GMG's Friday Find: Gardening Deals for Cyber Monday

What's better than dragging yourself around the day after Thanksgiving from store to store trying to get the best deal on a holiday gift?  Relaxing, that's what.

Cyber Monday offerings are only a click away from the comfort of your home or office and with the Cyber Monday Steals for gardeners we've uncovered. They're guaranteed to impress any bargain hunter and
green thumb.

Discount Flower Bulbs plus Free Gift: 

Online flower bulb store Longfield Gardens is offering 20% off site wide. And as a bonus with any order, you will receive five free paperwhite bulbs.

Paperwhites are one of the easiest bulbs to force indoors.  Simply plant them in soil or water and within four weeks you'll have beautiful blooms that are wonderfully fragrant, and will last through the holiday season and beyond.  This is a perfect hostess or thank you gift, or keep them for yourself as a TMLM (to me, love me) gift.  Save even more with free shipping for orders over $50.

Turn Kitchen Scraps Into Landscapes with the Green Cycler: 

A great gift for gardeners, kids, and backyard chicken farmers, the Green Cycler counter top composter is offering 20% off and free shipping for Cyber Monday only.

A compost bin on steroids, the Green Cycler shreds kitchen scraps into small pieces, turning them into precious 'black gold' to feed shrubs, trees and garden beds. For anyone already composting or just starting out, this new kitchen appliance will streamline the composting process so you can enjoy the benefits of rich, organic soil.

Take advantage of these Cyber Monday specials and save a lot of green on these great deals.  

~Peggy
Garden Media

Forcing Spring for the Holidays

Every year my sister Judy tells me about her forced paper whites.

It's not that this is a new idea for me. I just haven't done it in years. In the past, it's been disappointing because the beautiful long narcissus always flopped over and looked messy. Or I buy the ingredients and never get around to it!

Not this year. Judy has discoverd that if you plant the pre-forced bulbs in long vases -- that you can pick up in various sizes and shapes at TJ Maxx for a song -- they will grow tall and peak their heads out the top. No flopping! All gorgeous and delicious.

Put them a top about 3" of colored glass you can get at a craft store, tie it with a big ribbon, and it makes a very dramatic effect.

If you only have a shorter container, Lloyd Traven of Peace Tree Farm, the "king of cool plants", swears by vodka. He says, "If you water them once with vodka, they will stay much shorter and sturdier----not kidding. Actual research."

Now the next step is to get these beauties delivered. One down. Seven to go. They're already sprouting roots!

Now Stacey and I are off to the Martha Stewart Show tomorrow with Lloyd decorating Martha's set for the holidays.

Happy Spring - a little early.

Suzi GMG