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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

A Few of My Favorite Things – January Giveaway

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A Few of My Favorite Things Giveaway

I just. can’t. stop. Giving away my favorite things to my favorite readers has become one of my new favorite pastimes. And you guys get to reap all the benefits of that with this epic “favorite things” giveaway. It’s a hodgepodge of my favorite things compiled into one super duper giveaway. You’re gonna want to win this. It’s a prize pack full of awesome:

1. The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: This book is the bomb diggity for any gardener at any level in any climate during any time of year. She knows her stuff and the book is full of totally useful techniques and tips.

2. Moleskine Passion Garden Journal: I know not everyone has a handy dandy blog to record all of their gardening info. This journal is perfect for keeping track of planting, drawing out garden grids, or jotting down ideas and tips. It’s pretty and high quality too. Double bonus!

3. Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer: If you need any advise or guidance on how to use this produce, refer to the reviews on Amazon. In fact, even if you don’t need guidance or advice, check out the reviews anyway. They’ll totally make your day for sure.

4. {2} $5 Starbucks Gift Cards: One for you and one for a friend. It’s all about spreading the coffee {or tea} love!

5. Badger Balm for Gardeners: This stuff is the “balm!” Haha. Seriously though, with how overworked a gardener’s hands can get, this stuff is the perfect solution!

6. Chocolove Cherries & Almonds in Dark Chocolate Bar: Don’t hate me for ruining your New Year’s Resolution,  just trust me when I say it’ll be worth every last bite. Yum!

7. Bob’s Red Mill Pancake & Waffle Mix: If you’re not going to make your own, this is absolutely the next best thing. My whole family gives it 2 thumbs up.

8. {10} Reusable Produce Bags: I love these bags! I always bring my reusable grocery bags when shopping, but get annoyed with all the plastic produce bags that go to waste. Problem solved. Plus, they come in lots of different sizes and I can wash and reuse over and over.

9. Steel Rails CD – The Baker Family:  I heard this family play at the National Heirloom Festival and they were great. The CD is awesome too!

10. Nothing Without You Magnet: If you’re tired of the lame-o flimsy Joe’s Plumbing Shop or other advertising magnets currently keeping your kids’ masterpieces stuck on the fridge, you’ll love these heavy duty fridge magnets. They’re adorable and the quotes rock.

11. Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter: If you’re a sprouter, are thinking about becoming a sprouter or have a sprouter loved one, you need this sprouter in your life. Trust me. It’s amazing.

12. Alfalfa Sprouts: Speaking of sprouts, this variety is so tasty.

13. Broccoli Sprouts: As is this one…

14. Sandwich Sprouts: And this one.

15. Sip Sip Hooray Pink Paper Drinking Straws: Sometimes I’ll throw these in my kids’ smoothies so they think it’s a party in a glass. Cause these straws totally have that effect.

So how do you enter for your chance to win all these goodies? Just simply leave a comment below telling me which of my favorite things you’d be most excited about if you were the winner of all this loot! And no one will judge you when you say the Banana Slicer! 😉

Just answer that one question and you’re entered to win. Life’s pretty complicated sometimes, so I like to keep things simple around here.

Rules

1 entry per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified.

This giveaway ends January 26th @6 pm PST and the winner will be announced in the January 27th edition of Mornings with Mavis. You will be notified via email and have 24 hours to claim your prize. If you do not claim your prize within 24 hours, the prize will be forfeited.

Good Luck! I hope you win!

♥ Mavis

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Comments

  1. I’d be MOST excited about the cherries and almond in dark chocolate bar…. After being on a diet since the beginning of the holidays, I could probably even eat the wrapper…

    • I would be most excited about the Starbucks gift card. I like treating myself to a cup of tea and journal or people watch or read a magazine, like a mini vacation!

  4. I felt all giddy when I saw the seed sprouter. I’ve been wanting to try growing sprouts. Getting the most vegetables possible into my meals seems to be a must to keep my weight down. It can be done deliciously!

  5. Its all great but I think I would love to give that seed sprouter a go. Fresh healthy greens in the winter sounds grest!

  15. I would say the Chocolove Cherries & Almonds in Dark Chocolate Bar! I love love love chocolate. It’s a slight obsession.

  16. I’m most excited about the gardening journal, but I’ve also really been wanting some of those straws. I just haven’t been able to bring myself to buy any.

  17. The seed sprouter, starbucks cards, or the reusable bags. I can’t pick one fave, it’s an awesome package!

  18. I think I would really enjoy the Badger Balm. The name grosses me out, but the concept of smooth hands calls out to me!

  19. I’m at a toss up between the reusable produce bags and ANY of the sprouts. I love me some sprouts and any kind of washable, reusable bag.

  23. I would love, love, love, either 11. Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter or 1. The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener. Hubby and i are trying so hard to get a more organic and healthier lifestyle now that i dont work, i have the time now to do the gardening in our small back yard, that i never had time for before, working 65 + hours a week! These would be lovely to have, either one!

  24. Do I have to choose just one? It’d probably be the Badger Balm! I have ridiculously dry skin, and that would be so helpful!

  27. Totally the Reusable Produce Bags! I was just looking into making some of these on my own. Winning would be soooo much easier 😉

  28. OH MY!!! They are all so FANTASTIC but….I’ll say the sprouts because I’ve just recently tried sprouting and love them. So wonderful on a sandwhich and salads. I have a sprouter, but that sprouter looks extra fancy shmancey, I tell you!!

  29. I think the Year Round Vegetable Gardening book would be just the thing for me because I am looking at ways to get more seasonal produce from my raised beds. This would be a great reference!

  30. I’ve been wanting reusable produce bags for a while, but haven’t been able to justify the expense. It would be great to win these!

  32. I am most excited about the magnets- I love having my daughter’s artwork or accomplishments hanging on the back door or fridge- reminds me what is most important each day-

  37. I have to pick one?!
    Hmmmm maybe the slicer to “threaten” the hubs with??
    No…definitely the sprouter, that for sure is the most AWESOME!

  38. thank you mavis! i’m very excited about the seed sprouter, i’ve really been wanting to try seed sprouting. 😉

  39. The seed sprouter…I’ve been wanting to grow sprouts for a long time. But I know my friend would all be jealous of my banana slicer…

  41. Year Round Gardener. Just bought a house, so I get to plant more than just a windowsill for the first time!

  44. I’d love The Year Round Vegetable Gardner. This will be my first year trying a small raised bed veggie garden and I can use all the help I can get!

  47. All of this stuff looks awesome!!! I think I would be the most excited about the sprouter (especially at this point in the winter where it just feels so good to grow and eat something green)!

  48. I’d be most excited about the seed sprouter. I’ve always been curious about those. Although I cannot lie, the banana slicer’s reviews on Amazon are hilarious, so it would be a funny to own one or give as a gag gift.

  49. my favourite thing would have to be the gardeners journal! your giveaways should win an award…for most creative. Thanks for opportunity!

  51. The starbucks gift cards and chocolate bar…yeah, you can tell how my New Year’s resolutions are going 😉

  53. Oh man….. that would be a toss up between the Year-Round Vegetable Gardener and the Moleskin Garden Journal. I LOVE books and journals, and my garden!

  54. Moleskine Passion Garden Journal. I love journals and almost ordered one when you highlighted this in an earlier post, but I decided to save $ and use an old journal I already have. Fun!

  59. My grandchildren and I would adore the pancake and waffle mix. They spend every weekend with me and we have waffles for breakfast. I’m running out of mix! Need more soon PLEASE

  63. The dark chocolate with cherries and almonds……Wishing I had it right now….Awesome giveaway!

  67. Badger Balm for Gardner’s Hands. I forget to wear gardening gloves so my hands are always a mess.

  70. For me, it’s a tie between the sprouter, banana slicer, gardening book…pretty much all of it. Thank you for the giveaway!

  71. I would love to get the Badger Balm. My hands and cuticles get dry and cracked playing outside in the winter.

  75. I would love the reuseable produce bags. I hate the plastic bags at the store so I always just put my produce in the cart and it drives my husband crazy.

  77. i love the sprouter and the seeds for sprouting! havent tried the broccoli ones yet so that would be a total win!!

  79. Tossup between the sprouter/sprouts and Chocolove Cherries & Almonds in Dark Chocolate Bar. Scary how excited I get over good chocolate 🙂

  80. I’m excited about the Year Round Vegetable Gardener! I’d really like to see how long I can grow in this midwestern winter!

  82. The book The Year-Round Vegetable Garden! I’ve been knee-deep in seed catalogs for the past week and can’t wait for Spring! (of course we’re supposed to get 3-5 inches of snow tomorrow night here in Connecticut, so……*sigh*)

  87. Well… I’m gonna have to be honest here… while ALL of the goodies are awesome – I’ll have to admit the Starbucks cards are the most exciting part. I have a serious addiction to their frapuccinos!!! (and really… would I HAVE to share the 2nd one???)

  88. Hard decision, but I think it would be the badger balm. I would like to try sprouts, never have they sound interesting. and i actually own a banana slicer, got it at a white elephant gift exchange about 10 years ago, and i love it. was the best gag gift i ever got. Bring on the badger!!!

  89. I’d be most excited about the sprouter, I love sprouts, but I can never justify buying them at the store.

  90. I would be excited to win the banana slicer and the paper straws. I feel so fancy drinking with paper straws.

  91. Gah! How do I choose just one? I’d want to say the Starbucks gift cards because I want them to latte some Chai for me. But that chocolate cherry almond bar would be fun to have snuggled up with a good book…or some Benedict Cumberbatch. 😉

  92. Just re-learning how to sprout after not doing it since my college days. I’d love the seed sprouter and some sprouting seeds!

  93. I’m so excited about the balm!!! I love it!!!! I actually just madea few of your recipes. My husbandis going in Wednesday for heart surgery and I wanted to have some healthy meals ready!! Thanks for the tips and time you put into your blog!! 🙂

  95. Botanical intrest seed sprouter, have been thinking about taking the plunge. I am currently reading the year round gardener, very inspiring. Recommend the book to all northern gardeners.

  97. I am most excited about the The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener book since I am into my second year of trying to do winter veggie growing.

  100. I would love the reusable produce bags. Always excited to do one more thing to “go green.” Thanks Mavis!

  101. I souls love the year round vegetable gardener. We are beginning to so more of that and surely would like advice that is located in one place.

  102. I’d like to say the sprouter because that would be the healthy responsible sounding choice (and it us my runner up), but the one I’d be the most excited about is the Sip Sip Hooray paper straws. I remember when I was a girl in school desperately trying to get my paper straw through the tiny half punched, half scraped out hole in my little carton chocolate milk without bending it in half. The next challenge was finishing my chocolate milk without collapsing the paper straw. :0)

  104. Hi Mavis,

    I immediately got excited about the seed sprouter. I’m a big fan of mung bean sprouts on my sandwiches as well as alfalfa and this would be great because I could grow them in one container.

    Thanks for hosting this giveaway and PICK ME!

    cb

  106. The Badger’s Balm. My hands are always cracked in the winter and in the summer from working outdoors all the time!

  110. Okay, I’m going to say the book “The Year Round Vegetable Gardener” because that has been on my want list the longest. Thank you!

  115. How fun! I’m most excited about the year-round vegetable gardening book. Thanks for this opportunity!

  120. Hi Mavis!

    I was *just* about to buy a seed sprouter so I would LOVE to be gifted one and some seeds to start!

    Thank you!

  123. The sprouts, definately sprouts…I’ve had such a hard time in the past to do sprouts, but to layer multiple types of sprouts, is dreamy!!

  124. I’m most excited about The Year Round Gardener book!! I’m always looking for new things to read to help me learn.

  128. I have to pick one?! lol

    Okay, the reusable produce bags because it annoys me, too, that I have to waste that much plastic buying produce when I use my own reusable grocery bags! I put some “onesie” things directly into my basket, but some things must have a bag!

  130. I’m probably the most excited about the badger balm! My hands definitely need it in the cold winter months!

  137. Ohhh! Chocolove chocolate bar *and* Starbucks card. Both are on my resolution list but if they came from you I’d enjoy every bite/sip 🙂

  149. I would love to open a box full of all those goodies, and I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from sampling the chocolate first thing.

  152. Wow, i think all of these could be my favorite things, too! 🙂 i’d be most excited about the moleskine garden journal, though. All my attempts to keep a garden journal have been flops, but i think this would help!

  153. Everything looks so fun and exciting……..but I would have to go with the Starbucks cards (my husband and I have a standing date every Sunday afternoon to go and have coffee together- my favorite part of the week).

  156. The book. He hubbs and I really want to get to the place in our busy existence where we can year round garden! Thanks.

  158. Well it’s hard for me to choose between the seed sprouter and the book, but if I had to choose, probably the book!
    Although I’ve always thought the banana slicer looked pretty swanky too!!!

  163. The reusable produce bags for sure! What an excellent idea – I had no idea these existed 🙂 Thanks Mavis!

  164. WOW! I would definitely be most excited about the year round vegetable gardener, but I’ve been wondering about sprouts….maybe that one would lead to the most excitement…. either way, AWESOME giveaway! Thanks so much!

  165. Please, please, PLEASE, the Seed Sprouter! I’ve used an old MASON jar with a piece or screen cut to fit the canning lid for years, and it works, but I can only do a single batch, and it makes it hard to do a big variety of sprouts. Oh please, Mavis, MAKE MY DAY!!!!!!!!!!

  172. OMG – just one thing? Ok, the bean sprouter. No wait, the straws! Ok, ok, ok – the Starbucks gift cards! I just can’t choose one; please don’t make me choose just one! Ok, just one – the chocolate. Because I just love chocolate and cherries, and when you add in the almonds, that makes it irresistable!

  174. Oh definitely the sprouter or the journal! Both ways to enjoy the “garden” when it’s cold outside!

  176. I would be most excited about the magnets. I know it seems small, but holding up my young artist’s creations is something I do all the time. I really hope I never actually need that poison control hotline number as I may not be able to find it under all of those masterpieces….but, these could help move it back to the top of the fridge. =)

  178. At first, I was thinking the book … but then thought about my excellent library and how they could probably find it for me … so I say SEED SPROUTER! Thanks!

  182. My fave would be: The mornings I would have incorporating many of these things together – like sliced-banana pancakes topped with a bit of chocolate cherry & almond chunks, while sipping Starbucks thru a paper party stray, listening to my steel rails cd reading my gardening book, taking notes in my journal, with soft badger balm hands, and watching the progress of my seed sprouts grow in the window of my breakfast nook – yay!

  183. I would be ecstatic to get the year-round vegetable growing book! I have always wanted to grow my own – and your blog is inspiring – my challenge is knowing what to plant when…this book sounds perfect!

  186. My dream is to be a professional sprouter! I currently have the plastic mason jar lid (amateur) and I would love to be upgraded!

  189. I would love love love the seed sprouter! My hubby is always on a quest for protein on our vegetarian diet!

  190. The banana slicer, of course. I really need one and am wondering how I’ve gotten along without it! This will probably change my life!
    Thanks Mavis, you’re the best!!

  191. It’s a tie between the Chocolove and the Starbucks card. Coffee and chocolate go together so well and I am addicted to both.

  194. The Year Round Veggie Gardner – I am planning to construct some raised beds this year and it would be an awesome book to have!

  195. I’d love to have the reusable produce bags. I’ve been meaning to get some, but don’t have any yet!

  197. I’d be excited about the Gadren Journal. My hubby keeps asking me about details that I don’t seem to remember.

  200. What awesome loot!!! Let’s see…for me, it would be a toss up between the sprout starter (been thinking about starting to grow my own sprouts) and the year round gardener book – missing my garden this winter in Maine…I love, love, love your website – so inspiring!!!

  203. All of the things are great – but, I would like the badger balm for my husband. I have tried many other hand treatments for him and they still feel like sandpaper.

  204. I’m most excited about the seed sprouter and the badger balm, my hands have been so dry…cross my fingers!!

  209. The sprouter has been on my wish list for weeks. Crossing my fingers and hoping I win. Thanks!

  212. I’d be most excited for The Year Round Vegetable Gardener, as I’ve had it on my Amazon wish list for a while now and I keep having to put off buying it!

  216. What a great giveaway! It’s hard to choose just one but if I have to I’d say the seed sprouter!

  222. It would be a toss up between the bean sprouter and the year round gardening book, all the items look awesome though!

  223. I am most excited about the seed sprouter, followed closely by the banana slicer. I am ashamed to admit that I struggle daily with slicing bananas and this handy-dandy tool will help me save face when those banana cravings hit!!

  224. I’m thrilled that so many of your friends are choosing the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter. Our sprouted seeds are DELICIOUS!! We discover ways to eat these nutritious delights at almost every meal. My choice will have to be the Badger Balm for Gardeners. I have two reasons for my choice. As a breast cancer survivor with problems with lymphedema in my arm, I have to make sure my cuticles are kept moist to resist hang-nails, leading to infection and a couple weeks of antibiotic therapy. My number one reason would be for my hubby. He works so hard in our garden year round, assisting me in any way I ask. He is such a dear and fights chapped hands from all the chores he does for us during these cold winter months. I have a feeling Badger Balm will be The Bomb! Thanks for your generosity, Mavis.

  225. I would love my own copy of Year Round Gardener! I’ve requested it from the library a couple times…

  229. Year Round Vegetable Gardener book please! With the sunshining through today, who can stay out of their garden today!

  230. I’m in love with this package! Of all of the goodies, I would love the gardening journal. It looks amazing, and it’s just what I’ve been hankering for the past couple weeks.

  231. I would LOVE the sprouter! I’ve been trying to sprout seeds (alfalfa) with minimal success in a mason jar. Hopefully having a actual sprouter will help.

  232. The vegetable gardening book thrills me because in the midst of the dark, subzero days of January, it allows to anticipate the longer, warmer days that hold the promise of rebirth and rejuvenation, both for me and for my slumbering garden.

  233. Although the Banana Slicer has been on my ‘wishlist’ for awhile now, I think I’d be most excited about the Garden Journal. I kinda sorta attempted veggie gardening this year and am fully committed to making it happen this year. And that takes planning!

  235. The sprout things as I just volunteered myself to give a talk on growing sprouts and indoor gardens at the local senior center in March for National Nutrition Month. And I have no idea on what I am going to say or do. Help!

  236. OMG Mavis! How can I chose only one???? Ok – the sprouter! Gotta do a better job than my last DIY attempt!!!

  239. I’d happily give the Badger balm to my uncle who says it’s the only thing that helps with his psoriasis.

  240. Definitely the seed sprouted and seeds. This would be so fun to enhance my sandwiches and salads. I appreciate your generosity and all your gardening advice.

  242. This is all perfect…I’m going with the sprouter. Been looking in my Botanical Interests catalog and wanting to try it. Also, the chocolate is great…I’ve had that one before, yum!

  243. I’d be pretty excited about the gardener’s journal. I’ve sworn to take better gardening notes this year, so this would be a great start!

  244. I am most excited with the Garden Journal as I am starting my first Patio Garden this Spring…I love your blog Mavis, and you rock!

  246. The sprouter sounds fun to have! My husband loves sprouts, but I never remember to buy them – this would be perfect!

  248. The Badger Balm for sure. With this balmy warm weather we are having I been spending days pruning everything as the plants think it is summer and everything is starting to grow. I just finished the lemongrass of course I didn’t wear long sleeves!

  251. I’d be most excited about the seed sprouter. It seems like things sprout pretty fast so less potential of me killing it! But that banana slicer seems pretty “foolproof” too! 😉

  252. The Starbucks cards would be awesome. Then I could have a wonderful cuppa whatever I feel like and watch my garden grow.

  253. The banana slicer, because it would make my husband laugh. I have an apple/pear slicer he thinks is so amusing, so I showed him my mango slicer 🙂 He would laugh all day if he had a banana slicer.

  254. I would love to have the gardening journal! From year to year I plan my garden on sheets of paper that are stuffed into old calendars where I have kept notes! To have everything in one place would be fantastic!

  255. I would take my banana slicer and head to Starbucks with the gift cards which I am most excited about!

  257. Holy mother load!! So many choices..but I got to go with number 1 the gardener book because I love books and I love gardening and to me, one can never learn enough about gardening..it’s endless!!!

  259. The vegetable gardening book sounds wonderful. I am getting back into gardening and need all the help I can get.

  260. WOW!! great gifts – my family really enjoys pancakes & waffles – have to go with Bob’s pancake & waffle mix.

  264. I think I’d be most excited about the garden journal. I love journals and gardening a lot. 🙂

  265. WOW! To pick one…probably the seed sprouter, but the moleskin journal would also be amazing…and the chocolate. And the coffee. 🙂 Thank you for the chance to win such an awesome prize.

  267. Wow…that’s a hard pick! I think I would be most excited about the Year Round Gardening Book…I could read it while I was munching on that Chocolove Cherries and Almond Chocolate bar!

  269. Thanks for the chance to win these awesome products!
    I’d love the reusable produce bags – what a great idea!

  272. Decisions…..decisions….decisions. The seed sprouter….I would love to win the seed sprouter. I have developed this obsession with sprouts and I would love this seed sprouter!

  276. I would love to have the garden journal! I’ve told myself every year at the end of the season for the last couple years that I would keep one. I’m always asking myself things like…how long did it take this or that to bloom? Did I have this problem last year? Did these darn japanese beetles hatch out this time last year? But every year I get so busy and get so caught up in the everyday gardening I just forget all about it. If I had a nice journal to start with I would keep it in the basket I tote around with me and definitely jot down notes!

  280. The moleskin gardening journal! I so need to get more organized with my garden, this would be amazing!

  281. Hi Mavis. Thanks for all you share. Every day there is something that is a gem. Okay, I was excited to see the sprouts but the thing that really got me excited was the veggie/produce bags. Since we moved to Oregon I have been almost 100% in using totes whenever we go shopping at the farmers’ market or even the grocery store, but as you said, using these instead of the little plastic bags is awesome!!!

  283. What a great collection. I would have to say The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener would be the first thing I would pick from this collection. THANKS for the giveaway

  285. I would be happy with any of the prizes, but “The Year Round Vegetable Gardner” would be my favorite!

  286. Oh my goodness! How many hundreds of comments are there on here already!
    I love Moleskin and I love gardening.
    So the gardening journal would be lovely.

  287. Oh man, that’s such a great package, I’d be excited about it all!!! The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener would get some great use though, I think. 🙂

  288. My heart yearns for the chocolate cherry almond bar …. but I’ve been trying to find out how to use my two garden boxes to grow more food year round so my head wants the Year Round Garden book pleasssseeeeeeeeee.

  289. that pancake mix is my favorite! I have some on order as we speak and reusable produce bags are a must! I’m afraid the gardening items I’d have to share with someone as I live in an RV and don’t have land to plant.. Although I do pot up items throughout the year, herb’s, tomatoes, bell peppers etc…

  294. I would love the seed sprouter! I have been thinking about purchasing one since I started reading your blog, it would be such a bonus if you’re going to include the seeds. Just awesome. And I just ran out of pancake mix this morning making pancakes with my 3 year old, AND I used up the last of my Starbucks card yesterday on a Vanilla Blonde coffee. I need this super duper giveaway!

  295. The sprouter! I have been wanting to sprout seeds for over a year but have been too scared to do it with a mason jar!

  297. I would love love love to have the moleskine garden journal! I have a moleskine notepad that I use for jotting down notes (they make great quality products). I think that it would be great to have documentation of what you planted where and when. It would be very helpful to a gardener of any skill level.

  298. I would be most excited about the pancake mix. I’ve been looking for a good pancake mix and I would love to try this one out.

  299. Wow! Probably the Badger Balm since I have THE roughest elbows/ heels known to man! This would be SUPER great!

  301. The banana slicer, hands down. Daily smoothies plus 2 little kids in the house……it would definitely see some use!
    Thank you for these awesome giveaways!

  302. Seed sprouter. I remember growing up my mom had one in the kitchen. That was a favorite chore to rinse the sprouts each day!

  303. Oh my! All of it sounds AWEsome! I would definitely use the seed sprouter while listening to the Steel Rails CD on a daily basis. Love it 🙂

  305. I’ve been meaning to buy reusable produce bags, especially for picking up my CSA share, so I’d be most excited about that, but I have to give a shout out to Chocolove, made right here in Boulder, CO! 🙂 I gift Chocolove a lot!

  308. I have been wanting to read the Year round gardener for some time, what a better way than winning it along with all of the other fun goodies!

  310. If you’re going to make me choose, it would be a tie between the reusable produce bags and the sprouter. The more I think about it, I think I’d be the most excited about the sprouter!

  311. My sweet tooth is fighting my health conscious brain – chocolate and sprouter are neck and neck!

  313. I think my favorite would be the reuseable produce bags… I try to reuse the plastic ones from the store but having a real set to throw in my grocery bags would be great!

  315. I would love love love the garden journal and be really excited to have that. Last year I kept notes of everything but it was on whatever piece of paper I had handy at the time….not a very efficient system!

  316. I would be excited about all of the products, but the one I’ve been wanting to try the most is the seed sprouter. I have been a little leary about trying to sprout, but have wanted too for awhile. The reusable produce bags, I think are also pretty cool. They would come in handy when harvesting and not being to able to freeze or can the produce right away. I know I’m a dork! Its the little things in life, right? Lol 🙂 The Year Round Vegetable Gardner, is interesting. I’ve been trying to grow herbs in doors this winter, but winters in Alaska just do not provide enough sun light. Even with grow lights, they are suffering!!! Anyhow, thanks Mavis for being so generous to your readers, we love ya!

  317. I’d LOVE the Year Round Gardener! Four months ago I gave up processed foods and now eat tons of fruits and veggies. To help with the budget, I need to learn to grow as much of our own food as possible. This book would be perfect for this rookie! All the other gifts look amazing too. Fingers crossed im the lucky winner!

  318. Where have I been? I have never heard of reusable produce bags before today – so that would be what I would be most excited about – what a good idea! I would love to have them to use instead of the plastic ones from the store that go to waste.

  319. I would love to have the gardening journal and the chocolate…that is one of my favorite chocolate bars! And it is useful to make notes about each years garden is I don’t forget what to do differently next year. :). Happy new year, Mavis!

  322. I’m excited about all of it but mostly the Starbucks gift cards!!! My guilty pleasure.

  323. Any of these items would be wonderful, and I know it sounds a little bizarre…but my first choice would be the Badger Balm. My hands get so chewed up working in the garden, gloves or no gloves, that I ALWAYS need skin-care help to keep them from turning into what feels like coarse grade sandpaper (with hangnails as a bonus!)

  324. I would love, love, the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter! The Rob’s Red Mill Pancake and Waffle mix would be great, too!
    You are too cool! Really enjoy your blog and find lots of good information.

  326. The reusable produce bags. What a great idea! Sometimes the ones at the store don’t open and they are so flimsy that the produce you put in them pokes holes in the bags. Drives me nuts.

  336. I am most excited about the gardening book, The Year Round Vegetable Garden! We just bought our first home in Washington state last summer, and I am sooo excited to begin our very own vegetable garden. Not just tomatoes in pots anymore!

  337. The seed sprouter for sure… i grew up with one and have been thinking about starting sprouts for a while. This year seems like as good of time as any to start.

  338. I’d be happiest about the book OR the journal!! I’m a budding gardener so could easily get lots of use out of both!!

  339. Wow – that’s a great list, but I’m a book addict, so I’d have to say The Year Round Gardener – I’m spending a lot on salads this winter, so I could just grow my own!

  340. I would love a second seed sprouter. My chickens like sprouts as much as I do. It would be great to grow twice as many sprouts so there are enough for everyone!

  344. I have the seed sprouted on my wish list right now! The reusable produce bags would be dandy too.

  345. I’d totally enjoy the year – round gardener book. Anything to help keep me away from grocery stores more.

  346. I actually HAVE a banana slicer, but it might need a mate. :). I’m most excited about The Year-Round Gardner. It’s been on my wish list since you first mentioned it.

  348. Wow! Thanks for thinking of us and offering such a wonderful give away package. I think the Year Round Vegetable Gardner sounds great……I’ll enjoy reading it while drinking Starbucks and popping chocolate/nuts into my mouth.

  349. THe produce bags! I just lost one of mine when I dropped it in muddy snow water on my way into the store…

  353. I’m super excited about the gardening journal because I am getting serious about my garden this year!

  355. The Year Round Vegetable Gardener book. I’m the beginner gardener, and always have tons of questions! 🙂

  356. Hi Mavalicious!
    I’d be very excited about winning the Year Round Gardener,
    but would be most excited about winning anything !
    Thanks!

  358. Um, everything? Ok, the top two—Year Round Vegetable Gardener for sure!!! I would love to make better use of our gardening space all year, not crammed into a few rushed months in our Northwest summer. With a growing family and young kids, I would love to knock out saving money while increasing healthy nutritious food, plus the bonus points of kids participating in growing their own food!
    For quick instant gratification and making another friend happy, Starbucks gift cards. 🙂

  360. OHH! I would be MOST excited about the seed sprouter!! I have always wanted to try it, but never have…but really, ANY of it would excite me if I won!! 😀

  367. I think the reusable produce bags are great. I’m with you on being annoyed with bringing my own bags to the store and then getting plastic for my produce. But let’s be honest I wouldn’t be upset with any of the prizes! 🙂

  368. I think the seed sprouted excites me the most because it is something I may not purchase for myself but would love to have.

  369. My favorite is the gardening journal! Even if I don’t win I’m totally buying one of those!

  370. I would love the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter. I am currently sprouting using old glass jars and pantyhose. My chickens love the daily treats, but I slack off on sprouting more for my family because it becomes a pain. An actual sprouter would solve that issue and we’d be enjoying tofu, grilled onion, avocado, tomato, spinach, and sprout sandwiches on homemade buns!

  372. I would love the Year around vegetable gardener! I would love to garden all year long even though it is going to be no degrees tomorrow! I love your variety of goodies! The banana slicer would be awesome to win! I can’t see me ever buying myself one!

    Thanks Mavis!

    Dena

  379. I’d be bananas if I won the seed sprouter. I just use an old canning jar. How boring is that?

  381. The balm sounds wonderful for my hands and feet (yes i garden barefoot and they take a beating too) thanks so much mavis

  383. I think the pink paper straws would be fun. Haven’t seen paper straws since Hector was a pup!

  385. OH my!!! What a package!! Since I’ve been wanting to start making sprouts, AND have had my eyes on the one from Botanical Interests, THAT would be my choice, along with the sprouts. But wait!!! Did I see CHOCOLATE mentioned??? LOL…guess I’d better stick with the wholesome, healthy choice, and not the sinfully luscious CHOCOLATE CHERRY bar!! Happy 2014!!! Love your page!

  386. I would get most stoked about the book. I am hoping to start my first garden EVER this year. 😉

  387. I would love the seed sprouter–it could replace my old mayonnaise jar topped with a piece of nylon net. 🙂

  389. The book ‘The Year-round Gardener’ would make me one happy camper!!!
    I just moved to NC and I have a very small outdoor space for gardening but I
    want to grow vegetables, herbs and spices year round. I would jump for joy if
    I won this book!

  391. I love the badger balm . . . it’s been so cold and dry here I use mine every day, and I’m running out!

  392. I already am an avid sprouter, but I use the mason jar method (Read: I”m too cheap to buy a real sprouter) and I would love that sprouter. ANd all the seeds, but especially the broccoli seeds – they are my favorite, but they are so expensive. 🙁

  397. My first fav would be the re-usable plastic bags but the banana slicer would be a close second. Thanks for all the giveaways, it’s fun!

  398. Crud. Do I really have to pick one? This whole giveaway sounds right up my alley. 🙂 Probably would be most excited about the sprouter. I was going to order one with my seeds, but I got a little to carried away with my seed orders this year….

  401. Although I’d be happy about the banana slicer, I’d be most excited for the seed sprouter!

  402. WOW!!! How do you pick just one?!?! I would LOVE the starbucks gift cards but the seed sprouter is something that I am very interested in learning more about!!!

  404. Badger Balm for my poor cracked fingers… And the produce bags… and the sprouter… And some rain, please!

    Kristin
    in very dry and warm San Jose, CA

  405. Badger balm for gardeners. I’ve been in the garden all day getting the soil ready and my hands sure do need some heavy duty cream & I love Burts Bees!!! Thanks, Mavis!

  409. The seed sprouter – I’d love to top my salads & sandwiches with sprouts I’ve sprouted myself.

  410. The year round vegetable gardener…I really would like to learn how to grow more of what we eat.

  411. The reusable produce bags are my favorite of your favorites. The county I live in banned plastic shopping bags last year – which is awesome and now I rarely see plastic bags blowing around in the streets. But plastic produce bags are still allowed. These would be great.

  412. I could totally use the garden journal. I’m working with spiral bound notebooks and scrap paper at the moment. Not the latest in elegance.

  413. I would be most excited about the Bob’s Red Mill Pancake and Waffle mix or the Chocolove Cherries and Almonds in Dark Chocolate bar. They both sound amazingly yummy. I actually just bought myself the Moleskine Garden Passion Journal and I’m not sure how much I will actually use it.

  414. Definitely The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener. It combines my two favorite things…reading and gardening

  415. Badger balm! After my shoulder surgery, this was the only thing that make my scar soft enough to stretch the skin. I was amazed- the scar would be too tender to touch, then be completely pliable. I was SOLD!

  416. i would love i think the produce bags. i have always wanted to try them. thanks for this giveaway. love your blog!

  419. I would love to win the reusable produce bags. I’ve been wanting some but can’t justify the purchase because I really should be making them with materials I already have.

  420. It’s a toss-up between the seed sprouter (and sprouts packs) and the Starbucks gift cards–while I do love eating my veggies, I also neeeeeed coffee to function, and having a giftcard to Starbucks may mean a road trip! (I’m in Wyoming, where my nearest Starbucks is a 2-hour drive away, one-way.)

  425. The book would be nice to win. I have been thinking about buying it. The spouter would be awesome!

  426. Oh gosh Mavis. How do you choose???????? I think my favorite would be the “Year Round Vegetable Gardener” book. I live in north Florida and could use some tips on fall and winter gardening. What a great package!

  427. So I’d like to say I’d be most excited about the sprouter, but really it would be the chocolate!

  428. The seed sprouter! I’d love to have fresh sprouts, the ones at the store are often old or if they are fresh when I buy them they go bad before I can use them up.

  430. With all the cold, snowy days we have had in the WNC mountains this winter I would be most pleased to share a warm cup of coffee with a friend! Starbucks gift cards rock 😉

  431. The Gardening Journal!!! I have so many plans, it would be ideal to use to keep track of everything!

  432. Well, I guess (so hard to choose!) it might be the Starbucks Gift Card! Always nice to have in an emergency!

  433. I’m most excited about the seed sprouter and sprouts! I looooove alfalfa sprouts, but they are just so expensive!! (4.00 for just a few ounces at my local grocer!) Ever since your post on growing your own sprouts, I’ve been super excited about the idea of trying it myself.

  434. That’s a hard one. A toss up between the journal because I’ll be expanding my garden this year by quite a bit. But then I saw the sprouter at the end of the list and that would make these cold,snowy Minnesota winter days a little more bearable 🙂

  436. The Moleskine Passion Garden Journal is my favorite item but I would freak out if I won them all thanks for the chance. God Bless.

  438. Really awesome prize pack Mavis! The garden journal is my favorite with a close second being the banana slicer (grin!).

  439. On any other day, my answer would be the chocolate (duh!)
    But I’ve been in my garden all day, and my hands are so dry and cracked. So that balm is sounding awfully good to me right about now… !!

  442. Badger Balm! I’ve been putting my boyfriend to work recently, turning compost, and he deserves a nice hand massage.

  449. I need that journal! I neglected to write down what I did last year so now I’m lost to what varieties did best and when I planted things. 🙁

  452. The banana slicer may bring peace to my home. Nobody but me currently slices old bananas and puts them in the freezer instead of leaving them to rot, and I’ve had it, I tell you! I could be painting my toenails or peeling grapes instead of slicing bananas! With a banana slicer, the lazy slugs in my house will be so excited they will slice their own bananas!

  454. I have had my eye on the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter since reading about it on your blog. I just placed my seed order last week, but due to my extreme frugality, I decided to not get it, and just get the 17 packages of seeds instead. I would be overjoyed and jumping all over the house if I won that.

  456. The Easy Sprouter!! Just started sprouting using mason jar method two weeks ago, and would love to try this gadget.

  459. The one favorite thing that I could use, hands down would be The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener…Would love to garden year round but have no clue “when to plant what” 🙂 Thank you!!! 🙂

  460. Bob’s Red Mill pancake mix. My 3 year old and I could eat pancakes every morning for breakfast and never get bored!

  462. Without question the Chocolove Cherries & Almonds in Dark Chocolate Bar!!!! What is life without chocolate!

  463. I would love the gardening book. I’m trying to expand the growing season beyond the spring and summer. Thanks for putting together such a neat package!

  464. The Year-Round Vegetable Gardner, I have just moved to a new zone and don’t even know what I am going to be planting. This next year will be a lot of trial and error.

  465. The garden journal. I keep meaning to keep a journal so I can remember garden details from one year to the next but…

    Thanks for the chance to win. The prize pack looks awesome!

  466. Um, ALL OF IT!!! I have been wanting to give sprouts a whirl, so that would get me over the hurdle that I apparently need, and I need a new journal because we moved and my last one is too big anyway, and starbucks…waffle mix…gardening book…straws…produce bags….chocolate!!! ALL OF IT! 🙂

  470. I would love to have the chocolate, or the Year Round Gardener, or the journal . Any of it really, this is an amazingly generous package!

  471. I’d be most stoked with the reusable produce bags (I didn’t know there were such things and it kills me how many get brought home) & the sprouter. Thanks Mavis!

  472. I would love the Bob’s Red Mill Pancake & Waffle mix because we just got a waffle maker over the holidays 🙂

  476. Hmm…normally I’d say the Year Round Vegetable Gardener book, but I could really use a cup of coffee right now, so I’m going to say the Starbucks cards!

  477. The Badger Balm would be my top pick. After all the garden clean up if did today my hands are quite rough feeling. Sounds like Badger Balm would do the trick!

  481. The Badger Balm… and the chocolove… because dark chocolate is good for you, and of course you want soft hands for when you are licking the chocolate off your fingers!

  482. I can’t say the banana slicer – because I already have one! 😀 It is awesome for quickly slicing up ripe bananas and tossing them into the freezer for smoothies! So I would be most excited about the Year Round Gardener book.

  487. The badger balm since my hands are so dry they are cracking and bleeding. I would love to try it.

  488. The Moleskin Passion Gardening Journal! I always tell myself I will keep better track of things I plant and such…but I say that year after year! I would love love love love it!!

  489. The Gardening Journal! Every year I think I’ll remember which seeds did what and what was a disaster but then spring comes around and I forget. I could keep it in my garden shed!

  490. I would be most excited about the produce bags because I’ve been looking for some of those. I’d also be excited about the chocolate…because its chocolate!

  493. Definitely the year-round gardening book! Spring semester is about to start and I could use some “fun reading” instead of school reading! 😀

  497. Hello!
    I would be MOST excited about the gardening journal, but it all looks so fantastic!!

  501. OOOOOOhhhhh, that journal! It and a black ink med point pen……because the planning can be oh so much more fun than the doing!

  504. I am excited about the banana slicer because I am planning to make a big batch of banana chips soon!

  508. The Year Round Vegetable Gardener, with the dark chocolate running a VERY close second place!!

  510. I would love the seed sprouter and would also like to know where you buy the reusable produce bags or are they the green ones that are supposed to keep your produce fresh?
    Love your blog, look forward to reading every chance I get.

  511. I would be most excited to try Botanical Interest’s seed sprouter. I’ve never sprouted seeds to eat, unless they went under dirt first and turned into plants. : )

  512. You have some great taste! Everything sounds great but I really want to check out the year-round gardening book!

  513. Totally the banana slicer!! I always cut up my bananas ~ they taste better that way 🙂 Plus the reviews are hilarious!

  514. Year round vegetable gardener for sure! I just built a cold frame and I live in Colorado. It got to 100 degrees by 10 AM this morning, a good and a bad thing I’m pretty sure!

  516. I would love the year round gardener book! I am learning how to do things here in the northwest as we just moved here.

  521. I would be most excited about the sprouter! I am a health nut and think it would be awesome to do my own sprouts!

  524. The garden journal to keep track of the interesting plants/seeds I happen chance upon; what died, survived, or flourished in the garden; and all the things I’ve learned so I don’t make the same mistakes again.

  525. The year round veg garden book looks interesting. Who doesn’t love a Starbucks card? Your awesome Mavis!

  526. I am most excited about the Badger Balm! I garden AND raise our own pigs, chickens, ducks, and turkeys, so I’m constantly washing and drying out my hands :/

  527. Love your giveaways! Starbucks and dark chocolate sounds like a good combo! Also would be interested in growing my own sprouts : )

  528. I would love to get get the starbucks cards to give to a verry good friend who not only loves there coffees but despretly needs a small smile in her life. I love your blog. Its been fun to read.

  529. Oh! I’ve wanted a seed sprouter so badly! And I love Badger Balm. But I think my favorite would be the Bob’s Red Mill mix. Because then I would have a great excuse to make pancakes!

  532. What a fun assortment! I guess I ‘d have to go with the sprouter…I sprout in a glass jar now but I’d love to upgrade to a more sophisticated setup. Thanks, Mavis!

  533. 1, 2 or 11…or boy, a simple comment is not possible! I’m hungry now so the chocolate is sounding good too! I think the journal is what I need. I’ve tried to keep one in a notebook and I’ve not done real well with it. I need some guidance, I think. Thanks and I agree, your giveaways are awesome! Got my fingers crossed!

  536. I’m not picky, free neat stuff is always awesom! I’m fairly easily excited so, your choice.

  537. The Starbucks gift card for sure. I love Starbucks but really can’t afford to go there often.

  538. The Year Round Gardener book, Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter and the Bob’s Red Mill Pancake & Waffle mix.

  540. Tough call! I think I have a 3-way tie aetween the Badger Blam, the seed sprouter, and the produce bags. Follewed pretty closely by the Baker Family CD.

  541. My husband and I love to garden. In fact for Christmas I gave him “The Year Round Vegetable Gardener”. I would really like to Moleskin Garden Journal. I love journals and it would be a great way to keep track of what is in our garden.

  543. Oh, I have been DREAMING about year-round gardening! So having that book would be absolutely FABulous!!!

  544. Of course I want all of the gardening stuff, but there is something about the instant gratification of starbucks that takes the cake!

  545. The year round gardener book! Since I live in Maine, I need all the help I can get to extend my gardening season. Although this am it’s five degrees….yikes!!!

  546. I think the Badger Balm. My hands are looking pretty gnarly right now…But all the goodies look really awesome and fun!

  547. Even though this all looks like really awesome stuff I think I would be most excited about the Gardening Journal! This will be my first year doing a garden for my family and I am really looking forward to tracking my progress and learning what will make my garden grow in the years to come 🙂

  548. I HAVE read the reviews on the banana slicer, and have been intrigued ever since! And considering I have to little boys who could easily pass as monkey’s (and eat banana’s like they are monkey’s) I do believe the banana slicer would fit in perfectly in my kitchen! I can just imagine it sitting in my fruit bowl intimidating the heck outta all those banana’s in there!

  549. I think I’m most excited about the badger balm. I have the regular kind, but not the gardener’s variety. The whole pack, though, is awesome.

  550. I would most love the gardening book. I do a spring/summer garden but I have no idea what to do after the fall harvest.

  552. I have totally been wanting the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter and was just looking at it in the latest catalogue. Hoping I win so I can get sprouting!

  554. Hands down my favorite is the year round vegetable gardener because that is what we are trying to do here in our one acre lot in South Carolina! I need more tips on dealing with the extra cold winter we’ve been having!

  556. The seed sprouter!!!! I want to try this so badly. Really trying to eat healthier and hopefully this will make it fun!

  557. The sprouter. I have one, but it’s old and tired, and was never, even in it’s prime, as nice as this one. (Winning, by the way, would be a Happy 71st Birthday for me….) In cold weather like this, sprouts are the way to go!!!

  558. I’m excited about the sprouting supplies. I’ve always wanted to try it, but am too cheap to invest in the materials.

  559. Badger balm. My hands are all kinds of torn up right now, this sounds like a great thing to help heal them!

  561. The chocolate. That is one of my favorites! However, I might see the sprouter and seeds coming up a close second. One must have yin and yang!

  562. I’m most excited about the garden book. I’m trying to figure out how to start growing food inside and can use some good advice!

  564. Can I enter this if I’m from Romania?
    Anyway I would love to get the Chocolove Cherries & Almonds in Dark Chocolate Bar, Bob’s Red Mill Pancake & Waffle Mix, the Reusable Produce Bags and the Nothing Without You Magnet.

  566. Definitely the seed sprouter. I remember my mom used to sprout seeds on the window sill on a wet napkin, it was always hit or miss cause they might mold before finishing. I LOVE sprouts on sandwiches!

  568. I need the Year Round Vegetable Gardener book! I’m going to start a garden as soon as I can at my in-laws (or our back yard, depending on when we move) and I need some serious help!

  569. I would love the Year Round Vegetable Gardener book. My hubby and I would love to be more self-sufficient and growing our own veggies is the first step. And living in the south makes year round gardening possible. (But I need some help…!) Thank you! (I just discovered your blog and am completely smitten!)

  573. The gardening journal even though I am good a gardening it would be nice to write down my journey…

  578. The reusable produce bags for sure. I don’t know why I didn’t think about these before. I don’t grab the plastic bags when I don’t need them, but when I’m purchasing fresh green beans, reusable bag is the answer. Thanks Mavis!

  580. While I should be most excited about the gardening book (I need one) and the badger balm (love that stuff but so expensive), I am most excited about the Starbucks card. I rarely treat myself and it would be great to pick up a latte some time and not have to think about whether I would prefer to use that money some where else. Thanks for the giveaway.
    Elizabeth

  581. The banana slicer would be fun. I would like very much to try and dehydrate some bananas, I just love them but they are so expensive!

  583. The book Year Round Vegetable Gardening is what I’m the most excited about (though it all looks great)! This is going to be my first year seriously getting into gardening and I’m so excited.

  585. The gardening book. I tried a winter garden for the first time this year, and don’t have the timing right. I found it tricky to work out how to both arrange and clean up after the summer garden – and have large enough areas to plant the winter garden. Plus, in Portland, we had unexpected sub-20 degrees F weather in December…everything seems to have died except a turnip, some parsnips, the garlic, and the onions.

  586. They all look great….but my hands take such a beating year round…I’ll say the Badger Balm sounds super helpful.

  588. Picking just one is tough, love the idea of journaling, love the idea of sprouts!!! But right now my hands are begging for that Badger Balm. This winter has been brutal and it doesn’t seem it’s anywhere near done.

  589. They are all so awesome! If I have to pick just one, I love the REUSABLE PRODUCE BAGS. I have been meaning to “get around to” making these for myself, but that project keeps getting pushed back for other projects (mainly for the kids). These will save me the time of making them and check one more thing off the “to-make-list”. 🙂

  591. Not ashamed to say I would gift the Starbucks card as a nice Valentine’s treat, but I would eat the chocolate bar myself. That seed sprouter would totally make me feel better after polishing off the entire chocolate bar though 😉

  593. They are all great prizes but the seed sprouter is something that I actually have on my birthday wish list ~ so that is what I would be most excited about!

  595. I am most excited about the seed sprouter….growing sprouts has been on my ‘to do’ list for over 6 months now! 🙂

    And I am a big fan of your posts Mavis! Thanks so much for all your ideas! You Rock!

  596. I would love the Bob’s Red Mill Pancake & Waffle Mix! Breakfast for dinner is my Favorite!!

  598. I would loe to win, could use the garden book and who doesn’t love a little free Starbucks 🙂

  600. The Bob’s Pancake & Waffle Mix. I LOVE BOB’s! And I just got a waffle maker for Christmas.

  601. sprouting would be fun and a great way to grow our own food in the winter here in Montana. thanks!

  602. I would totally love the BI sprouter. We all love sprouts at my house! The banana slicer would be totally awesome too! I won’t lie, I’d be happy with any of the prizes! 😉

  605. This is a tough decision: I think I would be most excited about the Gardening book or journal!

  606. The reusable produce bags! I have never heard of them. Isn’t it crazy when you see something everyone else seems to know about and it seems like a no-brainer anyways? Ha!

  608. After spending the day in the garden yesterday cleaning up the raspberry patch & herb garden, moving the rhubarb, creating a cloche for the celery that has started to sprout from last year and getting my empty garden beds ready to plant I would like the garden journal to keep track of everything. The cherry chocolate bar would be my next runner up!

  609. The paper straws. I like to relax with a fancy foo foo drink after work, before I start the evening chores. Foo foo drinks are much more fun with a straw.

  613. Definitely the book, The Year Round Vegetable Gardener is one I have had on my reading list for awhile now. But everything looks fun…thanks for the giveaway!

  614. The Year Round Vegetable Gardener….I have decided that this is the year that I get serious with my garden. I am great at livestock, and have a ton (probably literally more than that!) of manure for my raised beds. I am quite the brown thumb, so a calendar guideline would probably be very helpful to me. My kids said that they would help me, and a couple of them are awesome green thumbs, so maybe all together, with a guide, we might have a garden that produces enough to freeze and can for winter.

  615. I would love the Year Round Garden book. We are really working towards being self-sufficient on our farm and I could use that book! It is really nice that you continue to do giveaways! I know as a reader I appreciate the chance to win stuff.

  618. I’d love the gardening journal. It will help me think I’m being organized. (And while I procrastinate on filling it out I can play with the banana slicer!)

  619. I would love the seed sprouter. I used to sprout with a canning jar and mesh in the 80’s!!!

  620. Mavis, Oh WOW!! You have outdone yourself this time! I love, love, love everything and would jump up and down if I won! My children would attest to that because they have seen me do it when I get happy!! Thanks so much for what you do.

  622. Starbucks! Oh my goodness it is sooooooo coooollldd here and their coffee would warm my toes my nose and my hands! And I would take my dear friend Violet and warm her insides as well ! I heart Starbucks so much that I have even applied there and still hoping to hear from them! Ah to smell coffee everyday like that would be as much joy as pulling up a luscious orange carrot for the first time in the gardening season! Like miss scarlet said I”as God as my witness I will never be hungry again!” Then Starbucks was born!

  626. The year round vegetable gardener looks great! This year’s tax return is making this year the year of the garden for us, and we’re so excited!

  627. I would LOVE to read The Year-round Vegetable Gardener!! My dream is to learn to keep a great big garden of produce!

  628. Just found your blog when I was looking into building raised bed pallets. This is awesome 🙂 The whole lot of items is fabulous. I think I love the banana slicer, we are doing a 30 day smoothie challenge and slicing and freezing the bananas separately takes time, that slicer would get it done & to the freezer much faster!

  629. I am excited about the books and the spouter! I already have a sprouting jar, but at times have wished for more. Thanks for an awesome giveaway!

  630. The Year-round Vegetable Gardener. I SO want to get better at producing what I can of our own food. Somewhat difficult in Zone 5 but I sure want to try!

  632. Definitely the Year Round Gardener…..it’s currently -12 here in Central NY, and the idea of gardening in this weather sounds….optimistic. I’m a ready for spring!!

  636. Starbucks gift card!! (Hello, my name is Jess, I have a coffee problem…..) The chocolate sounds yummy too, though I doubt my Weight Watchers account would agree……

  637. It is hard to say I am most excited just one item!! LOL The sprouter sounds AMAZING…but the Year Round Vegetable Gardener and the Journal are right up there too!! Thank you for the giveaway!!

  638. I can’t believe I’m not going to say chocolate…I would love the seed sprouter!!! I have been reading about them on the Botanical Interest website and catalog and keep thinking I should order one. I also read a great article about the benefits of sprouting and want to give it a try. Mavis, you and I love all the same things!

  639. I am intrested in the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter… I have been reading about the benefits of sprouts and would LOVE to grow my own 🙂

  640. I’d be most excited about the Year Around Vegetable Gardener and then the chocolate bar hahaha

  641. My birthday is coming up and I have asked for a seed sprouter. It would be ahhhh-mazing to get it from you!

  644. Oh, I would say the banana slicer so I could add my own comment on Amazon, but I really think I need the garden journal.

  645. I would love to win that book. I got the same book for a gift recently and was so bummed that I had to give it away!

  646. It is too hard too pick. I have been wanting to read the book, but if I got the produce bags I could cross them off my sewing list, the sprouter would be much Nicer then my Masson jar. I think I want it all =)

  649. I envision all the goodies. Sipping thru the pretty straws at Starbucks with the journal and gardening book. Dreaming of the sprouter with the wonderful sprouts we would be harvesting. Rubbing the Badger balm on my hands after enjoying the chocolates and placing the leftovers(Ha) in the reuable bags……..hmmmmm just can’t wax poetic about the banana slicer…….but all of the other items excite me

  651. I am very excited about the year round gardening book. But I would be lying if I didn’t say I am more excited about the chocolate 🙂

  652. Oh, the Badger Balm would be great. My hands are cracking big-time this winter. Thanks for the chance to win the loot!

  654. oooo..hard to decide to be good and ask for the sprout starter or be very baaad and ask for the chocolate….sigh…ok..would LOVE the sprout starter

  655. all of it is awesome! My favorite thing would be the seed sprouter. The year round gardener book is a close favorite. heck I’d love any or all of it. Thanks for the opportunity to win this give away.

  656. I love all the gadgets but after clicking the link for a preview, I’m most excited about the CD from the Baker Family. Their music would put a spring in my step all day long.

  658. I would be most excited about reusable produce bags. I have been thinking about purchasing some for a couple of weeks now. I am making an effort to try and reduce my families footprint as well as feed my family what I can from our growing garden. I would love to shop with these bags at our local farm stand and farmers market. Maybe get others on the reduce your footprint wagon.

  659. Drinking Straws 4 Sure! My go wild over straws and my husband won’t drink anything without a straw. Fun!

  663. I would love the reusable produce bags, I hate to waste and washing the store provided ones is a hassle:)

  667. What a fun prize package! I like the Moleskine Passion Garden Journal best. I try to do a garden journal each year to help myself know what worked and didn’t so this would be perfect!

  668. I would love the seed sprouter! No wait, the garden journal! No wait, the chocolate! Oh goodness….

  669. Wow! All of those sound wonderful! I’d be most excited about the seed sprouter or the year round gardening book.

  671. I am excited about the sprouter. I’ve been curious about them and wanting to get one for a while now.

  672. Wow! These all sound so great! I think I would have to pick the Badger Balm for the tops though – we all have such dry hands after working in the dirt around here.

  675. It all sounds really great but I would be most excited about the garden journal at this point. This is my first year that I actually have a yard to have a garden and I am excited and terrified all at once, haha. So having a journal would really help me to keep all of my thoughts and ideas organized! 🙂

  680. I’d be most excited for the reusable produce bags- what a great way to avoid extra plastic waste!

  681. Honestly, I would be most excited to receive the chocolate, I’ve had that kind before! Everything else looks like hand picked favorites of mine as well, though!

  682. The Year Round Vegetable Gardening book. I’m a newbie to gardening and have been checking out lots of library books. I’d love to have one of my own to reference!

  686. I would LOVE to have the produce bags because I already have a Hutzler 571, and you can read MY review of it at Amazon that I wrote last year!

  687. I would be excited to win the year-round garden book and the Starbucks cards. I would love to have some reading time alone with my coffee! Love, Jennifer in Iowa

  690. Hmmmmm, I’m sorry to say that the most difficult thing is picking one. The toss up would be between the seed sprouter, re-usable produce bags, and the year round vegetable gardener book…… so awesome. Yep. I’ll just sit here and wait for my email. Just me and my computer without a book, a seed sprouter, a banana slicer, magnet… and really rough garden hands. :<)

  697. i’m most excited about the year round veggie gardener book, b/c i’m about to move to a bigger piece of land and want to expand my garden

  699. Ordinarily, I would be most jazzed about the garden goodies. But I live near Charleston, West Virginia, where we had a massive chemical leak into our water supply. Thirteen days later, and our water is supposedly safe to drink, but no one we know is drinking or cooking with it yet…including us. So, right now, I am most excited about the Starbucks gift card…and using it somewhere where the water HASN’T been contaminated! And treating my dear friend who recently moved back to the US to a cuppa tea, too!

  701. I’m most excited about the whole package! Seriously, cooking up some pancakes/waffles smothered in sliced bananas while listening to The Baker Family CD, planning the garden with the book and journal. Later, grabbing a friend and going for a Starbucks break and sharing the chocolate. Etc…. Thanks for the giveaway!

  703. Definitely most excited about the book The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener. I’m a beginner gardener and have my first raised bed gardens planted, courtesy of my Dad (who has ALWAYS had a garden as far back as I can remember) as a combined house warming present (just bought our very own home!) and a 30th birthday present. Good luck to everybody who’s commented and congrats to whoever the winner is (keeping my fingers crossed, hah) of this fantastic looking give away!

  706. I’m either most excited about the Starbucks cards (which I will combine with a great coupon I have to get some K-Cups for basically free) or the produce bags. I use reusable grocery bags and hate all the plastic produce bags, too!

  707. I would love it al, but the straws seem so happy and I would really enjoy the journal to keep track of my garden better this year. Thanks for the chance!

  708. The Sip Sip Hooray Pink Paper Straws…because my 4 year old would love them :-). And so would I!!!

  710. I would be totally excited to win the Badger Balm, I love hand creams lotions and potions, can’t get enough of them!! Thanks, what a great list you have offered up! Go Mavis!

  711. Badger balm! because washing dishes by hand and tidying front yard raised beds in the middle of winter (so glaring at you county officials who say my garden isn’t looking garden like enough) is rough on the hands.

  713. The seed sprouter, winter gardening made easy! It was -41 this morining at our house and something green and growing would be a great mid winter pick me up.

  715. The Year Round Vegetable Gardener would be awesome to add to my garden resources, as I’ve been shifting towards a more year-round focus with lots of fall plantings. It sounds like a great book.

  720. So hard to choose….but I think sipping through those fabulous pink straws would rock! Thanks Mavis!

  724. For me, the reusable produce bags for my farmers market and grocery trips. But in all honesty, the Starbucks cards, so I could take a fellow co-worker out for coffee at lunch!

  725. I will say the chocolate bar. I think the sprouter would be the best for me, but its my birthday, so I will go for chocolate!

  727. the Starbucks card….. I usually save all my pennies and cash them in at CoinStar for a gift card!!

  728. I’d be most excited about the Seed Sprouter… for sure! I bought some of the sprouts seeds when I ran into you at MEN fair last year — but they didn’t work out too well with my counter top aquaponic grow light doohickey ma bob… :/

  729. Ooooh, the Garden Journal! I’ve been lusting after this for a while now but haven’t purchased it because I can make do with something I already have. It would be a real treat!

  732. If I have to pick ONE, then it would be the sprouter, I have a not-as-nice sprouter and it’s not even as nice as it used to be because it got broken when I moved 🙁

  734. I would love the Year Round Veg gardener, I am trying to do more in all seasons, this would be great.

  739. I would like the garden journal. I’m looking forward to trying to grow our own vegetables this year. I’ve never done it before but hoping for some success.

  741. Aww man, the book geek in me has to say the Moleskin journal. What a fantastic tool! And when it’s done, I can put it on my shelves and pretend I wrote a book 🙂

  742. I am most excited about the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter. Would love one to get some sprouts started this spring.

  743. They are all so neat it is hard to choose! If I had to choose one I would say the magnets. I am a magnet person and it is always nice to have the ones that really hold stuff up!

  747. I didn’t know they made reusable produce bags! I’m so ecstatic to buy them and try them out, or you could choose me as the winner to. Lol

  749. I’d be most excited about the Year-Round Gardener book. I really need help scheduling all the plants I want to grow!

  750. The sprouter! I tried it in a jar but I don’t think there was enough air circulation. Love your giveaways!

  753. Pick one??? Well okay if you say so.. I would love the sprouter … sure need to be able to trust that the sprouts are grown properly.

  754. I’m most excited about the banana slicer and I like the year round vegetable gardener book second :).

  755. The book is at the top of my list as most exciting. Would love to learn some more about year around gardening.

  756. The Year ‘Round Vegetable Gardener book would be an excellent addition to my library. Thank you Mavis.

  757. Ummm…the year-round gardener book…no, the seed sprouter…nope, the book…or wait, maybe the sprouter…Oooooooooh coffee…Starbucks…*focus!*…the book, yep the book please. (Phew)

  759. Year round gardening BOOK! I live in Colorado and would love to learn how to grow some grub in the winter.

  760. I would love the Nothing Without You Magnet! My daughters Art work is always on the frig but some times they either fall off or some crafty pieces are too heavy for the magnets we have.

  763. The Badger Balm for Gardeners would be great. The season is almost upon us, I’m so excited !

  764. There are a lot of wonderful items on your giveaway. To me the best item are the reusable grocery bags as I hate getting using the bags at the co-op (as I try to be more green). I had been thinking of sewing my own reusable bags but haven’t done that so these reusable bags work be perfect. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to winning these items and Happy New Year!

  765. The gardening journal would be my favorite since I never seem to keep track of when I plant my veggies!

  769. I am most excited about the seed sprouter! I have just started sprouting and I think it would be easier than using a mason jar 🙂

  772. I am preggie and chocolate is huge on my craving list…so would love the cherries and almond combo for sure

  773. The gardening book, since I plan on starting my first ever veggie garden this year and have a horrible history of (unintentionally) murdering plants! Haha! 🙂

  776. Definitely the Year Round Vegetable Gardener book! I am a newer gardener (less than 5 years) and I’d really like to get more out of my garden. 🙂

  778. This will be my first summer planting a garden, under guidance of my master gardener father, but I would LOVE to read “Year Round Vegetable Gardener” to hopefully pick up a few tricks I can utilize myself! Thanks for the opportunity to win this awesome giveaway!

  781. I have had my eye on that Botanical Interests seed sprouter, and it would be nice to be sipping on a mocha and eating chocolate!

  783. I would love to have the Year Round Vegetable Gardener book. I’d love to know if there’s a way to keep something alive during a Michigan winter!

  784. This pregnant chick is jonesing for the chocolate bar! I am a total chocolate addict, and I may just go order some anyway! Can’t fight pregnancy cravings, right? I must say though, the banana slicer reviews kill me every time I read them, and being able to break that bad boy out would surely put smiles on faces in this house!

  786. While I would love the sb gift cards and the chocolate, I think the sprouter would be the best part of winning.

  787. Hey I would love to get my hands on that seed sprouter!
    Anything I can put on a sandwich to make it have crunch
    and that would be vegetables! Ha!Ha!

  789. I am most excited about the Botanical Interests Seed Sprouter, but t r year round garden book is a close second

  790. Id be most excited about the Starbucks cards. My husband has had 3 surgeries in the last 11 months so we had to cut WAY back on extras. Meaning-I’D LOVE A VENTI SHAKEN BLACK ICED TEA RIGHT ABOUT NOW!

  792. OMG…….the banana slicer was in a lot of stockings Christmas, and I must said was a big hit. Since I have one all ready I would choose the Year Round Gardner.

  797. The Sprouter! I’m currently messing around with empty jam jars, a fabric lid and elastic bands.
    Feels like I’m ready for the next level of sprouting 🙂

  798. I only have to pick one? This is a great list of items. Starbucks and chocolate are pretty exciting.

  799. I would love the Garden Journal!!!! I journal the gardens a few years ago when I worked the Horticulture Class at a Women’s prison in Michigan and it has become my go-to resource for everything from when to plant seedlings to weighing the harvest!! I am looking forward to my own gardens this year and would love to journal again as I have moved from SE Michigan to NE Michigan and the growing season is shorter.

  800. I would love the Garden Journal!!!! I journal the gardens a few years ago when I worked the Horticulture Class at a Women’s prison in Michigan and it has become my go-to resource for everything from when to plant seedlings to weighing the harvest!! I am looking forward to my own gardens this year and would love to journal again as I have moved from SE Michigan to NE Michigan and the growing season is shorter. I’m trying to post this but my WEBROOT on my computer didn’t want to let me so if it is a duplicate I’m sorry as I cannot tell if it was posted. Sorry.

  803. Since we have a short growing season in my neck of the woods would love tips on “Year Round Gardening” !!

  804. With my busy day today that wonderful sounding chocolate bar is drawing me in! Eventually though I know I’ll really want the sandwich sprouts.

  805. All good! My top choice would be the Year Round Gardening book! I’m trying to grow something green and yummy now and the temps are in the single digits. Not doing too good! I could use some help!

  808. I would be excited to win anything, having never won anything ever. I really love useful things and your giveaways are all really useful (including the chocolate).

  809. I would love love love the garden journal!!! I currently keep track of my garden in a spiral note book but a journal would be awesome!!

  810. I would be excited to feed my need for knowledge on gardening with a book about year round gardening. I have already gotten the basics of spring/summer but would love to have fresh veggies all year long. I don’t think my pear, peach, plum or apple trees will fruit for me year round though…

  811. This is such a hard choice to choose one of such exciting things!! I would be torn between the reusable produce bags, but think I would be the most excited about making sprouts Oh My and my sprout loving family lives near by!! Sprout pick up and delivery!!!

  812. Totally the bobs red mill…..I’m dieting so it’s not cheating if I win it as a prize right? Go carbs! Lol

  813. The Garden Journal would be lovely for me. I need to remember what works and what doesn’t out there in the dirt. Thank you for all you do for everyone.

  814. Definitely the year round vegetable gardening book – I’ve had it on my wishlist for a while.

  815. Oh wow, the seed sprouter! Been meaning to purchase one and only remember that I want to at really inconvenient times haha. This would be fabulous! Sprouts for all! Sprouts on everything!

  818. I’m most excited about The Year Round Vegetable Gardener, we’re moving to a new (old) house that has a big sunny backyard that we plan to fill with vegetables. nomnomnom.

  819. The The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener looks like an awesome book that would be so helpful since im just starting gardening

  822. Definitely the gardening journal……. would be better to keep track of the successes and failures of each crop. Also great to note ideas, keep pictures, drawings, and a list of websites for reference (I save in favorites, but then tend to forget why I save the link).

  823. There are so many cool items. The banana slicer makes me think of banana pudding! You can’t go wrong with Starbucks.

  824. No brainer! Chocolate 🙂 the chocolate cherries and almond bar win hands down. I’m a mom, grandmother and over 50. Any doubt that chocolate wins!
    Thanks for putting together such an interesting blog.
    Lea

  825. I would love the gardening journal! I’m currently using scrap notebooks leftover from college 😉

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