We did it again.  Somehow we convinced Fiskars that you guys were cool enough to deserve yet another DOUBLE GIVEAWAY – just like the first on they gave away for the Garden Giveaway #2!  In other words, if you didn’t win the first time – here is your chance to redeem yourself!

Just like the first giveaway from Fiskars – we are going to have two winners, 1 for the PowerGear Bypass Pruner & 1 for the PowerGear Anvil Super Pruner (Lopper).  Cool right?!?

We have been fans of Fiskars for a while – in fact I am in love w/ their new Reel Mower – because it is so awesome in that old school green kinda way.  I’m weird.  I know.  But I’m honest.  I could go on and on about the loppers, because they are my favorite tool of all time.  Seriously.  Sometimes I use them in situations when other tools would be much better.  Hammer?  Nah, loppers.  Shovel?  It’s cool, I’ll try my loppers.

We do not have a  pair of the pruners yet, but at the rate we have went through pruners in our life – it is the next logical step to pay top dollar for a nice pair that lasts.  Anyone have a pair of their own?  Care to give your feedback?  If they are anything like the loppers I own – I can already tell it is going to be a love affair.  That sounds strange…  movin’ on.

Just like all the giveaways before, leave a comment and you are entered to win.  Simple.  If you would – pass it on via your blog, between your twitter friends and on your Facebook page – mail a letter if you have to!  We thank Fiskars for once again helping to motivate gardeners everywhere to get out there and DO WORK! 

PS – Don’t forget – there will be a 2 winners, so you have twice the chance of winning some gardening goodies!

Until next time… good luck & good gardening!

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Day 2… and you are wondering… what do the Double Danger folks have planned for this garden-giveaway-a-thon?  We don’t mess around here, I thought y’all knew?  Guess not.

Today’s giveaway is super cool.  Not only are we STILL giving away stuff, but today we are giving away stuff TWICE!  So in other words, when you comment today, you have DOUBLE the chance of winning as yesterday.  You can thank Fiskars for this one.

No – you didn’t hear me wrong… Fiskars.  The one.  The only.  Fiskars.  We are talking about the orange & black tools you see at Target.  Or the orange tools you see at  the local hardware store…. you know who we are talking about right?  FISKARS!

This giveaway actually has two different tools, pruners &  loppers.  Not just any pruner or lopper – we are talking about Fiskars’ PowerGear Bypass Pruner & the PowerGear Anvil Super Pruner (Lopper).  The pruner is freakin’ award winning (I didn’t even know they had awards for stuff like this)… not just your run of the mill pruner that you are going to end up screwing up, leaving out in the rain, breaking – and never going to use again – these pruners are top of the line!  Check the pics of both below…

Now we don’t own a pair of the pruners, but we do own a pair of loppers – same variety, just instead of the 15 inch we are giving away – they are the longer ones (20-somethin’ inches)… but they are FANTASTIC.  I am not just saying that because Fiskars has backed our giveaway either, ask ‘em, ask anyone on twitter how I raved about mine right after getting them.  I think my tweet was something to the effect of…

“These new Fiskars loppers are so cool, I think they should rebrand them the ‘Cyndi Loppers’!”

I’m dumb… but I’m serious.  I hold lopper parties where everyone comes over and just grabs their loppers and starts gettin’ after the trees and bushes.  Then we move down the block (turning it into a block party) until we’ve lopped the entire neighborhood.  None of that ever happened, but I did dream it one time.  I think.

But if the pruners are anything like the loppers – holy moly, I might just sign up myself and pull my name at “random” to get a pair.

As always, it is crazy easy to enter.  Just post a comment below and you are entered.  Since we are giving away 2 different things today, you will be entered twice.  Now you can’t win both, but you wouldn’t want to win both would you?  I mean you would have too much work to do then, loppin’ & prunin’ all day.

So get after it.  Enter to win, share with your friends and come back again.  I think I just rhymed all that.  **shrugs**  Thanks again to Fiskars for being stellar in regards to giveaways – it’s nice to have some awesome tools to help get people in the garden.  Also it is nice to have some manly tools too, so the guys don’t feel so weird signing up for a set of pink gardening tools.  I will stop now, because you guys need to get to commenting.  Good day & good gardening!  OH – and good luck!

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In a weeks time, we have been the recipents of two awesome surprises – who says snail mail isn’t cool anymore?  Pffft.

On Saturday, Shala called me while I was at work and said a package just showed up from Fiskars.  Anyone who knows gardening and gardening tools… knows the name fiskars.  Well I couldn’t wait to come home and check it out.  Being a Fiskars fan is something that is hard not to be.

Well when I came home I found this…

Ok… not the grass shears – but the card & Big Grip Trowel.  As if that wasn’t enough… the trowel was engraved with my name.  Check the close up below…

We can’t thank Fiskars enough, we love their products and honestly… we wouldn’t stand behind a product if we didn’t feel it was worth the money.  So if you are looking for gardening tools with high quality, try Fiskars.

And those shears you saw in the first picture… better get you some.  They are THAT good.  Just sayin’…

So after a hard week at work, Fiskars came through… but then yesterday – at lunch I checked the mail.  And look what we got from Carri from Read Between The Limes…

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Carri is our friend on Twitter, and we got into a convo about tomatillo – and how we had never grown them.  Next thing we know she was sending us seeds… then next thing we know there is almost a seed type for each month of the year!  It was so nice, and check the goods…

Grande Rio Verde Tomatillo Seeds

Pineapple Tomatillo Seeds

Tomatillo Seeds

Purple Dragon Carrot Seeds

Early Scarlet Radish Seeds

Bright Lights Swiss Chard Seeds

Fava Beans

Lupini Beans

Yard Long Beans

Purple Top Turnip Seeds

Seriously.  Too cool.  Shala is about to plant a bunch of beans anyhow… but we are worried about the heat – so we are going to save a bunch for later on in the year.  Thanks Carri!  We owe ya.  Can’t wait to try them out.

So all of that is to show you something… not everyone is a spammer.  The entire internet isn’t a cesspool of nastiness.  It is no different than the real world.  There are good folks.  There are some bad ones.  And a few crazies.   We are thankful to have met so many good ones.

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