment from another post into this one because you just comment about stuff at random – I am going to personally deliver some compost tea… to the top of your head!  Geeze.  It is fairly simple – just click the lil link below… and comment.  Don’t go 7 pages deep and comment on a post that claims the winner of some gloves we gave away over a week ago.    I laugh about it, but then I get angry and cry myself to sleep.  Get to it!  Sign up, tell your friends – Facebook it – Tweet it – blog it!  Please!  We will leave this one up for the entire weekend, because even I need a day off.  So you have two days, take advantage of it.   Until next time… good luck & good gardening!

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This one was HOT!  I told you it would be… and sure enough – everyone wanted these Custom Vintage Spoon Plant Markers.  I can’t blame anyone for wanting in on this one either, because if we could pull our own names… this one would be the time.

We do appreciate everyone who entered and came by, Tweeted… Facebook’d and everything in between – we can’t thank you enough.  Who wants to win!?!  Hell… who doesn’t. haha  Here we go…

Congrats to Carrie (and go check out her blog at A Chocolate Covered To Do List) - we can’t wait to get them in your hands and see pics of them in the garden!  I think everyone is happy to see a winner in this one.

Would also like to thank JLynn Creations for the awesome giveaway – and I hope all you “losers” will head over and buy her out!  Get after it – go get you some!  Check back in for our next giveaway… it is another two-fer.

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