Farmcrafted Soap Giveaway!

That's right! I'm giving away 2 bars of my Crooked Gap Farmcrafted Soap for free! Why?  Because I've been wanting to have a giveaway for all of my online farm friends, and I have just gotten around to doing it. :)
  
A Bit About our Soap
Our natural, fragrance free soap is handmade here on our farm using as many ingredients as possible that are produced on our farm, gathered from local sources, or commonly found available on a farm.

Not only is our soap gentle on all skin types, but it is loaded with glycerine and will leave your skin feeling incredibly soft and moisturized. (More info on our soap can be found on our website, here)

How to Enter the Giveaway
For your chance to win, simply check out the varieties available in my Etsy Shop (also tabbed in this blog's sidebar and on my The Beginning Farmer's Wife Facebook Page), and comment on this Facebook post as to which two varieties you would like shipped or delivered to you. A winner will be picked on Saturday through an internet randomizer. Good luck!

Recieve a Free Bar of My Soap!

I realize I've been absent from my blog for awhile.  It's been a full summer with trying to prepare and keep in good health with the new baby coming (less than 2 months now!), along with keeping up with the garden.  Our tiller blew up earlier summer, just about when I was ready to put the mulch down. Because of that, I've been battling weeds by hand - a battle that I've had trouble keeping up with.  Thankfully, we have a new tiller engine in our kitchen, and next year I plan on very little weeding again after a good tilling and layer of mulch!

Another project I've been working on is restocking our Crooked Gap Farmcrafted Soap supply for the upcoming Farm Crawl.  I completely sold out this spring with one of our events, and it has been a slow processes restocking my supply since I'm pretty exhausted after the kids get to bed  - which is my soap making time.  I think I've finally built up a good supply for the Farm Crawl though.

With that said, these two bars are my newest bars, and I am having trouble naming them.  I would love your suggestions, and if I pick a name you suggest, I will mail you a free bar for your help!

The first bar is made with my basic soap recipe, tumeric, and cocoa powder.  The second soap is made with my basic recipe and tumeric powder as well. (I was excited to recently stumble across tumeric as a natural colorant with great benefits.  You can read about it here.)

If you have any great name suggestions, just click on this link to my Facebook post and leave them in the comments.  I'll decide on my final name before the Farm Crawl, this October 5th.

Changing Seasons Giveaway - Winner!

Out of 32 responses, random.org picked number 18. 
So the eligible winner is . . . Jenna Z! Thank you to everyone for the comments and for participating. :)

As you may have noticed, my posting is a little more frequent again. I think that is how this blog is going to be - back and forth with the seasons. Right now I am in a little season where I have some computer sitting time as I take care of my newest little one and as the older ones are resting. I'm going to take advantage of it, because I'm sure you all know that seasons come and go and can change quickly!

Right now I am actually thinking quite a bit about seasons changing in many different ways. One of these ways though is with our farm set up, particularly the yard area and the garden. Right now we really have not committed to anything specific with garden since it hasn't been that much of a focus since we moved here. (Not that I didn't want it to be - there's just a lot of things to focus on!) So I've been tossing around a lot of ideas about how to divide it up between vegetables and berries. I hope to have more posts on that later since I have a lot of thoughts and would appreciate outside input.

As with the garden not getting much focus yet, the yard is in the same boat. Besides a few saplings I planted last summer, our front yard is pretty much a blank slate. The only other thing out there besides the trees and fence is our wooden play set, which I have found that the kids use year round even with snow. (This was a gift from the kids' grandparents. My dad built it after I had done a lot of looking at wooden swing sets and had picked out just the right design.) Although I would like the yard to remain fairly open, I would like to do a bit more landscaping. I hope to toss out some posts and get thoughts and input on that as well.

While I've been thinking about changes in seasons, a great opportunity to host a giveaway from CSN stores came up, which is open to my US and Canadian readers. So for this giveaway, I'd like to offer you the chance to win something for the changing seasons!

If you happen to be the lucky winner, you may chose from the following:

Graniteware 9 Piece Canner Set - For preserving your summer and fall harvest to enjoy all year long.
Square Flower Box - Great for flowers or a patio garden.

Porter Cable 6 Amp drill - For those projects that pop up EVERY season of the year.


All you have to do is leave a comment with a valid e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. To avoid spam, you are welcome to leave it in the "johndoe at email dot com" format. I will also delete all comments after the giveaway.

Until February 9th , all comments left with e-mails will be placed in the giveaway. Comments must be left on this post and not sent to my e-mail. Multiple comments from the same reader will disqualify the reader. The one exception, and the opportunity to put your name in twice, is to leave a 2nd comment with a link to your blog that tells about this giveaway (with your e-mail address again.) I will use random.org to pick the winner and will announce the lucky reader shortly afterward.

Remember, you must have a US or Canadian mailing address to enter, and be sure to leave your e-mail address in your comment. :)

Thanks again for stopping by!
This is brought to you through me but hosted by CSN Stores. I received no form of payment for this giveaway.

Personalized Plaque Giveaway - Winner!!

Out of 43 eligible responses, random.org picked number 28. So the winner is . . . Suzy!

Congratulations, Suzy! You can check out her blog, Life at the Big Red Barn. Thanks to everyone for being a part. :)

I'd like to thank all of my faithful readers for continuing to check in this winter. And for checking in this week, I have a great giveaway that you can take part in! CSN stores has offered to give away a garden or house plaque to one of my US or Canadian readers.

For this giveaway, CSN has offered your choice of a personalized plaque - which is up to a $75 value. You can either chose the tractor plaque (9.25" H x 15.75" W ) or the chickadee plaque which comes with steaks (10.75" H x 16.125" W ) shown below. These plaques can be personalized with your family name, farm name, house numbers, or even a favorite phrase.
All you have to do is leave a comment with a valid e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. To protect from spam, you are welcome to leave it in the "johndoe at email dot com" format. I will also delete all comments after the giveaway.

All comments with e-mails left until January 18th will be placed in the giveway. Comments must be left on this post and not sent to my e-mail. Multiple comments from the same reader will disqualify the reader. I will use random.org to pick the winner and will announce the lucky reader shortly afterward.

Remember, you must have a US or Canadian mailing address to enter, and be sure to leave your e-mail address in your comment. :)

Thanks again for stopping by!