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Want to Win This Cute, Mosquito Repelling Snail?

by Fern on September 2, 2010

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Send me a tweet (my twitter account is @lifeontheblcny) about mosquitoes

I’ll pick one of the entries to win this cute snail carrying a mosquito-repelling citronella candle. You have until Sunday at midnight California time to enter. You must live in the continental United States to win.

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A Little of This, A Little of That 8/22

by Fern on August 22, 2010

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Great Container Gardening Info & Ideas:

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 8/1

August 1, 2010
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Jim McCausland over at Sunset Magazine’s Fresh Dirt blog has discovered that Asiatic lillies grow great in containers without any special treatment. Mike has been brewing manure tea. I know it sounds weird, but your plants will love it, I promise. Check out these unusual–I’m not sure what to call them?–plant orbs featured on Planet [...]

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Container Garden Grab Bag 7/23

July 23, 2010
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Are you a fan of gazing balls? Garden designer Jenny Peterson is. Check out how she has used gazing balls in containers. Adriana Martinez has got some great advice on growing peppers. If you’re growing your tomatoes in a small space, you’ll want to check out Mike Lieberman’s tomato training tutorial. Gayla Trail has got [...]

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 7/9

July 9, 2010
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If you’re in Southern California, I hope you’ll join in a meetup group Adriana of Anarchy in the Garden and I have created. Eat Me is a group for Southern Californians who want to meet other gardeners who like growing their own food. It should be a lot of fun to meet in person and [...]

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Triscuit Home Farming Giveaway

July 6, 2010
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Have you seen some unusual looking Triscuit boxes in the grocery store lately? Wanting to support the the home farming movement, Triscuit has included plantable herb seed cards in 4 million boxes of Triscuits. They have also created a website that includes information about growing vegetables at home, a crop guide, community forums, and lots [...]

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Congrats Megan!

July 3, 2010
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Earlier this week I announced a new contest with a beautiful self-watering container from Clean Air Gardening. To win you had to leave a comment on Facebook or Twitter sharing how you’d use the container if you won. I assigned each entry a number and used Random.org to pick a winner. Megan of Far Out [...]

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Speaking of Budgets, How About a FREE Self Watering Container?

June 29, 2010
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Since we’re talking budget-friendly containers today, check out this self-watering container. It’s like a stylish, Italian upgrade to the ubiquitous Earthbox. It isn’t normally free, I would imagine that the folks at CleanAirGardening.com couldn’t feed their families if they always gave their products away. But they have generously offered to send one LOTB reader their very [...]

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Who Wants to Try Botanical Interests New Basil Poppyseed Soap?

June 8, 2010
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I hope all your hands are raised, because this stuff is awesome! Botanical Interests recently sent me a bar of their new Basil Poppyseed Soap to try out, and I love it. It has an “herby” scent, and the poppy seeds embedded in the soap help slough off dirt. When you read the ingredients list, [...]

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Congrats Laura! You Won the Hand Painted Herb Pots

May 31, 2010
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I am very excited to announce that Laura Hulka’s photo pictured above has been selected as the winner of the set of herb pots. My co-judge and I had such a hard time selecting among the entries that we selected our five favorites, and then selected the winner at random from among them. Thank you [...]

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Some Great Contest Entries So Far!

May 23, 2010
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I’ve really enjoyed getting a glimpse into everyone’s container gardens as the contest entries (to win the above herb pot set) have started rolling in. Until recently Facebook fans couldn’t add their own photos to the LOTB Facebook page, but it is such a nice to surprise to see a new photo added, I should [...]

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Don’t Forget to Snap Photos of Your Herb Garden!

May 14, 2010
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If you’d like to win the handpainted herb pots and wire caddy pictured above, you need to take a photo of your herb garden and add it to the LOTB Facebook fan page (if you’re not a fan already, you need to “like” the page before Facebook will allow you to add a photo). More [...]

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