Since I've had a little run of gardening posts of late I thought it was only fitting that I do a giveaway for a gift certificate for gardening. I love this company! They were growing organically before it was even "in style"! I have been ordering from The Tasteful Garden for a long time and it is my favorite place to buy all my vegetable plants. If you don't have space for a vegetable garden don't worry, they sell herb sets, cool things for the kitchen, books, fruit trees and lots more stuff.
I started writing a little garden blog for them last year which was fun and which you can link to through my side bar!
But I don't think you even care about all this, do you? You just want to know what the giveaway is for, don't you?
How about a $50.00 dollar gift certificate! Yup, it's true. Enough to buy lots of tomato plants or a Myer lemon tree or some raspberry bushes. Here's all the blah, blah, blah to get up to 6 entries total AND each entry must be a separate comment so I can attempt to use the pick-a-winner software:
1. You must be a follower of my blog- (1 entry)
2. You must link to the drawing on your own blog and let me know you did! (1 entry)
3. Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
4. Leave a comment on any other post of mine (1 entry)
5. If you have been a follower before this giveaway or a member of Chickberry or SITS please post a separate post for a bonus entry!
6. Visit The Tasteful Garden and post an additional comment telling me what you'd buy if you win!
Drawing will be held on Sunday, January 17! Winner will be notified on January 17 in a post here AND by e-mail. If I don't hear back from you within 24 hours a second winner will be chosen and you will loose your prize.
Sorry to be mean and all but I have a short attention span and if I don't get stuff taken care of right away I tend to forget to do things!
If you have any questions you can post them your entry comment below.
Good luck and happy garden dreams!PS. The rest of the peony story will post on Tuesday morning! Thanks for following along!
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Oh Wow, great giveaway Jenny. I am already a follower!! I could get really excited about $50 at at The Tasteful Garden. I'll be back with more comments after I visit the site and I will post on my blog about your giveaway! Big Smile...this is a nice one!!
Linda @ A La Carte
I love that site The Tasteful Garden, I have bookmarked it. I think I would choose the Heirloom Tomato to grow, nothing like a homegrown tomato.
You said to post another comment if we were ALREADY a follower and I am!
You are so sweet! Thank you very much and in time for your giveaway too. I majored in horticulture, so we share a love of plants :) I'm looking forward to starting seeds in a month or so to be ready for spring planting. I usually start perrenials. We're having such a tough winter that this spring will be especially welcome to arrive. Stop by anytime.
Sounds like fun--please count me in!
I've also signed on as a follower.
Melinda
don't put me in the giveaway, i have a totally black thumb :D
This is one giveaway I better not try to win. It wouldn't be fair to the vegetation. In fact, I was once told that if I killed one more plant, the botany police were gonna be called. Yeh...even my fake plants die on me.
But what a great giveaway! Good luck to whomever wins!
Wow Jenny! what a neat giveaway! I joined yesterday as a follower here and have posted a comment on both of your peony posts. I'll do a post on my blog tonight linking to you. I'll be back later to talk about The Tasteful Garden and all the great things I find there.... Thanks for the giveaway... no matter who wins it's so generous of you!
Great giveaway! I am a follower.
#6. I would buy a meyer lemon tree if I win.
I've always wanted a big garden, but since my postage size back yard has no dirt, only cement and a deck, my garden consists of comtainers in which I grow tomaotes and peppers and herbs. "Tasteful Garden" is a nice website and I enjoyed reading their gardening tips and recipes. I think I'd buy the herb assortment if I won, and the "Greens Glorious Greens" Cook book caught my eye.
I'll have to check out your other blog that you write for them! :-)
Nice give away Jenny! I've been a happy follower for awhile.
Hope you had a good weekend!
OK Jenny,.... just finished my blog post linking to your post here. What fun!
I visited The Tasteful Garden site... wow,... I'd buy the French basket tote and garden gloves to start, but would probably also order the knee pads too! So many wonderful things!
Jenny...I am so glad you stopped by earlier...I became a follower of yours too...I look forward to getting to know you better!!!
Enjoy!!!
XOXO
Cathy
Hi Jenny, thanks for visiting the ol' blog! Always happy to make new friends. By the way, I did have to grab a whole big box of tissue after reading your peony story. It was just too sad!
Well, looking forward to more visits and Happy New Year!
Bonnie
Oh how fun!!! We grew our very first veggie garden last year and we loved it!!! (I posted endlessly about it...probably got to be a little obnoxious!!! lolololo) We are already looking forward to what we will plant this year!!! :-)
I am a loyal stalker, er, uh, I mean follower!!! ;-)
I am a member of SITS and Chickberry!!!
Entry 1: I am already a follower!
Entry 2: I put a link to this drawing on my blog!
Entry 3: As much as I would absolutely love, love, LOVE a lemon tree...I don't think I would have anywhere to bring it indoors when it gets cold. So I'd go for the herb garden package.
Entry #4: I was a follower prior to this so I am commenting again!
I just visited Tasteful Garden and oh my word I am in trouble!!!!! :-) I want to order EVERYTHING!!!!!! I think if I had to pick one I would try some kind of lemon tree that I could bring indoors when it gets cold. I love lemons and it would be fun to try and grow my own!
Entry #5 since I would have commented on this post anyway - I plan to follow your gardening blog since I want to start a garden of my own soon - you'll be leading me into this new world! Lucky you! haha Oh, and those are some beautiful looking tomatoes in that picture...yum!
I posted about the giveaway on my blog!!!
http://scrapbliss.blogspot.com/2010/01/gardens-on-brain.html
Im a follower!!! I would buy herbs and tomato plants, I dont know what they plant out here though...hmmm
I'm a follower! :)
I would so get the tomatoes! We LOVE tomatoes, well, 3 of us do. We eat lots of them, and use them to make homemade salsa and canned tomatoes!
I've been a follower since before this giveaway!
I am a follower!
Jenny you are so sweet! Thank you having such a generous giveaway.
I'll check out the site now!
I am planning on putting in a large veggie garden soon...husband and I have been discussing this for a while and I am going for it SOON!!!
I've been a faithful friend and follower for a long while now.
I adore your wit and your stories. You always make me smile sweet lady! :)
I went to their site...and I think I will have a hard choice...but maybe a big batch of 'mater plants??? I LOVE them!!!
I have left comments on all your posts...since I found you a few weeks ago. You remember, right???
:)
Hugs, Suz
I have left comments on all your posts...since I found you a few weeks ago. You remember, right???
:)
Hugs, Suz
I really liked the herb garden. Very cool!
I'll add this to my post now. :)
What a great idea! Someone will be very lucky indeed!
Awesome giveaway!! One of my goals this spring/summer is to double the size of my garden! Hope I win!I'm following!!
I just found your blog tonight, and I am now a follower!
I look forward to getting caught up on your previous posts-
Enjoyed visiting,
Laura
Zone 9!
i'm a follower..
entry number 1 :)
this is so exciting! we finally have room for a garden and have been spending the winter designing it. The gift certificate would be well appreciated and used!
I am a follower!
This is a fantastic giveaway...I was just thinking about what to plant this year. I try to plant something with the kiddos every year...even though it is foggy and hard to grow most things...but we try.
Holly @ 504 Main and hip weddings
I did a link on my blog in the top right column.
http://504main.blogspot.com/
Holly
I left comments on both peony posts.
Holly
I was a follower before this giveaway and also a SITS gal.
If I was to win, I would buy some some mesclun lettuce seeds, spicy greens mix, some pumpkin seeds, and some tomato plants (although that would be tough with our sun or lack of).
Holly
Great giveaway JM! In regards to your six easy ways to enter....I'm all that and a bag of chips.
The link to your giveaway is in the very top of my sidebar..because I'm like that.
I went over to the Tasteful Garden via the link and could find no where to comment...so I probably read that wrong. ;)
Hi Jenny!
I'm so glad you found me which led me here!!! Love your blog and I'm an avid gardener to boot! I'd love to be enetered in your giveaway...on my way to post about it on my blog:)
Have a great day!
paula:)
Just posted about your awesome giveaway Jenny! Hope to send lot's of readers your way:)
paula
Oooh a giveaway! Woo hoo! I would want any of those herb kits. How lovely! Thanks for hosting this, Paula!
Well it seems I've discovered your blog in time for a giveaway! :) thanks for stopping by my place and commenting on the yummy cheese danish. Good stuff! I've been looking around here and I am lovin' your blog! I'm sure I'll be back daily to check in. My blog list is growing SO much more quickly than I expected and I'm going to have to figure out how to add an hour or two to each day. ;)
Hi Jenny sweetie...
Oh my goodness what a wonderful giveaway.
1) I am a follower.
2) I have posted your giveaway on my blog for you. Lovin it.
3) Making a comment for you to add me to your drawing. I can't wait on this one.
Thanks for the outstanding opportunity. I love to garden. I will be back with what I would choose. Country hugs sweetie...Sherry
Hi Jenny...
Sweetie it's me again. I have visited the Tasteful Garden and I have to tell you. If I win, it will probably be the Navel Orange tree or assorted vegetable plants. I am leaning strongly on the tree tho.
Thanks for the wonderful opportunity.
Country hugs and much love, Sherry
Hi Jenny...
Sweetie following your directions again. Here is another post, I was already a follower before your giveaway. Thanks for the extra opportunity to have a chance to win.
Country hugs sweetie and so much love...Sherry
Okay, here is my post. Now I have to go back to the top to see what else I am suppose to do ... all these things ... and I NEVER win anything .. okay except that I won when I got a cool cousin like you!!! Muuahhhhhhhs
I'd enter, except that with so many critters in my yard, it's almost impossible to keep anything planted back there. Unless the giveaway is good for azaleas...
And you know I went straight to the kitchen stuff because it is COLD in OHIO!!!!!
Ohh I need that copper verdigris windowsill herb kit ... and the haning rosemary basket and and and ... heirloom tomato plant combo ... forget winter!!!! lol
Hi Sweetie...
I have left comments on both peony posts. Love the story by the way. How heart wrenching tho to go back and find your gardens of love all gone. My Grandma always told me, "You can never look back."
Country hugs sweetie...Sherry
What a wonderful giveaway!
I'll definitely post this one for my friends :).
Thank you, Jenny!
Blessings,
Catherine :)
I need a lemon tree, my froze this past week. We underestimate Mr. Freeze here on the The Gulf of Mexico.
Iced tea, ain't iced tea, without a fresh picked lemon.
ughhhh what's a bumpkin to do?
What a cool giveaway! I'm looking forward to spring here. We had a wind chill of -8 this morning. Weird for us!
love ya Jenny
Victoria S.
Ok, I visited the site and I liked too much stuff! I like the 'on the table' section, loved the guac dish and loved the stainless salt/pepper shakers. I would love some home grown peppers! The herb gardens were cool too! Doesn't help that it's almost 3 and I haven't eaten lunch yet! I'm HUNGRY!
Victoria S.
I'm a follower. Can't wait until it warms up enough here in NY to start digging...
Jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
Now ya'll are givin' me the itch to start some tomatoes and it's way too early to scratch!
Have fun and have a wonderfully blessed day!!!
Ohmigosh! This is way too much fun! Ok, here's my first entry cuz I'm a follower here.
Second entry, I was a follower before all this gardening giveaway goodness!
Just visited 'Tasteful Garden' and I would try to grow a lime tree!
i love our mini garden. i never buy tomato's in the off season. fresh is so much better
pksanddancer(at)yahoo(dot)com
I am a follower and your blog is so well done. I'm going to go look around some more in just a minute. But first, I went to the garden website and I would have to
have the heirloom tomatoes like my Grandmom used to grow.
This is a terrific giveaway!
Love you, love your blog, love your contest! #3
Did I mention I'm a follower of your blog? #1
So sorry I am such an air head- some how it went down to far and I left all my comments on another blog entry which I am sure will mess everything all up. so I will do this again-
became a follower
blogged about your fantastic giveaway and linked up too
Seeds! I would get seeds to plant in the spring (next month??)
I would order herbs, the basils, lemon verbena,and I noticed they have stevia which I have been wanting to grow.
I read about you peonies. So sorry- OUr last home we had 10 acres and the front yard had over 40 heirloom roses. We also had a huge windbreak at the back of the house- you could tell within month that the trees in back were dead- I just couldn't bear to drive up the drive and see how the rose bushes were doing!
blessings
mary
I am going to have all kinds of entries here...I am feeling lucky too so everyone else is in trouble! If I win I will order rasberries to plant in my backyard...I LOVE to garden...one of my favorite things in the world....I will go post it on my blog right now!!! great giveaway Jenny!
I was a follower before too...heehee...gonna have to go find your gardening blog...
I am so glad I was informed of your blog and am now a follower!
I have never heard of Tasteful Garden before. I am a beginning gardener and amd off to their website now to see what I would choose if I win!
If I win, I would choose some potatoes, garlic and onions. Yum!
What a GREAT giveaway! I'm all for organic gardening (and do it myself)...so this is a really a wonderful giveaway! Thank you for entering me :)
:) T
Wow, Jenny, this is a fabulous giveaway! I know that we are all longing for spring, this gives us something to look forward to! I'm a follower and I've linked to your giveaway on my sidebar. I did comment on your peony post. Now I'm off to peruse the site and see what I would order should I be lucky enough to win! Kathy
I'm a follower
kakihararocks@gmail.com
Thanks for the chance to win! Last year my husband and I really got into gardening now we can't wait for spring so we can plant even more!! This would be a huge help!!!
kakihararocks@gmail.com
Thank you for the giveaway! My yard is a giant mudpuddle right now, but I am piling my organic gardening magazines on the table to read when spring is on the way!
gibbylet(at)gmail(dot)com
I am a follower
gibbylet(at)gmail(dot)com
I hadn't heard of the tasteful garden before, what a great variety!
Last year the evil mail order company I ordered tomatoes from sent them at the end of June, and most of them were dead, and by the time I got anything going from them I got perhaps 4 tomatoes from the 8 plants.
What I would order with the certificate would be...*drumroll*
Super San Marzano, Opalka, Better Boy, Black Zebra, Kellogg's Breakfast, Solar Fire, Yellow Grape, Rose de Berne, Fireworks...all those tomatoes for ME
And Yukon Gold potatoes for my tomato hating husband.
He likes tomatoes once they are made into sauce, but I really need to validate having 8 tomato plants to try to get enough to transform them!
gibbylet(at)gmail(dot)com
Yum...I would buy herbs and arugula (haven't tried to grow it yet.) And eggplant. And those purple potatoes!
What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks for hosting!
Kate
Just found you, (so glad I did, always great to meet more fellow gardeners...) and am now following!
Kate
Just popped in to Tasteful Garden, (thanks for sharing them, btw) what a great resource. I am drooling over their heirloom tomatoes. Actually, all their stock sounded wonderful!
Kate
I am a follower of your blog!
I would love to be a winner in your giveaway. You have a very nice blog.
I checked out the Tasteful garden website. I really like the plant tunnel and would think about purchasing that!
Please enter me! Love this idea and thanks for including the link.
You are so cool.
I just became a follower. I do not have a blog of my own. I think this giveaway is fantastic as I am planning my spring garden.
I am now a follower and would love to win! I can't wait for Spring!
Oh yes, I was a follower before now! And I went to the site, what a beautiful selection. I was going to say a lemon tree, but boo, hiss, they aren't allowed to ship fruit trees to Texas. So, heirloom tomatoes and lots of peppers for me! Kathy
This sounds like fun, anything related to gardening has my full attention.
Judy
ohhhh we are knee deep in snow and I am very ready for spring!
I can't wait to play in the dirt!!!
This is a wonderful give away!
Thank you
Hugz, Dolly
P.S. I am follower 188.
Smiles
Jenny, thanks for pointing out your giveaway. I am always rushing. Yikes.
Barb
I am now a follower....hope you join me also.
Barb ♥
Oh how fun. It is so cold here, looking at things for the garden would be wonderful!
Sue
Looks like I picked a good day to become a follower...and I did it BEFORE I saw the giveaway!
Sue
#1 I am a faithful follower!!
Judy
#2 You are such a funny and very generous lady!
Did I ever Thank you for your book?
I think I did...if not ...THANKS I love it!
Judy
#3 I will post your giveaway to my sidebar
♥Judy
#$ I've posted quite a few comments on your blog. I think my fav post was about dulce de leche.
NO I haven't tried it yet!!
Judy
#5 I have followed you around for awhile now. Don't you see my shadow?
Judy
#6 It's funny that you want us to visit Tasteful Garden. I went there the other day after you mentioned them. They are very informative on how to plant & take care of the plants they sale.
You got me in the 'Garden mood' girl!!
I am in need of some strawberry plants♥♥♥
Judy
Slowly but surely, I think I am fulfilling all the requirements to get the most entries for this contest. I commented on another post, I am already a follower of your wonderful blog, I did a blog today on my blog about your contest -
http://rnsane.blogspot.com/2010/01/jenny-matlock-giveaway.html -
I went to the Tasteful Garden site and the thing I want most - ARUGULA SEEDS. I love arugula and eat it on everything - well, not hot fudge sundaes, but I love it on salads, cottage cheese, pizza, in meatballs, on sandwiches - you get the picture!
wow-I'd love that gift certificate!
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
I'm now a follower! :)
northssclub at yahoo dot com
I would love to get the Watermelon Sugar Baby seeds, and a pair of garden shears!
northssclub at yahoo dot com
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