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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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CONTEST: Win Stylish Herb Pots!

May 11, 2010
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A very generous Life on the Balcony benefactor has donated beautiful clay pots hand painted with images of oregano, basil, and parsley for this contest prize. The pots come with a bronze-finished wire caddy. I have to tell you, they are sitting in their box downstairs, and it was very hard for me to part [...]

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Grow Your Own Drugs & One More Carnival Entry

March 19, 2010
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First, I want to apologize again, but I missed another carnival entry. I’ve been a little scatterbrained lately. Please check out Melanie’s post about Grape Ivy and one of her son’s metal shop projects. It’s a beautiful plant that looks great inside her home. Second, congratulations to Rachel Moutrie. Her entry into the drawing for [...]

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You Might As Well Grow Your Own Drugs

March 17, 2010
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Not those kind of drugs. Think natural remedies for everything from indigestion to acne. At least that was what James Wong was thinking about when he wrote Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes. Wong is a (cute, young) ethnobotanist who stars in a BBC television show by the same [...]

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And the Winner of the Smart Pot is…

February 28, 2010
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I used Random.org to help me select a random number between 1 and 24 (there were 24 comments/entries) and it came up with #1. So SMITH BITES (Debra), that means you! I’ll be contacting you shortly to get a mailing address to send you your Smart Pot. I’ll also be contacting you from time to [...]

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Are Smart Pots All That? Let’s Find Out Together!

February 25, 2010
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Have you ever heard of Smart Pots? They’re soft-sided, fabric containers that are rigid enough to hold their shape, but still allow air to flow freely through the root system of the plant, encouraging a healthier root structure. Or so they say. Someone from Smart Pot contacted me about their product and was confident enough [...]

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Comment Contest Winner…

December 15, 2009
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Congrats to Lisa of Craft My Bride. Your comment was randomly selected to win the Botanical Interests container vegetable gift collection. Botanical Interests will be shipping out your prize ASAP, so you should receive it before Christmas. Enjoy! And best wishes for a happy marriage!!!

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Comment Contest With a Great Prize from Botanical Interests

December 7, 2009
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In case you haven’t heard, Botanical Interests has come out with 16 gift collections, one of which is a collection of container gardening seeds. Each collection contains seed packets that are packaged in a nice box with a festive bow. If you want to inspire someone to garden (or help feed an existing passion), one [...]

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Twitter Contest Winners!

September 29, 2009

Two weeks ago I announced a retweet contest so that I could give away two extra copies of books I’ve greatly enjoyed: The Green Gardener’s Guide by Joe Lamp’l, and Sunset’s Western Garden Book. I’m not sure if this was my best thought out contest, as the winners might not have even realized they were [...]

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