Ethel Gloves & Our First Video Blog (Vlog)

So yeah… we apologize in advance for this video.  I promise we will get better as we do it more.  I (James) used to do a lot of video editing, but it has been forever and honestly – I’m rusty.  So add that to the fact that my laptop was being a pain the asscrack last night… you get what you get.

The whole point of this is to show you the awesome package we got in the mail this week from Ethel Gloves.  You will remember they kicked off our National Gardening Month Give-aways last week and they also sent us a care package with some goodies.  But let’s let the video do the talking since it took like 900 hours to create last night!  Sorry for the quality and bad editing job… seriously, it will get better.  Enjoy!

Oh yeah… and if you haven’t – get you some Ethel Gloves!  Use discount code DOUBLEDANGER to get 10% off!


Ethel Gloves (new) from James Cross on Vimeo.

Gardeners Rejoice: Discount Codes For Gardening Supplies & A Few Freebies

We have worked to put together all the discount codes in the entire gardening world (ok, maybe 10 or so)… but still.  Here is a lot of codes to get you some supplies for your garden ON THE CHEAP!  If you have any you want to add, send them our way.

Gardening Discount Codes (Get ‘em while their hot!)

Ethel Gloves – Our good friends over @ Ethel Gloves have already went above & beyond when it comes to helping out gardeners online, but they also created a custom coupon code for our readers.  Use the discount code DOUBLEDANGER when checking out and receive 10% off your purchase.  We can’t say enough good things about them, so if you didn’t win our first give away of Ethel Gloves… you can save 10% off your purchase if nothing else!  Go get your glove on!

Foot Hill Worm Ranch – Matt @ the worm ranch has been generous enough to pass on a 10% discount to all our readers here at Double Danger.  If you are looking for some red worms, vermicompost or worm casting tea – GO CHECK HIM OUT!  Let him know we sent ya!

aHa! Modern Living – Jayme (as part of the give-away week) created a special discount JUST for our readers, and let me tell you… you could easily go broke @ aHa! – easily.  The discount code is doubledanger and it will get you 20% off any item (customer pays shipping).  This deal is good until April 30th, 2009.  So get over there and check it out!

Renee’s Garden Seeds – Renee has a deal going where you can get 10% off your seed purchases with the discount code of DSC091.  This was not one that was made specifically for Double Danger folks – but still… it was made for GARDENERS!  Go get your seeds!

Gardener’s Supply Company – This one is a lil more tricky but still… if it nets a discount, why worry about it right?  Go sign up for Gardener’s Supply Company’s Newsletter (which you can do here, while signing up for the large garden cart give-away at the same time) and they will email you with an offer for free shipping on your next orderFREE SHIPPING!  That could mean good things if you were getting a rain barrel or something.  Get going…

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Clearwater Landscape Market - Just got this code in, and if you see anything you like there – you can take 10% off of your purchase with the discount code: Spring09  Another great source for gardening supplies, so don’t hesitate to jump over there and pick up something you need… on the cheap of course!  Go get your gardening supplies!

Contests Contests/Freebies

Mr. Brownthumb – You didn’t win the Ethel Gloves we gave away last week?  Mr. Brownthumb is giving you a chance to win them for someone and yourself by simply justifying WHY that person deserves them.  Awesome idea and if you haven’t cried in a while – you will on this postGo win some Ethel Gloves!

loveMaegan/Be Smart Be Green – You didn’t win the eco bag from Be Smart Be Green last week?  No biggie, Maegan is giving away one every month.  Yup – it is pretty simple, just go read about it hereSo go get signed up for that free eco bag already!

Do you have a garden/green product that you want us to include here at a discount?  Do you have a discount code you want us to add?  Come on gardeners, we are in a recession – let’s help each other out in finding great deals on gardening supplies.  Support these folks, as they are supporting you!

Gardening On The Cheap

So today on Twitter, some of the #twitter4vg folks were talking about how to garden on the cheap.  Just so happens that we got a few things in the mail the past few days that prove the point that you CAN garden on the cheap.  So at lunch I snapped a few pics of the snail mail we received and I might have mentioned it – but we picked up a Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder with 8 GB Video Storage and 2x Digital Zoom (Black) from Amazon the other day and we have been itchin’ to use it.  SoooOooooooooOooo… I took a short lil video of our seedlings (and our dogs) just to try it out and get an idea of what we have going on.

Here are a few things that we got in the mail that were absolutely free…

Gardening Freebies

The Campbell’s free seeds came via Campbell’s of course (just go here), we signed up for the free seeds one day on their site – and they finally showed up yesterday.  1 packet of free tomato seeds, pretty good deal.  Considering the amount of tomatoes that you can get from a single plant.  There are roughly 25 seeds per packet, plus they have a $1 off coupon on Campbell’s soups.

Free Tomato Seeds

Then, the same day – we received this card from our local nursery, Alldredge Gardens.  It basically states (while supplies last), you can bring in the card and get a free Geranium.  I know you can’t eat it… but we buy so many plants that it will save us some money.

Free Geranium

Cool eh?  We think so.  So if you are looking at some ways to save money – but still garden… just look around.  People are basically giving stuff away! 

Ok, this next little treat is like I said… just really to play with the new video camera.  We wanted to try it out and so I just buzzed through the seedlings we have in the sunroom and our dogs are in the video as well.  Nothing special and honestly the soundtrack… who are we kidding, just mute it.  It is the dumbest crap ever.  It was free with our camera as an editing style… I swear.  But anyhow, enjoy – and check out the seedlings in all their glory.


Seedlings Tour from James Cross on Vimeo.