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You are here Giveaways / Spring Fling Must-Haves for Gardening {Giveaway}

Spring Fling Must-Haves for Gardening {Giveaway}

By A Cowboy's Wife | May 8, 2013

I’m excited to partner up with Central Garden & Pet and share with you, my honest experiences during these Spring and Summer months.  I’ll be talking to you about several products like Ironite, Fish Fertilizer, and Seven Dust.

ironite lawn and garden spray

I showed you how we replant our Ivy plants but I didn’t tell you about plant & lawn food, both of which ours need around here, especially with the hot, harsh Texas weather.   With no rain and hot temperatures, our plants and lawn are drained daily.  We need to provide them some nourishment in order to help them thrive better.  Today I’m talking about Ironite Plus Lawn & Plant Food.  I use this for my lawn, plants, shrubs, and roses.   Ironite is a mineral supplement that is available in both granular and liquid forms. It is formulated to add iron to the soil without burning the roots of grass, trees, shrubs and other plants.

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FOR PLANTS & FLOWERS

If you’re using the granules, you simply place them around the plant on the soil and cover with more soil.  Add water and you’re done.  If you’re using the liquid version, you’ll mix 2 – 4 teaspoons of Ironite with a gallon of water.   Pour this mixture around the plants, on the soil.

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FOR THE LAWN

Simply attach the bottle to your water hose, turn it ‘on’,  and spray.  The bottle is made to distribute exactly what is needed during watering.

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I expect to see green results soon and look forward to a more vibrant yard, vs feeling like I’m in a dessert.

$25 AMERICAN EXPRESS GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY

In celebration of lawn and gardens everywhere, I’m giving a small gift card to help you get at least a couple of products to get you started!

HOW TO ENTER

Leave a comment below telling me a frustration you have when it comes to managing lawns and gardening.  (You may do this daily with a different frustration each comment.)

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As always, I invite you to share via twitter and facebook but it’s never a mandatory entry.  I just encourage you to visit the sponsor.  Giveaway will end on May 13th around 10pm CST.

Central Garden & Pet partnered with bloggers such as me to help educate us all about their products. As part of this program, I received compensation. They did not tell me what to purchase or what to say about the use of the products. Central Garden & Pet believes that consumers and bloggers are free to form their own opinions and share them in their own words. Central Garden & Pet’s policies align with WOMMA Ethics Code, FTC guidelines and social media engagement recommendations. A winner will be chosen by random and gift card fulfillment will be handled by a third party.

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  1. Mami2jcn says

    May 8, 2013 at 8:30 am

    Weeds frustrate me, especially this time of year.

    Reply
  2. tess says

    May 8, 2013 at 8:56 am

    our frustation is that the mocking birds want to peck a hole in the tomatoes…make me so mad
    tcogbill at live dot com

    Reply
  3. Audrey says

    May 8, 2013 at 9:05 am

    Bare spots and Dandelions!!

    Reply
  4. Jessie C. says

    May 8, 2013 at 9:07 am

    Mushrooms growing in the lawn frustrates us.

    Reply
  5. Nancy says

    May 8, 2013 at 9:15 am

    I am so tired of having a lawn with weeds, would love to have one of those GREEN lawns!

    Reply
  6. Debra Hall says

    May 8, 2013 at 9:23 am

    dandelions are the worst to deal with

    Reply
  7. Sunnie says

    May 8, 2013 at 9:46 am

    One is either the deer or our horse getting in the yard and eating the grass!

    Reply
  8. rachel says

    May 8, 2013 at 9:49 am

    Dandelions! When the neighbors have them, they just seem to migrate our way, too.

    Reply
  9. Babs says

    May 8, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Weeds, weeds, weeds. We live in the country. Deer, turkey and weeds. My husband always says they were here first. But it seems to always be an uphill battle to keep critters and weeds at bay.

    Reply
  10. Michele P. says

    May 8, 2013 at 11:26 am

    we’ve neglected our lawn and garden these past 2 years since we’ve been away most of the summer… I’m frustrated because my front lawn is bare, and I’d like it to be full of nice green grass-my backyard is over run with weeds, so I’ve got to get out and start getting my yard ready for Summer!

    Reply
  11. Linda F says

    May 8, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    We have so many dandelions in our lawn and can’t seem to get rid of them.

    Reply
  12. Betty Sievert says

    May 8, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    I have a hard time finding the time I really need to care for my lawn.

    Reply
  13. Lori A. says

    May 8, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    Crab grass! It is the most frustrating weed ever.

    Reply
  14. Andrea D. says

    May 8, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    We just moved in to a new house and my frustration is trying to figure out what to do with the plants we already have here. Thanks for the chance to enter.

    Reply
  15. Cindy Lu says

    May 8, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    My greatest frustration with gardening is blight on my tomatoes. In the past I have started out with beautiful tomato plants that I have babied along and then all of a sudden the leaves turn yellow and get curled up. It is completely frustrating.

    Reply
  16. Candace says

    May 8, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    Every kind of weed imaginable! As soon as I pull them, they reappear!

    Reply
  17. Karl P says

    May 8, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    I cannot seem to keep up with the crabgrass and violets. Even though they are pretty when flowering, they invade my lawn like carzay.

    Reply
  18. Charlotte Bergkamp says

    May 8, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    I spray for dandilions but don’t do much else, will have to try this stuff.

    Reply
  19. nannypanpan says

    May 8, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    crabgrass drives me crazy no matter how much preventer we put down…we still get it
    nannypanpan@gmail.com

    Reply
  20. Ashley C says

    May 8, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    We have a terrible problem with bugs on our plants since moving to the South!

    demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com

    Reply
  21. Lori Z. says

    May 8, 2013 at 10:52 pm

    We have a lot of clay in our soil and it bakes the sod

    Reply
  22. Billy says

    May 9, 2013 at 1:23 am

    Hi, I do think this is a great website. I stumbledupon it ;) I am going to come back yet again since
    I saved as a favorite it. Money and freedom is the best way to change, may you
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    Reply
  23. Katherine Donovan says

    May 9, 2013 at 6:12 am

    The weeds in my backyard have taken over! They are choking out my evergreens that I planted a couple years ago.

    Reply
  24. Mami2jcn says

    May 9, 2013 at 6:38 am

    We’re frustrated by the fact that our dog digs holes in the yard.

    Reply
  25. Jessie C. says

    May 9, 2013 at 8:35 am

    Critters that eat the crops, especially tomatoes.

    Reply
  26. Nancy says

    May 9, 2013 at 8:46 am

    Tired of that dry lawn under my feet with weeds being the best part of the lawn.. would like some weed-free grass under my bare feet in the summer

    Reply
  27. Sunnie says

    May 9, 2013 at 9:18 am

    THe drought and lack of water, we have a good size well, and a sprinkler system. We want to change it up so we have less grass.

    Reply
  28. nannypanpan says

    May 9, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    i get frustrated by heat waves and trying to have enough time in the day to water and rewater my garden so it doesn’t die

    Reply
  29. ilona t says

    May 9, 2013 at 8:10 pm

    Weeds and dandelions!

    Reply
  30. Mami2jcn says

    May 10, 2013 at 6:23 am

    My husband gets frustrated by neighborhood kids running through our yard and messing up the grass.

    Reply
  31. Jessie C. says

    May 10, 2013 at 7:22 am

    Severe heat on Summer days frustrates me when it comes to managing lawns and gardening.

    Reply
  32. Sunnie says

    May 10, 2013 at 9:56 am

    Another problem is the dogs going to the bathroom on it.

    Reply
  33. nannypanpan says

    May 10, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    my not so friendly skunk who has a tendancy to eat my tulips and perrenials…don’t like to spray chemicals but don’t like them

    Reply
  34. Jessie C. says

    May 11, 2013 at 12:32 am

    Weeds are always a big problem.

    Reply
  35. Mami2jcn says

    May 11, 2013 at 6:29 am

    We’re in the South and the frustration (or fear is more like it!) with lawn care is the fact that there are snakes lurking.

    Reply
  36. Linda F says

    May 11, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    We have too many grubs in our lawn.

    Reply
  37. Mami2jcn says

    May 12, 2013 at 7:10 am

    Bare spots are frustrating.

    Reply
  38. Jessie C. says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:49 am

    Long winter frustrates us when it comes to gardening.

    Reply
  39. Linda F says

    May 12, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    weeds are running rampant in my flower beds

    Reply
  40. Mami2jcn says

    May 13, 2013 at 5:38 am

    Another frustration I have is that I’m allergic to pollen and working on the lawn can make me very sick.

    Reply
  41. Jessie C. says

    May 13, 2013 at 9:13 am

    Cutting grass in our lawn is frustrating.

    Reply
  42. nannypanpan says

    May 13, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    i am also frustrated by dandelions…just had strong winds today and saw all my neighbors seeds blowing our way

    Reply
  43. Terri says

    May 13, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    I’m always frustrated with the weeds!

    Reply
  44. laurie says

    May 13, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    i cant get my grass to stay green

    Reply
  45. Katherine Donovan says

    May 15, 2013 at 5:52 am

    Yellow is a pretty color…..but not in my yard! The dandelions are abundant in my back yard!

    Reply
  46. Livivua Chandler says

    May 15, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    frustration for me is growing on top of red clay dirt which is where it is built

    Reply

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