Giveaway:
Win one of three x £30 worth of Seeds
(flowers, herbs or vegetables)
of your choice
I am delighted to offer three wonderful prizes for all you gardeners out there, whether it be window box, allotment or a large country garden gardeners – Seed Parade have very kindly offered THREE prizes of £30 worth of seeds of your choice from their extensive range of seeds………..flowers, fruit, vegetables or herbs, the choice is yours if you win one of the prizes! What will you pick…….
Tomatoes……
Cucumbers……
Basil…..
Sweet Peas…..
Cape Gooseberries……
Spring Onions……
Pak Choi……
Marigolds……
……..It’s a fabulous prize from a great British company who sell garden seeds at affordable prices and run a very successful gardening community on their forum and blog, where you can find plenty of gardening ideas, share your expereince, get help and help others growing tasty fruits and vegetables and pretty flowers. They also have a range of thousands of heirloom, traditional and rare varieties of every seed for mere pennies, so you can find your usual choice or try something new!
To enter this Giveaway, all you have to do is the following:
1. Complete the Rafflecopter widget below to verify your entries – ONE mandatory questions will appear, which you need to answer by leaving a comment at the bottom of the post, before going back to the Rafflecopter form and hitting “Enter”. (After this, you can complete the bonus entries as explained on the form to increase your odds of winning – you can also return daily to tweet this for more bonus entries)
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3. Closing Date Monday 18th November 2012
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GOOD LUCK!
Karen
This Giveaway starts on Wednesday 17th October 2012 and runs until Monday 18th November 2012
*The winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received. The winner will be notified within 7 days of the closing date. The prize is as stated: no cash alternatives are available. This competition is open to UK entrants only.
I would definitely go for vegetables, we had such a good year for tomatoes, though it was quite a battle to keep them pests-free, as I don’t use pesticides, and had to pick the nasty caterpillars by hand, eww, hate little bleepers.
I would go for a combo of veg and flowers.. I have to keep Mrs. C happy as well..
cucumber 🙂
hey sweetie, don’t know if it’s just me but the rafflecopter widget is not displaying on your blog, you have to click on the link to go to the rafflecopter website… (still entered btw – fa prize which The Viking will love!)
THANKS Dom! Sorted! I had missed part of the code off, it is all working now! XXX
sorry, that’s supposed to be fab prize not fa prize!
I would choose flower seeds I think, kids would love to help & watch them grow 🙂
I’d choose vegetable seeds for my allotment – lots of types of beans & squash.
I’d love the herb seeds.
I would definitely go for the veg, I love growing and then cooking and eating my own produce!
I would choose vegetable seeds
Id love to choose a mixture of seeds! Some flowers some veg and some herbs! Amazing giveaway xx
Veg seeds – Id LOVE to try that again!
sweet peas and herbs!
Flowers, the choice is so varied and I have very little the my new garden
WISH THEY COME IN THE WOODEN BOXES AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE
HERBS I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED
Vegetable seeds, like growing food to eat
Vegetable seeds, I love growing my own veg.
Would go for flowers. Just moved into a flat and the balcony will need some colour in the spring!
vegetables-i love to see my vegetables grow and get satsfaction when eating them!
I would definitely go for vegetables.
I would have all vegetable seeds so next year we can have home grown fresh veggies.
Herb seeds for my herb garden and window sill collection
It would be a difficult choice between the sweet peas and the cape gooseberries, i love growing both, but i think sweet peas are my all time favourite
vegtable seeds
I’d love vegetable seeds.
Veg seeds would be great considering the rising cost for veg in the supermarket.
i would choose the vegetable seeds, id love to grow my own 🙂 x
I would choose herbs and vegetable seeds
I would choose flowers, I love growing them and had some great results this year
veg seeds for me love growing veg
Vegetable seeds
I would choose both vegetables and flowers. Sweet peas for their scent and colour; pak choi because I love cooking with it; tomatoes because I grow them every year; courgettes, sweet peppers as well. I also love the colours of cosmos and the scent of night scented stock and nicotiana.
I would go for the vegetable seeds
tough one, my side flower beds need a helping hand, but I will be growing my own vegies again too! maybe a bit of both 🙂
flower seeds
vegetable seeds
Definitely vegetable seeds for me.
I’d choose vegetable seeds – nothing tastes as good as home grown
I would choose the vegetable seeds, we love to grow our own
Vegetable seeds. Just sorted my garden out and now I have an empty veg patch.
I’d go for the veg for sure especially some nice interesting heirloom ones AND lots of squashes. Although if this year is anything to go by, squashes may not be the best thing to grow. And I would love some sweet peas too.
Definitely herbs! 🙂
Marigolds. I love marigolds
Oh I think I would go with flowers as garden is looking a little dull 🙁
probably flowers, but not really sure at the moment
I would definitely go for vegetables.
Vegetables – can grow them no matter how big your garden is :O)
It would have to be flowers as i love lots of different flowers in my garden,Im very lucky as i grow lots of different flowers from seeds 🙂
Xx
Veg. Might have more luck next year
some herbs, I get through so many when cooking and fresh is so much nicer.
I’d like some herbs – I’ve never grown any but it would be great to try! 🙂
I would go for the vegetables, as I am moving house and my new place has a garden with a veg plot. I am so excited about growing food at home and am determined to defeat the dastardly slugs!
Well I grow my own fruit and veggies every year. Next year I am going to concentrate on veg which is expensive to buy in the shops like mange tout, rather than peas or carrots which are cheap.
What a great selection of seeds to choose from there would be a balance of flowers and fruit and veg. Some Aquilegia McKanas Giant, Cosmos seeds not had much success with these previously. Sweet Peas Jilly and Charlie Angel. Always need Broad Beans, Pumpkin, peas and lettuce.
I would chose Lovage first to go with the Corriander and Sorrel I’ve just planted
Then all manner of onion seeds
Every dish I cook needs onions, it would save a fortune growing your own
Pak choi, broccoli, broad bean, spinach, tomato sungold
I would choose flowers…..my late Dad had the most wonderful garden, full of flowers and it would be again, if I won this prize : )
I’d choose flowers for our garden
I’d love the Herbs
The flower seeds would be lovely. I’m an amateur gardener and could do with a helping hand to get me started for next Spring!
I would choose sweet peas, beautiful flowers
I would choose Herb seeds
flower seeds
Tomato, basil and rocket (just add mozzarella!) and lots and lots of nasturtiums!
veggies, i think, though ive not had much luck this year. maybe herbs then 🙂
Vegetables!
Vegetables, we grew a fair amount in 2011, potatoes, cauliflower sprouts, sugar snap peas, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beetroot, leeks, dwarf beans etc. Due to a planned holiday with nobody to water plants we gave it a miss this year but really missing pulling them fresh from the garden as needed.
I want to choose flowers, fruit or veg……..I’d be winning for my Mum who is a really keen gardener and will grow anything and everything equally well!
I would choose some cherry tomatoes as my kids love eating them and they always grow well in our little veg plot!
I would choose flower seeds
I’d pick veg seeds – in particular cucumber my girls LOVE cucumber), broad beans and pumpkins 🙂 My girls are upset that I haven’t grown pumpkins in the allotment this year, so they’re a must for next year! 🙂
Marigolds!
Definitely a selection of vegetable/salad seeds. I’d love to try growing my own 🙂
I would pick some vegetable seeds, and tomatoes, because my daughter is nearly 1 and loves all her veg, would be great to grow my own for her x
anything low maintainable ~ I am rubbish at growing things!! So prob herbs
I would choose some flowers for next summer.
Either would be great as we like to grow veg and flowers.
Veg seeds for me, home grown so much tastier than the supermarket
Veg seeds. Finally have a garden big enough to grow veg and my little girl is soooo excited about our future veggie patch!
I’ve really been getting into growing herbs this year, so a nice mixture of herb seeds with some flower seeds for spring
I’d go for veg!
Definately veg seeds, I have an allotment & try to grow all my own, invariably though, something always fails this year I had quite a lot of failures, blight on both my potatoes & tomatoes & my lettuce bolted almost immedeately.
I did do particularly well with squashes & peas.
difficult choice! would be happy with any but probably choose the veg seeds, love growing my own.
Any which are easy to grow….Would be fun for the kids to grow somethings 🙂
Pak Choi 🙂
Vegetable seeds – I had a poor year for growing veg this year so I’d like to try again.
Definitely some tomato seeds,just hope we have some warm weather next year!
Definately vegetables, but the more exotic types that you can’t buy in the supermarkets, like gem squash. MMMM
I grow vegetables every year so I have lots of seeds for these. For this reason, I’d go for for flower seeds to add some additional colour, fragrance and beauty!
vegetables
I would chose the vegetable seeds. Prices are getting so high in the supermarkets it will be good to grow my own.
Lots of lovely herbs
veg seeds love growing veg with the kids
sweet peas
I would love a starter pack of seeds been meaning to get involved in my garden have just the patch !
Vegetables. Yummy!
Pak Choi & spring onions would be great seeds to try growing… The goosberries look ineteresting too!!! Frankly I’d be happy with any!!! x x x
Sweet Peas and Sunflowers to go aside my garage.
Simon.
sweet peas
I would choose the Herbs.
I’d go for a mixture of veg, herbs and annual flower seeds for my patio pots
I would opt for flowers.. nor winter is fast approaching (in fact it feels like it’s already here) I am missing a bit of colour and sweet floral pretty smell 🙁
I’m moving house soon (next week!), and will be investigating container gardening, as my new place has a very small garden. I’d love to try growing pak choi, tomatoes (never managed to grow them before) and spinach.
I would stock up on veggie seeds for next year – beans, courgette, brassicas, etc
some tomato seeds
Definitely some vegetables, probably cucumber as they’re everybody in the family’s favourite
Veg seeds for my new allotment plot! 🙂
I would love some courgette and calendula x
Something a lil different like pak choi i think!
cape gooseberry, lettuce, lavender… i’d have to think about any others
i would love a mixture as just got my garden finally sorted
I would opt for vegetables. I love to grow my own
A mixture of vegetables and flowers I think!
I would choose a mix of herbs and veg.
We use alot of herbs, and like fresh veg from our garden. 🙂
I’d ask for Cape Gooseberries. I had my first attempt at growing these in my polytunnel this year, and they were very pleasing plants – big and bushy, vigorous to start with. But the weather just didn’t play ball and by the time they began to fruit the summer had winked and vanished.
So I’d love to have another try, I really think I can do it in the right conditions and apparently they make amazing jam.
vegetables
vegetables I love to grow my own
A mix of vegetables e.g. lettuce, carrots, beans etc
has to be veg for my veg patch
I would choose the vegetables as I love the idea of being able to get fresh produce straight from my garden (although I don’t seem to be all that good at it but I have fun trying!)
I’d choose flower seeds so I can give my border a make over!
a bit of veg cos I love growing that, and some flowers cos I dont often buy those seeds so that would be a treat.
I would like vegetable seeds ♥
vegetable seeds i would love
Veg seeds – they just taste so good grown at home.
Vegetable seeds, i want to make a veg patch in my garden 🙂
veg 🙂
Oh, vegetables without a doubt. This year’s results were shockingly bad; I think everything except the kale and lettuce drowned in all that rain 🙁
vegetable seeds
I would choose Herbs. I am a rather basic eater thanks to allergies but I want to expand my palette and I think herbs to simple meals would be a good start.
Herbs – Great for cooking with!
vegetable seeds
Herbs
vegetable seeds for my new raised beds
Root Veggies for my newly designed veg patch!
I would choose vegetable seeds
I love herbs and use the daily so would definitely choose some of these.
I would choose lots of vegetable seeds – nothing better than eating stuff you’ve grown yourself
chilli seeds and herb seeds , love chillies and want to make chillijam and cannot cook without basil and coriander.
Flowers for me 🙂 I’d personally choose Sunflower Earthwalker’s 🙂 Our garden needs some bloom x
herbs
carrots 🙂
Definitely herbs for me. They taste so much nicer when fresh rather than dried
I would pick some vegetables for the garden
Would love to grow more flowers this year and integrate them into my veg patch – also love that box!
Lots of fruit/veg/herbs that I can grow in a small area on my balcony 🙂
I’d go for the Tomato Seeds
sweet peas
I’d choose chilli seeds. Love spicy food!
I love growing flowers
Would love some tomato seed. And maybe some other small veg plants to grow in tubs
For a start I’d get tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, then some flower seeds like poppies as they are my favourite flowers. x
I would go for vegetables!
I would go for the vegetables and herbs. My mum likes to grow her own – we already grow basil, chives, peas and various currants so adding to that list would be great. Maybe some cucumbers?
A mixture of easy-growing vegetables!
I’d choose a nice selection of herbs for my cooking!
I would choose vegetable seeds to grow with my daughters – tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins, peas and french beans.
I would choose the herb seeds
I would choose, Pak Choi, Cape Gooseberries & Sweet Peas! All my favourites.
Veggies for me, we have a patch in the garden and need some new seeds so this would be perfect. The kids love growing their own and picking it fresh out of the garden
I would choose a selection of herbs, not sure which yet, depends on which of my herb plants last the winter 🙂
i would choose vegetable seeds