Garden Giveaway #14: The Encore
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!
uuhhhhm holy crap. I already was a lucky winner, so I don’t know if I’m eligible – but man these are some awesome giveaways! I love your sponsors, too (in a totally professional way!).
Yeah, I’ll get in on that action!!!
Mmm, pruners, gloves, soap . . . any of those would be cool.
Well, you know I have enough premium soil conditioner tea here at the ranch so let me Moo on to the Soap and Tools those are all good things I would love to have more of here at the ranch. When your in my end of the Moo Poo Tea business you know the Soap has it hand down…Unless I win the Gloves Ha Ha
Um, this is like better than Christmas! WOWZA! And to all the businesses participating- big huge thanks for making so many people happy! And DD- you two are frickin awesome!
Sign me up!
WOW!!! OMG!!! This is great. You are Great!! The sponsors are great!! Me me me, oh, please pick me… I’m thinking soap and gloves and Annies gift cert and Poo teas – oh my!
Sharing Annies Tweets… I love the Soap and those gloves maybe a pair I might actually use! Happy Spring!
WoW! This is awesome! Great Stuff. Lots o Annie’s LOL and they all look great!
Love Love Love Annie’s Soaps and who couldn’t use a little poo to help make those annuals grow!
I am a composting Dummie, so that definitely would come in handy!
The gloves are AWESOME! The tools ROCK!
It’s a WIN WIN WIN!
Ok, here it goes one more time……. HOPE I WIN THIS TIME!
Awesome prizes!! Hopefully I will win something
This is better than Christmas LOL! I never win anything, so I know I won’t this time either, but I wanted to leave a comment to say that this has been an awesome giveaway, and your sponsors rock
I need that stuff!
This is awesome. I never win anything, so if I win something here this giveaway will be forever etched in my memory.
Wow, now that’s an encore. Anything on that list would be cool to win.
Wow. I need/want all of it! Specially the Coronas, but the poo tea and soap would be fab!
AND the gloves….
You guys really know how to stir up the sh*t for spring gardening! Count me in please!
Oh Man! Any of these prizes would be awesome!
Quite the encore.
Oooh! Count me in and in and in and….
Hello James and Shala. Wow, when you come back to the blog you don’t mess around. How new is this site design anyway? It’s been a while since I’ve checked in, but it’s new to me. Welcome back. And I’ll admit, that Annie’s Annuals giveaway had me a little excited.
Oh my goodness! What a giveaway! I’d be happy to win any of these!
Wow, what an encore!! There will be a lot of happy gardens this year. RT on twitter
Lovely prizes! Count me in, please.
OMG, giveawaygasm!
I came for the giveaway, but I’ll stay for the armadillo eggs.
exciting!! I can always use new gardening tools!!
What a giveaway.. Very exciting. So generous. Fingers crossed…
I would be excited to win any of the garden items
YES!!! This is so exciting…thank you!
IF my name is drawn ~ you guys can re-draw and give the book to someone else…but I want a shot at the other things!
How can anyone resist this chance to win something! Thanks to everyone involved!!!
I’m in again. “big grin”. Can I win …..please…?
I will give it a go!
I really “dig” all the prizes and would enjoy using these cool items in my CO-OP garden.
I wanna win, I wanna win, I wanna win – interested in the poo teas or the fiskars please please please please please
OMG! All amazing prizes! You should’ve kept the loot for yourself! Since you didn’t, I hope I win… (make it happen!)
Awesome! I kept reading and reading and reading, each giveaway would be great to have!
Wow great giveaways!
I think my head my implode thinking about all this fabulous stuff you guys are giving away! Seriously, this is the coolest thing ever. How did I ever miss this last year???? Doh!
Ack! I’m a brand-new gardener with a brand-new garden, and I can probably use anything you’re giving away! I’m long on enthusiasm but shamefully short on skill and technique. And poo. I have no poo. It’s kind of sad, really.
Horray…more giveways! Keeping my fingers crossed! (=
I love new things! I love gardening! Cali is new to me But, I am liking it so far! I love contests!
Wow!! how amazing! Baby needs new gloves, mine just got a hole in one of the fingers
Thank you, Double Danger & Annie’s Annuals. Happy gardening y’all.
I LOVE Freebies!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Good luck to all!!!!!!
Please put my name in the hat, These all look like great giveaways.
Count me in!
I just saw this on Annie’s FB page. Cool! I’m moving to Virginia soon, so I hope I win some cool swag for gardening in another climate zone!
Come on big rolls, no whammies! (crosses fingers for the gloves or loppers from Fiskars)
I would love some Annie’s Shwag!
Can I just say that I’m really, really happy I found the blog?
Yeah. Well I am. <3
What a fantastic Giveaway!Thank You! I’ve got Spring Fever now for sure! Thanks to the “Tweeters” for sharing the opportunity!
wow I would love to win any of those things. Thanks so much to all the donors.
I NEED to win a giveaway–it would transform my sorry mood (in the past three months we have had to replace our sump pump and our washing machine and repair our dryer and computer)–I NEED a change of luck!
Choose me, choose me!
Wow!!!! Thanks for giving us another shot!!
Sweetness and light — what an awesome list of items!
I want to win anything from Annie’s Annuals! But I will take any other prizes you want to throw my way!
I want to win something for my wife!
Please please pick me!!!!
What a great offer! I love all the products.
yea again! I’m working in the garden today! lady luck follow me!
I SO want to win – LOVE garden swag!
Ooh, drooling has commenced at my office desk. Very embarrassing. I must win!
wow! what great prizes…i hope i win something
Nice! I’ve definitely got that candy-store feeling looking at all the lovely garden toys.
OOOH PLEASE PICK ME!
Holy Canoli! Would love any or all of these products. Back to the garden, Batman.
I want stuff! It’s been far too long since someone sent me stuff and I need stuff!
STUFF!
Oh, and BACON. That’s all.
OMG! Amazing round of prizes this time. Good luck to everyone (including me
Okay – I’ll try again…only THIS time I’m feeling REALLY lucky! Fingers crossed!!!
What great fun :::tossing my hat in the ring::::
I’d take any one of ‘em! They’re all awesome!!! How fun!
So sweet
I love Annie’s! Great contest!
I CRAVE Felco pruners!
I just got some new felcos, but I could always use another pair!!
Annie’s free swag!! I love that place. Spent 5 hours there last Saturday. Sign me Up!! Good luck all!
I am SO UNLUCKY that I shouldn’t EVEN try, because I get my hopes up and then they are dashed. I imagine myself with my new stuff, and then when I DON’T win I feel like someone stole them from me. It is a sickness, but I won’t blame it on you, James, if your little random name picker has a thing against me. Whatever. I’m not inviting that random name picker to my next BBQ – but YOU are always invited!
Woo hoo! Trying again – any of these would be great but of course I’d love the Annie’s GC best of all.
Love Annie’s, love Fiskars, love goat milk, now love DOUBLE danger!!!
Ohhhhh these are all such great products! I hope I win, I hope I hope I hope!
Whoo-hoo this is grand finale of giveaways. Have a good weekend!
yay! wonderful giveways, thank you sponsors! count me in
Holy cow poop! I’d love to win any of that! Pick me, pick me!
more wonderful gardening must-haves
Oh my gosh, count me in….pick me this time, please!!!!!
My Dad the Master Gardener would love any all of this swag!
What a fantastic round up of prizes!!
Annie’s rocks!
Wow, what great goodies and great sponsors! Count me in!
Omigosh! I’m overwhelmed by all the droolworthy stuff!
Pick me, pick me!!
Makes me believe in the goodness of people and compost!
Please please please!!
Wow, tons of awesome prizes. I can’t decide what I like best. Danke!
What a fun blog. Another reason I’m glad I follow @AnniesAnnuals on Twitter. Otherwise I may never have even known about you. And that would be sad.
Incredible! Count me in!
I would love to win any of these awesome prizes!! Great stuff!!
I am in like Flynn…every giveaway is great and would be very useful for this gardening bug-girl!
I’m in! Woo hoo!
Oooh ooh, Mr. Cotter, Mr. Cotter! Pick me!
I just found Annies and I love them alread!!! Can’t wait to place my fisrt order!!
Love tools, Love plants, Love ANNIE’S!!!!
It’s time to get out and start getting my hands dirty again. Thanks for the chance to win the tools to help!
One more time… *grin*
Oh dear, I never win anything!
I wanna try those tea bags!!!! Just starting my first veggie garden today so that would be perfect! Hopeful!
Great giveaway! Would be thrilled with any of it.
I just met Annie’s Annuals at the SF Flower and Garden show last month! One of my plants is already blooming and I’m looking forward to watching my other Annie’s plants grow throughout the summer. I can always use extra help in the garden, so any plant food, tools or certificates are definitely welcome!
WOW!!! Thanks you so much !!!
CROSSING MY FINGERS!
Annie’s is THE place for fun plants and fun people!
Sign me up!!! I really hope I win something
WOW ! Thank you all so much for giving all of us another try…Your all the best : ))
OMG! Pick me! I would love to have some more plantitas!
Is this how I leave a comment ona blog? I’d love a gardening goody so hope I’m in the right place!
Wow oh Wow! I want to win! I like all of your great gardening prizes. I love Annies!
me me me i want to win things! i spent all my money at annies already but still need more things! mmm… yummy garden things….
Count me in. I’d love to win something.
This is it, my big chance! Clearly the universe wants me to win!
Any of the above!
Give me something please. I am so worthy.
I love Annie’s! And stuff being given away!
I would love to win something from Annies!!!! I think it is Soooooo nice that all of you are doing this for the Fans… What hearts you have. Good luck to All and thank you so much to you all that put these give aways together.. Blessed Be,
Carol
My hands were made for dirt walking!
oh wow this is insane!! insanely awesome that is!
I would love to try the manure teas, and that gift cert. to Annie’s also would be amazing!
Thanks again for a chance to win
Thank you for anything! How very nice of you!
OK…I’m greedy…I just want to win…
throw my name in the hat.
I would love to win something from Annies! Annies Rocks!
Sign me up
OMG!!!
Squeeeee!!!!
Pruners, pruners, pruners!
Squeeee!
Maybe this time?
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
I REALLY NEED
TO WIN THE POO
wow!! maybe i’ll get lucky this time and win something!
More givewaways! I sheepishly submit myself for random winning consideration.
Annies, Annies, Annies!!!! i can’t wait.
wow, what a bountiferous offering! Nice sponsors, all of them
Nice job Danger Duo!
That’s quite a haul, and an offer! Plus, learned about some great products.
Wow! The poo tea sounds amazing- I would love to try it. Everything looks great!
Andrea
what fantastic sponsors and what an exciting contest…!! count me in please…
Please, I’d love to win some gardening goodies!
Yay!!! More freebies! Hope I win!!!
Fun, fun, fun!!!
I am unlucky at lotto, I will try my luck here. There are some fabulous giveaways.
Please put my name on the list of WINNERS! Thanks!
Wowza! Sign me up please! Thanks so much for the chance to own some of this gardener’s delight!
Lovely, lovely giveaways!
I’m down! I love Annie’s plants!
Oh, boy. All that stuff looks so great!
Just read almost da whole long t’ing you been writing – you one funny dude, dude. Eh, put me in fo’ whaddeva in da drawing. It’s all way good, brudda.
Mahalo!
How lovely and generous for all to give these prizes. And what a wonderful day in NJ to win them. A perfect day for gardening and then washing up with some serious soap. Good luck, everyone.
Raising hand & crossing my fingers. (toes & eyes too!
Wow, neat prizes! Love the soap, too, because gardening is messy!
Oh me me me please! I wanna win something! Here’s hoping!
And thank you to the sponsors for helping create all this fun.
Pick me please
Wow! Quite the give away! I would absolutely love to try that tea! My garden is in need of a cup!
Count me in!
I JUST WON YEEA!!
What an awesome giveaway!! Yes please, I will take any of these items. =) Good luck to everyone!
I’m in the mood to be a winner, and I will (sigh) post it on my FB fan page which will go to Twitter. Not my natural inclination, but gotta be a fair sport! (sigh)
Well done on getting such an awesome group of prizes gathered together for your giveaway. Really!!! Jeannie
pls enter me in the great give-a-way. i hope i’m not too late……you are correct about annie’s annuals. it is the most wonderful place on the earth for gardeners. everything is unique, not so same ole stuff you see at the chain stores. it has to have the best selection of any nursery in all of california. I’m fortunate to live only 7 miles away!
Free Stuff, Awesome! In these economic times you are beyond generous!! there are lots of needy old ladies around like me!
Wow! Thanks so much for the chace to enter & thanks to Geno’s Garden for the shout out for the contest!
I WAS SEARCHING ON THE WEB SITE FOR HOW TO CHANGE THE BLADE ON MY FRISKARS ROTARY CUTTER AND FOUND YOUR SITE . WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FREE PPAIR OF LOPPERS.
Those prizes sound great! Please count me in.
Any of it looks good. what a great group of prizes
Please enter me …these prizes are awesome
Gardenstatemom@aol.com
Great prizes. Hope I win something.
Man, I can’t believe I missed this!
count me in
Man, I can’t stand it, count me in. You have some great sponsors supporting this James…great job.