Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Garden Seed Give Away!!


Time for a gardening Give away!

This time I will be giving away a set of seeds to start your garden.

All of the seeds offered are all dated 2009 with the exception of one packet dated 2008.(yellow squash/crookneck)

But all others are packed for the 2009 growing season.All are unopened/new packets of seeds

(The seeds are of hybrid varieties...for the most part..so if that doesn't bother you..go ahead and join in the fun!)

I could not see just tossing them out...even though I personally am concentrating on turning my efforts towards heirloom varieties.

In my cleaning/sorting out.... I discovered these seeds in my seed stash, and decided that someone may still enjoy them..even though they are not heirlooms. So..let the fun begin!!!
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O.k.... For what you'll be winning here:
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1 pkt Zucchini seeds/Burpee Hybrid Zucchini

1 pkt Spinach/Baby's Leaf hybrid Burpee's

1 pkt Cucumber/Bush Champion Burpee's

1 pkt. Cantaloupe/Sweet and Early hybrid Burpee's

1 pkt. Yellow Crookneck Squash/Ferry Morse

1 pkt. Burpee's Tomato Big Boy hybrid

1 pkt Burpee's Tomato Gardener's Delight

1 pkt Burpee's Tomato Delicious
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Simply leave me a comment and a name will be drawn on March 30th!

Please make sure you leave me a way to be able to contact you should you be the winner.

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~The Victory Gardener

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Happy Spring!!


HELLO SPRING!!! Today it is "officially" Spring! ...Yippee!

Have been listing new items in the garden shop over at www.myvictorygarden.etsy.com


Love hearing from folks that are planning their gardens, some are new gardeners, some are veteran gardeners, but the fact remains..all of them are excited that Spring is now officially here... as of today in fact!

It is so nice to get little notes like this one from a customer in Idaho:

"Thank you for posting seeds on etsy. We've recently formed a 12 family Victory Garden with a teacher farm. The folks there are leading/teaching their trade of farming on a 1/4 acre plot this season.I am ordering these seeds for my own raised bed gardens though, and will share your site with all."


It is letters like this that really make having the garden shop so very much fun for me! I really,really enjoy that aspect of it.
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I did manage to get some green bean seeds planted in our 4 ft by 8 ft raised bed....my littlest children assisted me..and already our green bean crop has about 5 inch tall plants. Grant it the chickens did decide to feast upon some of the wee seedlings, and to scratch some of the bean seeds to the surface..the rascals!
But we do have at least half of what we planted coming up just fine, and undisturbed by the chickens..so I think we'll see a decent crop from it.

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We also have quite a number of strawberries showing up on the berry plants..but again..trying to keep the chickens from discovering them.
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This time of year the amaryllis are starting to pop up in the pots they have been planted in and some have already begun blooming. So very pretty.
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The days here have been delightfully sunny and breezy...yes, Spring is here!
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I will be back to posting some gardening tips very soon.
You see we are currently in the "wrapping things up phase" on trying to get our home ready to be placed on the market. We wound up being several months behind on the deadline I had wanted to have things completed by..but now things are moving again full steam ahead..and life has gotten a wee bit hectic to say the least.
I do have some topics I will be covering and very soon..so please do not give up on me.
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In the meantime do stop by the seed shop and check out the varieties of seed available there. I will be adding some more lettuce varieties and bean varieties soon..but already there is a nice selection posted. So..if you have not yet selected seed for your garden, I invite you to stop by. The seeds offered are all heirloom varieties.
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Hoping you are enjoying some marvelous weather in your area and making plans for your gardens.
Have a wonderful weekend.
~Happy Gardening!
~The Victory Gardener~

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Winners of Giveaway

Winners for the drawing have been announced over on my other blog at:
www.gardengoose.blogspot.com
Pop on over and see if your name is on the list.
I'll be emailing you if it is.:0)
Congratulations.
I will be back to garden related posts in a jiffy..but if you are looking for heirloom seeds to start your garden with this year do stop by my little etsy shop at:
www.myvictorygarden.etsy.com
I am adding new varieties to the list quite often.
Thanks for stopping by and again..Congratulations! to the winners of my giveaway.
Have a great evening!
~The Victory Gardener!~

Monday, March 9, 2009

My Victory Garden Shop has been stalked:0) yay!

I have been stalked, but in a good way now mind you.
One of the products from my garden shop has been featured on the blog "Etsy Stalker"
Check it out here:

~The Victory Gardener!~

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Time For A Give Away!

I figured since I had not done one of these on this blog....that it was time to have a great big give away!
.....And by great big give away this one will have 16 winners!
YES!!! 16 winners!
(I've posted this give away over on my gardengoose blog as well, and will combine the comments received)
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See my hubby and I own and operate a sign shop, and we have capability to print full color canvas prints.
Well..in my clearing out/packing up..I came across 16 canvas prints that had been tucked away...and are absolutely gorgeous...in various themes from farm house style, to nautical beach scenes,pelicans,fruit crate label images...etc.
All total 16 lovely canvas prints that need a new home
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This will be a totally fun and random give away....a surprise giveaway. 16 random folks will be chosen, and I'll send out a random canvas image from the stash.
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So... please spread the word and sign up below.....trust me...you will want a chance at one of these.... as they are darling.
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I've posted a few examples of some, but not all of the designs.
(if I showed all of them it wouldn't be so much of a surprise then now would it?..ha)
So...get your name on this list here and join the fun.
Drawing will be held Friday, March 13th. (US RESIDENTS ONLY PLEASE)
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~The Victory Gardener!~