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The May 2016 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!

By dave
May 16, 2016

Finally, this month's raffle is ready! We have some great prizes lined up, come in and check it out.

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Jun 1, 2016 12:31 PM CST
Name: Suga
Coastal South Carolina (Zone 8b)
Bee Lover Garden Ideas: Master Level
Sigh...... Kicking the dirt back in that perfect hole I dug for that Daylily lol lol lol. Seriously congratulations to each one of the winners this month!!! And a big thank you to the vendors for the wonderful prizes! Now.... Let me get some more acorns for the next one my friends! I look forward to all of your pictures! Crossing Fingers! I tip my hat to you. Hurray! Group hug
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Jun 1, 2016 12:35 PM CST
central Illinois
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 2
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Avid Green Pages Reviewer Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Photo Contest Winner: 2017
@luvsgrtdanes
Annie's has really neat selections. I've won a couple of past not raffles and picked her for wins. What I have remaining on one of her cards, is what it would cost to send another plant.
Shipping cost can be included in the value of her cards. LOL, I need to win another card to justify getting more plants from her.
Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.
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Jun 1, 2016 12:45 PM CST
Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)
Count your blessings, be grateful
Region: Ukraine Organic Gardener Keeps Goats Zinnias Dog Lover Morning Glories
Annuals Bee Lover Dragonflies Butterflies Hummingbirder Birds
That's good to know @jmorth, I'm sure I'll spend more than I should Whistling
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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Jun 1, 2016 5:18 PM CST
Name: Kevin
Houston, TX (Zone 9a)
Congrats to the winners!!!
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Jun 1, 2016 6:08 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
Congrats to the winners and a BIG Thank You to the vendors and those who donated prizes! Highly coveted prizes by all who joined in the fun of these not-a-raffle raffles!

As always, the videos often illicit laughter because of the children (and Dave, too!). Hilarious!
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
Garden Rooms and Becky's Budget Garden
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Jun 2, 2016 3:33 AM CST
Name: Allison
NJ (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member Forum moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Hummingbirder Container Gardener
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Region: New Jersey Seed Starter Garden Ideas: Level 1
Congratulations winners.. glad to see so many familiar names!! Hurray!
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Jun 2, 2016 4:02 PM CST
Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!
Bee Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters Sedums Garden Procrastinator Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Native Plants and Wildflowers
Region: Minnesota Hostas Heucheras Butterflies Cat Lover Daylilies
I chose the caladiums...they are already en route. I had planted several that the durned squirrels dug up and now I can replant with screening on top so they will hopefully stay in the dirt. And I am contributing the rest to my community plant sale! This is so perfect! Thanks again to Dave, the darling kids, and the generous suppliers of prizes!
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.
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Jun 3, 2016 9:52 AM CST
Name: Avedon
NE Tex (Zone 8a)
Bee Lover Butterflies Cat Lover Daylilies Hummingbirder Region: Texas
Hi, everybody, just wanted to let you know that the daylily arrived this morning and is now getting a few hours soak before it goes into the ground. Larry and Wilma also sent a bonus, Just Plum Happy--maybe--might turn out to be something different, so we might have some fun with a mystery plant. Can't say enough about people so on the ball that it took only two days for the plant to reach us--we are impressed for sure!! To all of you who know about Annies, we have ordered from Annies's before and so know you will receive quality plants--the big drawback is the shipping charges, so isn't this a great way to get plants. The reason we didn't get the caladiums is the deer---we could not protect them from being eaten. Jeanie, hope your screening works so you can enjoy your beautiful prize. Suga, keep that hole ready, you could be the next big winner, and choose daylilies. As for me, I will be retired from the raffle for awhile, just want to enjoy the new daylily, and just marvel at how lucky I was. All of you are such great sports, I'm so happy to be involved with such nice people. Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Now, here are the daylilies from the Rettigs--they will be planted this evening and I will send updates as to how they are getting along.


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Verdant Valley Oranges and Lemons on the left, Just Plum Happy (?) on the right.
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Jun 3, 2016 10:10 AM CST
Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!
Bee Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters Sedums Garden Procrastinator Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Native Plants and Wildflowers
Region: Minnesota Hostas Heucheras Butterflies Cat Lover Daylilies
Beautiful big lilies there...good pick, Avedon! I don't have deer problems here...just squirrels and rabbits. The Caladiums 4 Less bulbs arrived this morning-so quick! I have bagged and tagged the ones going in the community plant sale. The rest will be planted today. They are lovely big bulbs and I can't wait to see them grow.
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.
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Jun 3, 2016 4:24 PM CST
Name: MarĂ­a Cecilia Merlo
La Plata, ARGENTINA
Congratulations to the winners !
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Jun 3, 2016 5:46 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Rob Duval
Milford, New Hampshire (Zone 5b)
Peppers Region: New Hampshire Vegetable Grower Daylilies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 1
Tomato Heads Annuals Hostas Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Spiders! Dog Lover
I selected the gift cert from Oakes.

I have the following on their way to me...
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Miss Amelia')
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Night Beacon')
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Trahlyta')
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Jun 3, 2016 7:30 PM CST
Name: Linda
Tucson, Arizona
Morning Glories Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: United States of America Amaryllis Hummingbirder
Region: Southwest Gardening Echinacea Roses Birds Seed Starter Plumerias
Rob their daylilies are wonderful. I ordered 3 last fall and they sent an extra for free! I think the extra one is my favorite. Really great plants!
" And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden" Genesis 2:8
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Jun 3, 2016 7:36 PM CST
Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)
Daylilies Dog Lover Houseplants Organic Gardener I helped beta test the first seed swap Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Garden Ideas: Level 2
Rob, good choices! I got Night Beacon from them last year, too! They do send good-size fans and it's awesome that they still send a bonus even though the entire thing is a gift order. I wish I could report how Night Beacon is, but I got it after blooming season last year, so I haven't seen it yet. I can say that it's a nice little clump of about 6-7 fans now, though. Smiling
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Jun 3, 2016 8:31 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Rob Duval
Milford, New Hampshire (Zone 5b)
Peppers Region: New Hampshire Vegetable Grower Daylilies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 1
Tomato Heads Annuals Hostas Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Spiders! Dog Lover
yup, I've ordered from them in the past as well. They are sending me Prairie Blue Eyes as a bonus plant. I already own that one, so I'm either going to find a different spot that could use a pop of lavender color or I'll gift it to someone in my family.
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Jun 3, 2016 9:22 PM CST
Name: Barbalee
Amarillo, TX (Zone 6b)
You have a pretty big family right here, Rob <jk> !!
Avatar is 'Global Crossing' 04-20-2017
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Jun 3, 2016 9:34 PM CST
Name: Dee Moore
Arroyo Grande, CA (Zone 9a)
Seller of Garden Stuff Seed Starter Garden Art Butterflies Annuals Cactus and Succulents
Greenhouse Container Gardener Region: California Winter Sowing Garden Photography I helped beta test the first seed swap
The daylillies are beautiful, you have inspired me to go to my local daylily gardens.
I have like eight kinds of daylillies, I could use more, LOL.
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Jun 3, 2016 9:38 PM CST
Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)
Daylilies Dog Lover Houseplants Organic Gardener I helped beta test the first seed swap Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Garden Ideas: Level 2
DomehomeDee said: I could use more, LOL.


...and that is how the addiction begins... Hilarious!
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Jun 4, 2016 12:16 AM CST
Name: Marylyn
Houston, TX (Zone 9a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I sent a postcard to Randy! Region: Texas Daylilies Lilies
Cat Lover Garden Ideas: Level 1
Congratulations, to all the winners!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
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Jun 4, 2016 7:47 AM CST
Name: Peggy C
Graham NC USA (Zone 7b)
hand drumming with friends
Bee Lover Region: North Carolina Native Plants and Wildflowers Irises Dragonflies Clematis
Cat Lover Garden Photography Bulbs Butterflies Birds Zinnias
I tip my hat to you.
Congratulations to all the winners --
And many thanks to you who shared your acorns with me to I could give it a try !

Peggy C
- going out to play in the dirt -
Thank You!
Live like every day as it is your last because one day -- it will be.
(if I can find who said this, I'll credit that dear Soul -- wasn't me, but it makes a lot of sense)

This isn't a dress-rehearsal ~
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Jun 4, 2016 2:53 PM CST
Name: Avedon
NE Tex (Zone 8a)
Bee Lover Butterflies Cat Lover Daylilies Hummingbirder Region: Texas
@ Rob, thought you might like to see a mass planting of Miss Amelia, the first daylily I ordered from Oakes. With orders, bonus plants and a few divisions along the way, we now have 24 of these--obviously, we love them. We have had a Miss Amelia in bloom on my husband's birthday in late October.
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