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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.

Giveaway: {2} $100 Gift Certificates to Fast Growing Trees!

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I’m ringing in the new year with one of my favorite giveaways: a $100 gift certificate to Fast Growing Trees to TWO of my lucky readers!! Yippeee. If ever there was a great way to kick off 2015, this is it!!

meyer lemon tree

I loved {and miss terribly} Lemon, my Meyer Lemon Tree I ordered from Fast Growing Trees last year. She was accidentally left behind during our move this fall. 🙁 Little Lemon was the best tree, and since Fast Growing Trees knew I loved her so much, and because they are so amazing, they sent me ANOTHER Meyer Lemon Tree to replace her. I’m not sure I can love that company any more!

The Best Meyer Lemon Recipes

While I’ve only had this Meyer Lemon Tree a few days, my old lemon tree produced so many Meyer lemons, I was able to make some of the most delicious recipes, like this Meyer Lemon Pudding Cake or this Meyer Lemon Marmalade! YUM! When you have a tree that produces so much fruit, the possibilities are endless.

Meyer Lemon Blossom

Just like when I got Lemon, Fast Growing Trees did all the hard work. I didn’t have to haul the new tree from the store, get the back of our truck filthy or worry about it tipping over on the way home.  They make it so simple, so all you have to do is search their easy-to-navigate website, find the tree you love and click. The energy it takes to click a mouse is all you have to exert to get a tree right to your doorstep. I mean seriously?! Tell me that’s not awesome!

meyer lemon tree fast growing trees

In addition to how simple it is to order the tree, and how speedy fast the shipping is, they do an amazing job packing their trees so they arrive in perfect shape, ready to be planted. Just like when I got Lemon, the root ball on this tree was in perfect shape too and there were already tons of lemon buds just like last time!

Plus, their customer service is awesome, too! Right after they ship your tree, someone over at Fast Growing Trees will send out an email with planting instructions so you know just how to plant the trees you purchased. They take all the guesswork out of it.

And guess what? Now you can see for yourself what a great experience ordering from Fast Growing Trees is! $100 gift certificates to Fast Growing Trees  are up for grabs to TWO of my lucky readers!! Wahooo!

HOW YOU ENTER:

Life’s pretty complicated sometimes, so I like to keep things simple around here. You have FIVE ways to enter: 1 required and 4 bonus entries. That means you can leave a total of FIVE comments below for FIVE awesome chances to win.

1. *REQUIRED ENTRY* Just head on over to Fast Growing Trees and tell me what you’d spend your $100 gift certificate on if you won. A cherry tree? A Royal Empress? Or perhaps some Lavender Rhododendron? Leave a comment below letting us know your answer.

2. *BONUS ENTRY*  Do you like/friend/follow me yet? Pick one or all and like me/follow me/subscribe to me via one of these forms of social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,Pinterest,  YouTube and/or Google+! Leave a comment below with the name of the site you followed, ie. “liked you on Facebook and Instagram.” Only 1 comment/entry regardless of if you follow me on all 6 sites. Which you totally should anyway.

3. *BONUS ENTRY*  Start spreading the news. Share this giveaway with your peeps via Facebook,Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and/or Google+! If you don’t do the social media thing, just send out an old fashioned email about this awesome giveaway. Leave a comment below letting me know how you shared it.

4. *BONUS ENTRY*  Head on over to my Facebook page and leave a comment on one of the posts or pictures there. Come back here and leave a comment below letting me know which post or picture you commented on.

5. *BONUS ENTRY*  Subscribe to my daily emailed newsletter. It’s an easy peasy way to make sure you don’t miss a thing. Plus, I’m way too busy gardening to spam you, so your email address is safe with me. Leave a comment below letting me know you subscribed.

THE FINE PRINT:

5 entries per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified.
*** This prize can only ship within the continental U.S.

This giveaway ends Sunday, January 18th, 2014 and the winners will be announced in the Monday, January 19th, 2015 edition of Mornings with Mavis. You will be notified via email and have 48 hours to claim your prize. Prize will be forfeited within 48 hours.

Good Luck! I hope you win.

Peace Out Girl Scouts!

♥ Mavis

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Comments

  1. I would use the $100 gift certificate to get an October Glory Maple! I use to have a maple in my front yard but it came down with straight line winds 🙁

    • I would use it to buy a Meyer Lemon, a Haas avocado and a navel orange tree…of course adding a little money to that to help! 🙂

  2. I would spend my $100 on berries, berries and more berries. The Jostaberry plant looks interesting…

  7. Garden Plot pictures 1/11/14 – I still think you should leave the 10×45 size and put an alle in the center… 😛

  8. I would buy patio apple trees and the peach sorbet blueberry. Thanks for the giveaway!

  11. I would have to try a Meyer Lemon because I had one before to redeem myself. I am dying to make some lemon curd!!

  14. I’m torn. I’d love the Meyer lemon, Elberta peach, nectarine, or avocado. I follow you on fb I commented on the dry beans from Costco post.

  18. I would love to have a sugar maple. I probably wouldn’t live in this house long enough to tap the tree, but it would be an investment for the future. Hopefully the next person wants to make her own maple syrup.

    I also want a red haven peach tree. I have one peach tree but it needs a companion to do better.

  23. I did go over to their website and looked around however you stirred me up for the lemon tree 😀 I also follow you on facebook and am sharing this contest on there.

  32. went to Facebook and commented on the knitted broccoli – SOOOO cute – OMG! MUST. MAKE. NOW!!!

  34. I would love a 4-in-1 apple tree and a new blueberry bush. Your Lemon tree is also very tempting!

  43. Already like you on Facebook and commented on your post 1/7/15 for the crockpot chicken noodle soup. Loved it! Just signed up for your newsletter. Thanks

  44. I have a bay window in my new dining room that would be the perfect home to two Meyer Lemon trees!

  45. I would give the cold hardy avocado tree a go, and the satsuma might grow on our porch too. I emailed my sister, now she is drooling over trees to plant on her 20acre homestead!!

  50. I would have to choose between avocado, lemon, blueberry, or pear. Would probably go with blueberries!

  52. I’d be all about the blueberries, personally. Yum. (and don’t ask me to pick a favorite kind – they’re better if you get every single kind of blueberry possible… for cross-pollination, right…?)

  55. How do you even decide! A lemon tree would be such a treat and not something I would buy myself. The raspberry tree/Bush also sounds awesome. We also moved this past summer and I will be on the hunt for raspberry shoots. I haven’t even looked at the rest of the website yet!

  58. Oh my gosh, so many things. Golden raspberries and Goji Berries. I would love to do a tree, but I don’t think I am ready for that yet. I also have a Rhodie problem in our new yard!

  61. I would definitely get the Meyer Lemon Tree — Fast Growing Trees website has some wonderful plants and trees.
    I’ll be checking their website out further!!!!!
    Thank you!

  72. I would by a lemon tree. I am addicted to lemon — my family makes fun of me all the time. And any extra? Berries!

  75. The 4 in 1 apple tree looks really fun to grow. I’m also looking for a flowering tree for my front yard.

  78. I’ve had my eye on a meyer lemon for a while ever since seeing your tree on your blog. I would also love to get a weeping willow for my front yard.

  79. I would have to go with your pick, the Myer Lemon and definitely a Moro Blood Orange, and if I can convince my husband I haven’t gone tree crazy, a Persian Lime. Hey, even if I don’t win, half price trees right now are pretty tempting! Think I’ll be ordering a couple of Brazel Berries Peach Sorbet Blueberry Bushes too.

  82. I would love the Thornless Blackberry bush! Plus maybe some blueberries and golden raspberries. Mmm! 🙂

  89. Thank you for the opportunity Mavis 🙂 I would love to order the Smyrna Quince Tree and the Concord Grape Vines.

  92. I would buy a couple trees for privacy (maybe Giant Thujas or fruit trees, such as the Meyer lemon. Thank you!

  98. I would get a cold hardy avocado tree, that would make me so super happy!
    I found a few blueberry bushes I liked too but none of them ship to CA, Boo!

  106. Hi, I would get a nectarine tree and a blueberry bush, two of my most favorite fruits! Thanks for the contest. Love getting your emails. Keep up the good work.

  108. I would get a Meyer Lemon (you have totally reminded me of how awesome sauce they are!) I would also get a Dwarf banana tree (we have a 3 year old so he can pack away bananas like they are going out of style), the thornless blackberries, the gooseberry and Brazelberry Raspberries (we don’t have the space for a rasp patch like your old house but a raspberry bush is a great alternative!) I think I will be taking advantage of the sale they have now but a giftcard would be fabulous!

  109. I think I’d love a Meyer Lemon, and maybe a nice wisteria. We had a wisteria at our first house and it was just beautiful.

  122. I would LOVE to have a pecan tree so I could always make my paw paw’s awesome pralines! Yum!

  123. I would get a honeycrisp tree so my husband could have them as much as he wanted…they’re his favorite. Even this last time buying them straight from an orchard they weren’t any better than what we were finding at the store so maybe it would be different if it was completely homegrown. I’d also do some golden raspberry bushes, we love raspberrys here. 🙂

  136. Oh where to start? I think I would buy a Wonderful Pomegranate tree and a Brown Turkey Fig tree.

  137. Hi Mavis! I would buy a Fuji Apple tree, a blueberry bush, and a few packs of
    Strawberries. This would be such a fun project for my kiddos and we will enjoy planting and eating our fruit.

  140. With a $100 gift certificate, I’d get a 3-in-one blueberry, a hass avocado and a meyer lemon tree. I’d come out of pocket but it would be awesome!!!

  145. Having a $100 gift certificate I would go for the 4-in-1 Pear Tree.
    Mostly because its a dwarf tree and I had a peach and apple tree
    but the power company came in and took them out…saying we can only
    have dwarf trees in the back yard.
    I already sub to the newsletter.
    I only do the facebook .

  149. I would love to keep a chocolate tree as a house plant. Unfortunately, I let the house drop into the fifties in the winter. But those golden raspberries sure look good! Wouldn’t mind some of those everbearing strawberries either 🙂

  150. Hot diggity! I’d love a lemon tree – especially since I live in Washington and had no idea it was possible to grow them here – and boy wouldn’t that be rad?! One less trip to the grocery store.

    I already follow you on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to your RSS feed too. Because I learn so much from you! Thanks!

  151. I would get a goji berry plant, a raspberry bush, and a fruit tree, probably a cherry tree (Black Tartarion).

  155. Follow on google.. you tube ..face book.. and instagram if your there to.. shared on facebook and comment on a post there..

  162. I’d definately get a Meyer Lemon tree also. A friend of mine has a few and they are so delicious! I’d also get either another Meyer Lemon or maybe a Black Tartarian Cherry Tree as they are quite tasty also 🙂

  167. I would buy a Majestic Peach tree. I have always wanted a peach tree. Yeah for ordering online and just sitting around in PJs waiting for it to be delivered.

  172. Meyer Lemon. I was just thinking (and reading about) growing these indoors. So they are a cross between orange and lemon? Sounds right up my my tree, so to speak.

  175. I already have a lemon, lime, tangerine and fig tree in the courtyard. Hubby and I have been talking about adding an apple tree, a peach or pear tree and I need to replace my raspberry bushes (the golden raspberries look amazing!).

  176. I’ve been following you on Twitter for ….. forever. Also follow you on Facebook. Keep up with you on Pinterest too……….:)

  177. I would definitely buy a lemon tree! All those recipes you posted sound delicious! I have bought a few privacy trees from this company and love them.

    I follow you on facebook and pinterest.

  185. I would get a lemon tree, I bought one from somewhere else and was not thrilled with it I have seen tons of buds, but no lemons for two years. I would also use the rest to get a cherry tree, my husband adores cherry preserves that I make!

  205. I shared your post and commented on the post about the giveaway too – I thanked you for always giving away such great stuff!!!

  213. Oh man i see so much i would order from fast growing trees. My husband is going to wish i had not found that site. WOW. I think the #1 thing i would order would be the dwarf cavendish banana tree. been looking one for some time with no luck. The olive tree is catching my eye too. Then maybe replace the apple and peach trees i lost this summer due to the farmer’s worker spraying the back part of my yard with roundup. Thank you for sharing Fast Growing Trees with us.

  219. I would use mine to order a Clementine Tree and a Meyer Lemon. I use so many lemons and I’ve always wanted to have a tree of my own.

  223. It would be so hard to choose, but I think I would have to get the 4 in 1 cherry tree of it were to get back in stock. It sounds amazing! If not, then a Hass avocado tree because we eat those things like apples at my house lol! If they weren’t so expensive I think we would literally put avocado in everything we make!

  225. Hello,
    I would use the credit for a meyer lemon and a persian lime. After reading about how much you love the lemon tree and how easy it is, I have to have one. And the lime tree compliments the lemon. Both can be grown in an indoor pot and I would put them on either side of my dining room window to frame it nicely. Mmmmm, I am thinking of all the cocktails and desserts I would be able to make with lemons & limes 🙂

    I’ve also subscribed to your email newsletter.

  230. I’d love to replace the dead hydrangea in front of my house! I follow you on Pinterest and have repinned this on my gardens board. Happy 2015 Mavis!

  231. Blueberries, blackberries and an apple tree! I’ve purchased both blueberry and blackberry starts before locally and they haven’t done so well but bet they would coming from Fast Growing Trees! Would jump start my master-garden plan by several years as I can only add on a little each year (year 2 just started).

  233. Good Morning-While I would love to buy a Meyer Lemon tree and make all those delicious looking recipes from your blog, it is currently 18 degrees BELOW zero in the Northeast where I live! Probably not going to work. I also dream of having a copper beech in my yard but once again it is not realistic. So when I looked at Fast-Growing-Trees, the autumn purple ash caught my eye. Hardy in my plant zone and I love planting trees for their fall colors. That one looked like a winner!

  237. I’d love a fruit cocktail tree! Peaches, nectarines, and plums all on one tree?! Yes, please!!!! That’s amazing, and I think it would do really well where we live!

  240. I would spend this gift certificate on an cold hardy avocado tree! Never even realized that was an option!!

  242. Left a comment on your giveaway post on your Facebook page… so excited to see that Fast Growing Trees now ships to Canada!!!

  244. When I said earlier that I subscribed to your RSS feed, I meant your newsletter. I’ve been getting it for a few months now and am loving it!!

  247. The 4 in 1 apple tree looks amazing and would be really fun! Maybe even a good choice for you, with your smaller yard!

  250. We have quite a few trees (peach, apple and cherry {a couple of each}) so Id like to add a pear tree!

  260. I would use the $100 to buy a Superior Plum. Even though we are zone 5, I think a Superior Plum that is cold hardy to zone 4 would be better for us. Thanks for doing this Mavis!

  263. Hi Mavis,
    I would use the $100 gift certificate to buy a Myer Lemon Tree! I follow you on Pinterest and read your blog every day. Love it!

  267. I would use the $100 towards a Fruit Cocktail Tree. Three different fruits on one tree sounds awesome!

  268. There are so many great choices!
    I love growing my own food so would choose a fruit tree: probably Black Tartarian or Rainier Cherry
    If you can successfully grow a Meyer Lemon tree, I probably could too (?). That would be another choice.

  270. I follow and liked you on Facebook – that’s where I read about these free gift certificates 🙂

  273. I’m thinking a 4 in 1 apple tree! All the apples I need off of one tree! How awesome is that?!?!

  274. Oh man, I just got seriously distracted from my to do list this morning. I want so many things from this company. I think my top picks would have to be the Lapins Cherry Tree and the Bonanza Peach tree.

  275. I would have to go with a Honeycrisp apple tree. We are trying to build our own mini orchard and a honeycrisp tree would make an awesome addition!

  277. What a neat contest. I would order blueberry bushes. I am glad you posted this site. Their plants looks so healthy.
    Bobbie

  280. I commented on you Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – 1/11/14 – post on your facebook page.

  288. I already got a Meyer Lemon tree after reading your post. If I were to win the $100 I would buy some ever-bearing strawberries, blueberries and peaches.

  293. I’d probably go with another blueberry bush. I’ve got a self pollinating one, but that’s not nearly enough blueberries…..

  299. I would love a lemon tree, but am not sure if it would survive here. So probably a cherry tree.

  304. It would be very hard to choose! Probably a citrus, though I might try another avocado (surely I have to get it right at some point!). And maybe some strawberries.

  308. I would love a lemon tree although I might have to get a pecan tree for my husband for his birthday:)

  313. Hi Mavis!
    I’d love a Meyer Lemon tree, please!
    I have shared on facebook and with my coworkers and family!
    Now, I’m signed up for your emails – can’t wait 🙂
    Planting season is almost here!
    Thanks, Mavis!!!

  315. I would use the gift card on an all-in-one almond and a 3-in-1 blueberry bush. There is nothing my 2year old daughter loves more than to go and pick berries. We do have a few blackberries on the side of our hous and everyday when I get home from work she asks if we can pick them.

  324. I headed over to facebook and have been enjoying your posts lately about how you are going to garden at the new house., your 10×45 plot that might get cut down to 8ft. 🙂

  331. I’ve been wanting to try growing a Meyer lemon tree. I have the perfect sunny spot for it!

  336. I follow on FB and Pinterest. I shared on pinterest. I commented on the grapefruit yogurt cake on FB (and will be making it today), and I have so many trees I want…but a coffee bush, or two three-in-one blueberry bushes, or one of the avocado varieties are my top picks. 🙂

  339. I would totally get a Meyer lemon tree. I have one from Molbak’s that has never produced anything (buds, but no lemons!), so I would love to try a new one to see if I could get any actual lemons!

  340. So many amazing choices! I think you’ve convinced me of the Meyer lemon tree, though. Thanks!!

  341. I would get a corkscrew willow and a wisteria, I’m trying to put in plants with year round interest. I also follow you on instagram.

  353. I would love a lemon tree or another banana tree… I have a banana tree but have yet to get any fruit from it. I love your blog I follow you on FB and Pinterest! You are so awesome and inspiring! I shared on Pinterest!!
    Thanks for being you 🙂

  354. I grew up with a Lapins Cherry tree in our backyard, spending summer night eating the cherries and having seed spitting contests. I would spend the $100 on a Lapins Cherry tree for my backyard.

  357. I need a fast growing shade tree for my new (we downsized) back yard. It has nothing nada zilch growing in it now. The autumn blaze maple sounds perfect.

  358. I’d order the Rabbiteye blueberries. Still trying to get my tribe to enjoy them, but in the meantime, I’ll eat them all myself!

  369. I would love a maple tree although at the moment, I don’t have the yard to put it in. Might have to go with blackberry bushes instead. I could easily get distracted clicking on that link!

  371. I would get a Lemon Meyer tree! My son asked for a lemon tree when we first moved from Montana to California and of course I said yes thinking I could just get one at Home Depot, oops no luck. Five years later and I still want a lemon tree!!!!!

  373. Also I follow you on pinterest and Facebook!, Plus I check your site daily, I just love the site, it brightens my day! Thanks Mavis!

  380. I would love a Meyer Lemon if it would grow in Spokane. Otherwise, I would love a plum and an apple. Or…I would be tempted by berry bushes – especially raspberries.

  388. I would spend the $100 from Fast Growing Trees on either a Hardy Pecan or a Scarlet Prince Peach tree

  400. I would choose some fruit tree, either cherry, pomegranate, or peach… Maybe the avocado tree. There’s so many options it’s hard to choose.

  404. We have an unlandscaped hill at the back of our property and I’d love to have a row of Emerald Green Thuja at the base of it!

  407. Hardy pecan! The gift certificate would get me a bit over one tree. (I’d spring for the other, since they need a pollinator to produce pecans).

  409. I commented on the Artificial Vs. All- Natural Dyes and Flavors post on Facebook – and I really will be using that blog post in my Food Science class when we discuss additives.

  415. I would spend the $100 on a Meyer Lemon Tree – I never would have thought I could grow citrus in my climate – how neat! Thank you for the opportunity!

  417. I commented on Easy Crock Pot Meals – Vegetarian Chili Recipe. While I’m not vegetarian, my sister is so when we have a get together I want to have something terrific to serve.

  419. I would add another $25 (will beg and borrow, but I don’t steal lol) to the prize to get a lemon and 4-in-1 apple tree! These two trees have been at the top of my wish list for a couple of years now…

  420. I grew up with an apple tree and would love my own! But I don’t have much room so a Columnar Apple tree would be my choice. I’ll have to decide between yellow and green apples, both my favorites.

  426. I would get a north star cherry and a Heritage red raspberry. Both grow well here in new england and both fruits have family traditions.

  429. I would LOVE an avocado tree! I would then also add a little extra money for the Pink Lemonade Blueberry bush and another blueberry bush. Thanks Mavis!

  430. I’d want something cold-hardy to withstand Wyoming’s winters, but would love a fruit tree–fig, pear, plum, apple, avocado (though I doubt even the most cold-hardy avocado tree could survive here!).

  437. I would buy something edible I think. Probably a couple hardy fig trees and some blueberry bushes. I also like the fragrant tea olive tree 🙂

  441. I have wanted a lemon tree for several years now, but my husband is worried that it wouldn’t survive our winters in the high desert. Now I’ll have to show him this website!!! But to save money on groceries, I would use the $100 to buy the clementine tree bc my 2 year old is constantly eating clementines, like 3 a day is when I cut her off. If they were sold out or I had credit left over, I would use it on the Eureka Lemon or the Moro Blood Orange tree.

  442. Persian Lime would be my choice. THink i could grow it in Western WA? I’d sure try. Meyer Lemon would be a close second. What a beautiful website!

  443. Well, I wish I had your rhodies you have been removing as I have a diseased one that I would like to replace. However, a meyer lemon tree sound fantastic, as does a Budda’s hand, and blood orange!

  448. I would buy a peach tree or a rainier cherry … I already have a plum, apple, fig, asian pear variety and pear tree 🙂 Follow you on FB and subscribe to daily emails.

  450. I’d honestly buy a meyer lemon tree like you. I loooooove those lemons and can’t think of a better way to get them than from my own yard!

  453. I would get a lemon tree because I killed mine and would love to try again I love in Colorado and so it is a house plant half of the year. I also so 4 in 1 apple tree that is what I have been looking for

  455. I would get a Meyer lemon tree, and an everbearing strawberry plant! Just found their site and want to buy everything!

  457. I would love a Japanese Maple and have wanted a fabulous tree with a peeling bark that I cannot remember the name of right now – it will. Come to me. I will be sharing your post on Facebook.

  460. well, we live in Montana (burr, right?) but grew up in Washington so I feel totally deprived by all the wonderful things I cannot grow in my yard. We have a lot of inside friends and I would have to take a lemon tree!!! Having fresh citrus in the middle of the mountains just sounds delightful, doesnt it?
    thanks for the entry

  461. Chicago Hardy Fig – I have become a HUGE fan of figs and really want to grow one in my front yard!

  464. I would get a lemon tree. I had one, actually got a few lemons off of it. and then it died. I never replaced it…so sad.
    I also get your e-mail subscription. thanks for the contest!

  466. I would love a Persian lime tree or some blueberry bushes…
    thanx Mavis for the giveaway opportunity…you and your blog rock!

  470. If I won, I’d buy a seckel pear tree (my neighbor has one and the pears are awesome!). I’d also love a meyer lemon, and one of the dwarf peach varieties…I can’t pick just now. 🙂

  490. If I were to win, I would spend the mula on Blue berry and raspberry plants (adding to what we have). They have a beautiful selection.

  495. Just went to facebook and commented on the article How to Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half; the chicken casserole looks yummy!

  497. If I could convince my husband that we have room for two more trees, I’d get the Jefferson and Theta hazelnuts. Otherwise, I’d probably choose some evergreens and berries. What a great selection they have!

  504. I would get either the meyer lemon tree (you totally convinced me!) or the rainier cherry tree. It would be hard to pick which one!

  508. I would use the $100 towards an avocado tree. I have a lemon tree already which is always producing! Love your site!

  517. I would love the Key Lime Tree or Meyer Lemon tree! I follow you on all the social media sites. 🙂

  519. Mavis,
    I already subscribe to your newsletter, and I follow you on Pinterest. Of course, I’d love to try a Meyer Lemon tree, and ever how many more dwarf fruit trees the winnings would allow for.

  529. Hi Mavis ! If I were to win this $100 gift certificate I would use it to purchase a Meyer Lemon and possibly a eucalyptus tree !

  537. When I win, I’ll have to add more money because I went to the site and OH MY. I would like an avocado, lemon, clementine and navel oranges and a banana tree. And of course I read your newsletter.
    thanks for this opportunity

  542. I would love to have a pink dogwood. It was always my mom’s favorite tree and having one would remind me of her.

  547. Left a comment on your Jan. 10th post about what kind of recipes we readers would like to see more of this year.

  554. I already have a FGT Meyer Lemon (I salt preserve mine and use them all year long!), so I would get blueberry bushes for sure!

  557. I think I would buy the Meyer Lemon tree.. I leave just north of Seattle.. if you can grow it hopefully I can too!

  564. Hi Mavis ~ I would love to grow fruit trees………apple, plum, apricot or berries ~ raspberries (if they have them). Thanks for the giveaway.

  567. I would buy a Hass avocado tree. It would definitely be cheaper than buying them in the store. I subscribe to your daily email.

  568. I would get a 4 in 1 apple tree. I have been wanting one for a while. We already have a peach tree, fig tree and grape vines. Now I need apples. Thanks for doing this. Good luck to everyone.

  570. I would buy Cherry trees…. As many as $100 would buy…. I have planted them before and no luck…. Would love to give these trees a try.

  571. I follow you on Pinterest, and follow by daily e-mail. Love it, I would love a Myers lemon tree.

  582. I follow you on Facebook (just commented on the photo for this contest which I have also just shared on my wall) and receive your emails. I personally want a bay laurel, but my man may veto me for a lemon and lime tree–lol!

  588. This would be such a wonder housewarming gift for me! I would quickly purchase a Meyer Lemon Tree and/or a Bay Laurel plant. I love the brightness and cheer the Lemon Tree would bring into my kitchen and the fragrance of the Bay Laurel would be heavenly!

  590. I think the two trees I’d enjoy the most are the Meyer Lemon Tree and the Ice Cream Mango. When my sister is able to get me lemons off her neighbors tree, I juice and freeze them for the rest of the year. I love lemon in almost everything. The Mango is a wonderful fruit that I just cannot get enough of. Sigh. Thanks!

  591. Because they’re both on sale, I’d get a Honeycrisp apple tree and a Cumberland black raspberry. Yum! =) I’m subscribed, and I follow you on Pinterest.

  592. You sold me on the Meyer Lemon tree, but I’d also love to have the Clementine tree – their my HH’s fav fruit!! So I’d prob order both – one for him and one for me!! : )

  593. I would get a Jane Magnolia and a Meyer Lemon Tree. DMIL had a meyer lemon tree inside her house, in the atrium. It did produce lovely lemons on those slender branches.

  595. that is suppose to be they’re my HH’s fav!!! Long day!! HA!!!
    I follow you on pinterest and subscribe to your daily newsletter!!!

  600. Wow, that’s a great site! I would buy the pink lemonade blueberries. I’ve never seen them and they look so unique!

  602. I would spend the $100 gift certificate to Fast Growing Trees prize on a Red Select Japanese Maple.

  604. Yes, I like/friend/follow/subscribe to You on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and Google+!

  606. I posted a comment and enjoyed Your idea from the post: “Tips for Seed Shopping From Catalogs -“

  608. Hi Mavis!
    I’d like a Meyer lemon tree! I have liked your facebook page and shared the giveaway there and with my friends.
    Please, please, please!
    Thanks for everything you do!
    RaDonna F.

  609. ooooh decisions decisions….I think my first choice to spend the $100 would be for the Wonderful Pomegranate tree. We are pomegranate lovers here. How cool would it be to grow our very own.

  611. If I won I’d get two Sweetheart blueberry bushes, a Stella cherry tree and a Soursop tree. It’s well over $100 but I’m planning a patio garden and will be planting container plantings this spring. I live in an end ground floor apartment unit and have been allowed to put in two raised beds for gardening and can have a container garden for fruit trees. I’m planting strawberries in my flowerbeds to make good use of them and they will look pretty with my flowers.

  612. Just saw the Trunkster on your Facebook page. What a great idea to have a built-in tracking and scale on luggage. I hope it becomes a reality.

  614. I completely can’t decide: citrus tree, berry bush, or grape vines? Even if I could narrow it down to one of those three, I’m not sure how I would narrow it to which kind! But any which way, I would love to win.

  615. I forwarded this email to my sister in California to share it with her. I’ve mentioned you to her when we’ve talked on the phone. The two of you have so much energy that if you ever got in the same room together you might create a black hole in the universe.

  617. I shared with several friends via email….I don’t really like filling my status with contests, my friends who do that can get annoying.

  619. I subscribe to your newsletter. Thank you for this opportunity! I’ve never won anything before; this would be an awesome first time. 😉

  622. We have two Meyers, a cherry and apple, lots of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. I’m dying for a fig.

  623. I would LOVE the 4 in 1 cherry tree. Then you only need to plant one tree because it is self-pollinating and you get 4 types of cherries! Fabulous

  628. I would love ever bearing strawberries and the fruit cocktail tree. What?! Peaches, plums, and nectarines , oh my.

  646. I’d spend the $100 on a meyer lemon or some berry bushes, I can’t decide which. I follow on fb, instagram, and pinterest, and commented on the week 2 of 52 pantry cooking post.

  647. I’d spend the $100 on berries. Or a maple tree? Or a willow?? Would be a family decision. Thank you Mavis!!!

  649. I would get the 4 in 1 apple tree. Limited on space so would be great for our backyard. And I couldn’t tell you how long I have been an e-mail subscriber.

  650. OH, it’s a toss up! I really want a fruit tree or 10 in the yard, but the hubs is not down for that. I think one of the 4-in-1 trees would be perfect for our yard. The majority of the family likes apples, but hubs and lil man love pears. I would probably have to go with the pears just to persuade him to let me get the apple after the fact 😉 I already followed you on Pinterest and now I do on Facebook. Commented on your 10 Ways to Clear Closet Clutter (I did that last year and drastically improved my closet space!)

  651. Mavis,
    I follow you on e-mail, pinterest, facebook and instragram. And I am NOT a Mavis stalker because I didn’t know you were on youtube!!! haha
    Anyway, there are so many gorgeous trees and shrubs to pick from at Fast Growing trees but I think I would like to try a lemon, or maybe more blueberries.

  664. This was made simple, after looking at the fruit trees for all of 2 minutes. My wife and I are looking to plant some “small” apple trees in our small garden. I opened the page to the apple trees and immediately saw the 4-in-1 Apple Tree. No Doubt, this is the tree for me and my $100.00 certificate. Cannot wait to win and start enjoying 5 months of apples year after year… Thanks, Mavis!!!!

  666. FB Tips For Shopping For Seeds From Catalogs…. Yippee, I cannot wait to start growing…..

  668. “Lemon (Meyers) tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat!” I don’t have access to an outdoor garden currently, but I love citrus trees. I would probably pitch some money in and get a clementine tree too! BTW – I love lemon fruit unlike in the song. LOL!

  669. I follow you daily using Facebook. I just commented on your photo for today’s deals – the work “peccadillo”! BTW – would you like my page called Sue Burgess – Piano Tuning and Service? If you can do it I would love to have you “Like” it.

  672. I would spend my gift card on a Meyer Lemon tree. My maiden name is Meier and my grandpa on my dad’s side used to have this tree line his hillside property in southern CA before a fire took all of them. After the fire, he purchased one dwarf tree and kept it in a pot by his garage. As his health declined, the tree was neglected and only watered when the lawn care co came by to mow the grass. When he finally passed, my uncle on my mother’s side took the tree and has been loving it back to health. This was the first year that it produced lemons in many years. This type of tree is very special to me. If there was any funds left over, I would get some berry bushes for the front yard too.

  676. I have followed you on Facebook. I love your page and often look at your pinterest boards as well.

  677. I’ve shared your page with lots of friends that garden and have chickens. My mom now follows you as well!!

  680. Hello!

    I just purchased my very first house in New Mexico yesterday!! So I am very excited to learn about Fast Growing Trees. I would invest first in avocados and look forward to growing my orchard on my 3/4 of an acre by the Rio Grande from there!

    I have followed you on facebook, commented on your January 12th post, signed up for your newsletter, and sent this opportunity to all of my friends and family via email!

    Crossing my fingers—I’d love to get into the Fast Growing Trees family 🙂

  681. Hello I am a newbie to the art of tree and plant shopping therefore I have been having a hard time choosing which company to shop through. However if I won the $100 gift certificate on either a nagami kumquat tree or a pistachio tree not sure which one I still need to do more research.

  682. you have me sold on a meyer lemon tree. If you can make it work in Seattle, then I can make one grow in Oregon!

  690. I’m always commenting on your posts especially the ones about your greenhouse and those awesome gutter planters you have in there!

  691. I would get the Meyer lemon tree. I’m already 93% certain that I’m going to get my husband one for his springtime birthday 🙂

  694. #4 shared my excitement about your contest with my bff’s via google hangouts. Does that count? It involved a thumbs up picture, if that helps sway you.

  697. I would probably order a pear tree. We have tried growing them in the past but without success. It may be because our tree was grown from seed rather than grafted stock as the video pointed out. Even if I don’t win, I did learn something, so thanks, Mavis!

  698. I have plans to buy a couple of their columnar apple trees this spring. They’re the perfect size for a small garden like mine.

  704. I follow you on Facebook, Pinterest, Utube & get your emails. I shared on Facebook & Pinterest. I left a comment on Facebook under the post for this giveaway. I would order the Hass Avocado, Meyer lemon or the Finger Lime tree. Thanks

  705. I would buy one of the Meyer Lemon trees and grow it for my sister…I bought her one for her birthday last July and it is a lovely but empty pot these days!

  709. Hi Mavis! I would probably buy a cherry tree. I have dreams of one day having a backyard orchard. 🙂

  710. I have a beautiful meyer lemon tree, but that ice cream mango sounds so cool!!! I would also love to have a cherry tree!

  714. You can never have too many blueberries! I think the blueberry hedge would be a dream come true, but I would like you wait until it was a forever home. The triumph grapes also look interesting.

  715. 1. One of each! Lol, new property this year, lots of landscaping to do. I think the Purple ash is pretty.

  730. Just pinned your article, liked you on facebook & the first tress i would order would be the Meyers lemon and a pecan tree.
    I appreciate you linking to Fast Growing Trees.

  739. Ive commented on the post about not soaking your beans, which I found interesting.

  740. and finally I have subscribed to your news letter lol
    Thats a lot of comments! 😛

  750. I think I would get the Cold Hardy Avocado. I love avocados and they are so expensive in the store!

  753. I commented on this post: Slow Cooker Vegetarian Indian-Spiced Lentils with Spinach and Rhubarb
    Carolsue Anderson

  763. Hey Mavis! I would get a meyer Lemon tree and and everbearing fig tree!! Yummo!! thank you for everything you do!!

  768. I live in a small city apartment with a little patio. I have been hoping to try and grow a fruit tree in a container. I was looking at the cherry tree (the blossoms are so pretty), but I love clementines (and I might be able to grow them indoors in the winter, too!). Fresh produce is so expensive here, it would be great to have a supply just steps from my door.

    I also follow on Facebook.

  776. I would get a peach tree, for sure! I have fond memories from childhood of helping my grandpa sell peaches by the side of the road every summer. I might get an apple tree, too. 🙂

  787. I would order a Sweetheart Blueberry and a Meyer Lemon. We are blessed with a couple beautiful evergreen trees, which means LOADS of pine needles. I have a spot ready for Fast Growing Trees’ blueberry bush, already mulched with pine needles, along our back ceder fence. What a beautiful view it will be seen through our french doors, covered with berries. 😀 Thank you, Mavis, for the opportunity.

  791. I would spend the $100 prize on the Thuga Green Giant Trees because good green fences make good neighbors ;). Great for the birds too!

  793. Just commented on your FB post Penny Pinching Tip – Freeze the Tops of Your Peppers . Any ideas to use fresh veggies or preserve them are great!

  794. What a great giveaway! I would likely spend more than the gift certificate is for because I hope to plant a mini orchard this year! But I’d probably start with a couple of apple trees – because they are such a staple 🙂

  804. I posted a comment on the Movie the Giver. Was just checking out the website. I might just buy the lemon and satsuma tree! But I could buy some Blueberry bushes

  805. I subscribe and I enjoy your website very much but your requirements for entering your contests is too complicated and time consuming. Good luck.

  808. I would get a couple of fast growing barrier trees, like the Thuja Giants, for the back of our property. There are a couple of houses behind us that face the back of our house. We don’t have a fence and only one lonely crape myrtle back there.

  815. I could never decide between the Pawnee Pecan and the Hass Avacado so I’d have to take both! I commented under your 1/17/15 weekly hightlights FB post and didn’t even know you were on Google+, until now! I’m already subscribed to your awesome newsletter. Thanks again for the chance at another amazing giveaway and good luck to all.

  816. I have looking around for a dwarf lemon, lime and orange trees to grow in containers on a very sunny patio.

  817. Hi Mavis!
    I would totally go for the Meyers Lemon Tree too but I think it is too cold where I live for citrus so I would have to go for a showy maple tree instead!

  821. I would spend the gift certificate on a papaya tree! I have been trying and trying to grow one from seed with no luck!

  826. I would totally get a Meyer lemon…or maybe an Elberta peach. Hmm…decisions, decisions… 🙂

  831. pecan trees , apples, and pears oh my!,, I would love all the trees I’m afraid I would have a hard time choosing! I already follow you on facebook!

  832. While I’m not a Girl Scout, I hope it doesn’t hurt my chances! 😉 I am leaning towards the Meyer Lemon Tree OR a Green Columnar Apple Tree OR a Dwarf North Star Cherry Tree.

    I follow you on Facebook and Pinterest.
    I shared the contest on my Facebook page.
    I commented on this contest on your Facebook page.

  834. I would LOVE a Meyer lemon tree. It is my very favorite fruit! Blackberries and seedless grapes would be awesome, too!

  836. I would use the $100 gift certificate on a Persian Lime Tree. I have dreamed of having a lime tree for so long. I finally have a green house that I can put it in in the winter.

  838. I would love to have the 4-in-1 pear tree. What a neat concept that it can grow 4 different kinds.

  846. A lemon tree and maybe some fast growing privacy trees. They are building behind my house 🙁

  849. I would order a Bonanza Peach tree with the gift certificate. It had 5 star reviews!!! I went plant it in my backyard – and when the first crop arrives – try one of course and can peach jam… YUM!

  851. I would love to try growing the cold hardy avocado and a pomegranate on our nice warm deck then having pretty indoor trees for our cold Maine winters.

  854. I follow you on Facebook, even though you’re based on the other coast, because I still love your passion for gardening and the daily quick lists of Amazon sales.

  859. I posted on your wall. Wondering if you considered offering a summer camp – gardening, canning, cooking, …. all the fun stuff.

  863. I’d have a hard time choosing, but I think I’d either get an avocado tree or some type of citrus…lemon, lime, or clementine…

  866. Commented on your facebook post about only 2 hrs left to enter…thanks for the reminder, btw!

  868. wahoo!! meyer lemon tree and blue berries…then I’d make a lemon blueberrie pound cake to share with all friend!!! wahooo!!!

  877. Shared as well 🙂 I’m cutting it close. And commented on the Lemon tree giveaway post. Easy peasy

  878. I would a Meyer lemon. I’ve tried to grow a lemon tree from seed. Grew about 8″ when my cat decided he liked it more. Needless to say lemon tree didn’t survive so this summer I hope to try again. I follow you on Facebook and I receive your emails. I share many of your articles and have pinned them.

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