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Mavis’ Favorite Things Giveaway – Winter Garden Gift Pack

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Mavis’ Favorite Things Giveaway – Day  3 – Winter Garden Gift Pack

For my third giveaway I have put together a winter garden gift pack of a few of my best loved cold weather gardening goodies. You know, the ones you’ll use during the cold and windy winter months when the only gardening you’ll be doing is sitting inside all cozy and warm drinking tea, thumbing through seed catalogs and planning next summer’s garden. 

My hope is that the person who wins this giveaway tucks the box away and doesn’t even bother to open it until they truly need a gardening fix {like January or February}. 

The seasons, they are meant to be enjoyed, and right now were headed into baking season. 😉 Gardening season will be here again soon enough. And when you’re ready for it, this sweet little box of goodness will be just the thing to put you in the mood. 🙂

Mavis’ Favorite Things Giveaway – Day  3 – Winter Garden Gift Pack

The Gardener DVD – A tour of Frank Cabot’s twenty-acre English style garden and summer estate Les Quatre Vents.

This Beautiful Fantastic DVD– A quirky little movie revolving around the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower.

The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food – My all time favorite gardening book! Simple and straight forward and a great reference guide with profiles of more than 765 tasty varieties of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and nuts.

The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook – We met Eliot Coleman and visited his Four Seasons Farm back in 2013 and this cookbook remains one of my favorites. 

DW Home Lush Garden Candle – I LOVE the candles from DW Home and this lush garden candle will be a welcome treat this winter as you sit down to plan your 2022 garden. 

Watering Can Letterpress Card Set from Ornament Letter Press – I’ve ordered notecards from this company several times and I am always impressed with the thickness and quality and the cards. Perfect for all those notes you plan to write in 2022. 

Bright Yellow Garden Trowel from Botanical Interests – You won’t loose this baby in the garden! 

One lucky person will win everything pictured above. 

All you have to do to enter this giveaway is leave a comment below and let me know what your favorite vegetable is. 

That’s it, that’s all you’ve got to do. Just answer that one question. Pretty complicated, right? 😉

Rules

Comment must be left on the blog to count as an entry. 1 entry per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified. This giveaway is open to anyone on the planet earth. You may enter each giveaway in this series one time. {Comments may take an hour or two to be cleared, so please be patient}.

This giveaway ends Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 6 pm EST and all the winners of the Mavis’ Favorite Things Giveaway Series will be announced on Tuesday, November 16th, 2021. Winners will be notified via email and have 24 hours to claim their prize. If the prize is not claimed within 24 hours, the prize will be forfeited.

Good Luck! I hope you win!

♥ Mavis

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Comments

  13. Alice says

    Oh, no! I can’t pick a favorite since I love ALL vegetables. I guess it would be green beans.

    • Patricia Mayhew says

      I’d have to say green beans. They were the first success thing I ever grew and the first thing I learned to can..

    • JoAnn Moran says

      Not cheating. Forgot to say my favorite vegetable. This summer it was a perfect cherry tomato.

  27. Marlena Rivera says

    Salad greens! Kale, lettuce, arrugula. I grow them all year.
    Thanks for an awesome giveaway!

  37. Leah says

    So hard to choose just one vegetable! I think I would choose asparagus because it starts the summer season of fresh garden vegetables.

  47. Charla Stankiewicz says

    Green beans have always been my favorite vegetable. There are so many meals that they pair nicely with. Plus, my favorite color is green so….

  49. laura says

    asking which veggie is my favorite is like asking which child is my favorite!!
    but i will go with broccoli!

  53. Kathy says

    Radish straight from the warm earth. Just wet a little, wipe off and toss ’em down for a little snack while harvesting all the goodness from the garden.

  54. Anne in VA says

    It changes with the season. Winter- brussel sprouts. Summer- tomatoes, spring- asparagus, fall- broccoli

  60. Elle says

    Since tomatoes are truly a fruit, I’m calling out broccoli! Steamed, steamed with cheese sauce, roasted w/EVOO and a garlic sprinkle, raw with blue cheese dressing……..is there such thing as bad broccoli??? 🙂

  67. Reneé says

    So hard to pick a favorite! Potatoes, onions, and corn are in a tie for first. If I absolutely have to pick one, I guess a sweet onion would win.

  70. Jamie says

    My favorite vegetable to grow is green beans! They just never quit. And there’s nothing like fresh beans from the garden!

  75. Janet says

    Tomatoes! Easy to grow, good producers, so many different recipes to use them and ways to preserve! And nothing beats homegrown!!I
    Thanks

  89. Lisa says

    That’s a hard one. Let’s go with potatoes. Not sure it’s technically a vegetable, but it’s a plant you eat, so we’ll go with that.

  95. Rose Wilson says

    That’s an easy one. Tomatoes for sure. All varieties and all sizes, love ’em. This gift package rocks!

  97. Katie C says

    This is such a fun giveaway! I’d have to say my favorite veggie is asparagus. I have to say, though, eating it always reminds me of those editors on “Elf” that are pitching story ideas

  99. Rebecca in MD says

    My favorite vegetable is tomato, but since that is technically a fruit, I will say my favorite vegetable is potato.

    Thanks for another fabulous give-away opportunity!

  103. Anne says

    What a great give away!
    Hard to choose a fav veggie … Spring = peas, Summer = cukes and tomatoes, Autumn = carrots. Oh – don’t forget squash and green beans and ……… !

  110. Lana says

    Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes, there’s just something about homegrown tomatoes! (Have you heard that Bluegrass song?)

  127. Heather says

    Tomatoes are the best, but if I had to pick a true vegetable that doesn’t also fall under the category of fruit I’d choose carrots!

  139. Patty Ryan says

    Oh my goodness! What a great giveaway! My favorite vegetable is cherry tomato’s fresh off the vine.

  140. Deborah R says

    Love them all but the first spring cutting of garden asparagus holds a special place in my heart. This is a special collection, thanks for the chance!

  152. Claudia says

    Eggplant! I live in a warmer climate SOOO it is ALWAYS gardening season here; with a little cooler evenings for scented candles and PJ’s of course….

    Great week of give aways Mavis – THANKS! 🙂

  154. Linda J says

    All year I love me some carrots, but anything in season, freshly picked from my garden runs a close second.

    • Laura Z says

      Yum! I roasted a bunch of golden beets this week. Fresh beets are so delicious, and I love that you can eat the greens too. 🙂

  157. Toni Harper says

    I love all vegetables but especially rattlesnake green beans. When they are small and tender they are perfect for steaming. As they mature, snapped and used in many recipes. Save a few seeds to plant.

  166. Lyra says

    I know no one needs to hear the word “zucchini” at this time of year, but I’m already missing their awesome goodness. <3

  167. alli_aplet@hotmail.com says

    My favorite garden vegetable is the sungold tomato, I really like the flavor!

  168. Laura says

    I actually love growing kale because you can dry it or freeze it and add it to so many things to boost up the healthy factor. Also it’s easy to grow!

  170. Amanda says

    I would love to win and I promise not to open it till January. I totally embrace the Christmas season.

  175. Carolyn says

    Love, love, love fresh tomatoes – and your giveaway is wonderful – thanks so much for thinking of us.

  177. Linda Boyd says

    Now living in Florida, my favorite vegetable is okra. After spending 20 years in Vermont , asparagus was #1! A thoughtful & unique giveaway! Thank you.

  184. Teresa Lantz says

    It’s not a vegetable but our favorite thing to grow is tomatoes. There is nothing better than picking one warm from the sun and making a sandwich with it.

    We also love to grow turnips and make turnip soup. It’s one of the kids’ favorites.

  191. Heidi P says

    I love zucchini! Thank goodness because the are prolific growers. A Close second is radishes. Thanks Mavis for the awesome giveaways:)

  192. Pam, formally from Issaquah, Wa. now living in Cloverdale, Ca says

    Cucumbers! I love making and eating homegrown, homemade pickles and relish! Dill, butter, sweet, savory! Thanks Mavis!

  194. Joely says

    My favorite vegetable is a home grown tomato. (Ideally picked on a warm sunny day and sprinkled with salt.)

  197. Kathy says

    Gosh, picking a favorite veggie is like being asked to choose your favorite child. Love them all, especially leeks, peas, snap peas, zucchini, artichokes, asparagus, taters…

  204. Wendy L says

    I truly love butternut squash and its cousin Tromboncino squash. Almost the same vegetable but are so versatile. Thanks Mavis…the cookbook looks amazing.

  205. Victoria Labovsky says

    I know, I know, tomatoes are technically a fruit! But they are my favorite. Add lemon cucumbers and that’s all I need to be happy.

  206. Christopher says

    i HAVE TO AGREE THE GREEN BEAN, GREEN BEANS RAW, GREEN BEANS STEAMED, GREEN BEANS PAN FRIED, GREEN BEANS IN QUICHE, PICKLED GREEN BEANS, GREEN BEANS IN SOUP, EVEN GREEN BEANS WITH GREEN EGGS & HAM… EASY TO GROW … EASY TO PICK …

  209. Oksana Kling says

    There are so many great ones to chose from, that I’m hard pressed to pick just one. Just while typing this I’ve changed my mind 4 times. I would have to say …. Asparagus would be my top choice. Followed by many other great ones. .

  210. Maxine says

    Snow peas fresh from the vine! I was gonna say strawberries but realized they’re a fruit. Lol

  212. Lindi Turnipseed says

    I have to say green beans! You can fix them so many different ways. Wrapped in bacon, steamed, grilled, shall I go on?????

  214. Nancy says

    Tomatoes! Always a thrill to pick a home grown tomato. We never buy them at store so only have them fresh in the summer from our garden.

  218. Linda Gerding says

    Broccoli is my favorite veggie from my garden. My granddaughters call them little trees!!

  219. Holley says

    That is a very hard question because I LOVE all the vegetables! If I had to pick just one though, I guess it would be broccoli!

  221. GrannyB says

    Green beans in the spring, green beans in the summer, and green beans in the fall!!! I LOVE green beans and so do my neighbors!! I grow LOTS so I can share!!

  225. Delma says

    Tomatoes. Hands down – tomatoes. Some people plant 2 or 3. Tomato lovers might plant 6-9. This year we planted 24 (because I threw myself in front of my husband and said no more! ) I can, I sauce, I salsa, I jam, I chutney, I dehydrate, I sun-dry, I donate to the local food bank, I even make things with green tomatoes at the end of the season…. and of course eat them all day, every day ,when they are fresh. : )

  228. Adrienne says

    Do we have to pick one? So many good ones. I will pick beets. We moved during prime garden season and didn’t plant any this year.

  232. Karen says

    Currently in love with my artichoke that comes back year after year with no fuss no muss❤️

  238. Teri Keas says

    My favorite vegetable is any kind of squash, both summer and winter, but my favorite thing to grow is tomatoes. Nothing beats a home-grown warm, fresh from the garden tomato.

  244. Gigi says

    Green beans. Fresh or canned only. I can’t stand frozen. I guess it goes back to my childhood.

    Side note: I’ve been learning about permaculture and listening to The Forest Garden Podcast and they mentioned Eliot’s Coleman’s fist book, The Four Seasons Garden. So I added that to my winter reading list. It’s a fascinating and I want to implement some ideas on my own property.

  245. Carolin says

    To eat, most of them 😉 but when it comes to gardening it is the potatoe! They are so much fun to grow and it is such a privilege to eat them straight from the ground…

  247. Lisa says

    Oh this is terrible hard! There are so many! But for fresh eating out of the garden would have to be the tomato! But for beauty and eating, cabbage by far!
    Thanks Mavis!

  250. Tarah says

    Oh dear, so many great ones to choose from! I’m torn between spinach, potatoes, and corn, but my first thought was spinach. Creamed spinach, spinach salad, sauteed spinach, or a nice cheesy quiche with spinach and bacon…

  251. Vy says

    Hi Mavis! My favorite vegetable is fresh green beans, just picked! I like them with black pepper and fresh lemon juice, and maybe some parmesan if I’m trying to be fancy.

  253. Mary Neathway says

    Potatoes… fried, mashed, baked, scalloped, salad… I don’t care how they are prepared, I could make a meal of potatoes. My husband on the other hand, says they taste like dirt… and called the wedges I made one night “mud sticks”….

  258. Yvonne says

    I love the orange sun gold cherry tomatoes, I can just eat by the handful like candy! Nothing better when they are warm from the sun and very ripe!

  266. Molly K Weber says

    It is hard to narrow down a favorite vegetable of any kind. I love everything. I really like the taste of homegrown tomato’s though. All colors.

  270. Cathy says

    Home grown tomatoes and fresh garden peas hold my heart forever. I cannot pick between the two.

    Thank you, Mavis, for such a wonderful giveaway!

  273. Marti says

    My favorite veggie is whatever I am harvesting that day–but if I had to pick one, I’d say squash because there are so many things to use it in.

  277. Sue D says

    Parsnips. I love them roasted, or in soups or stews. For a special occasion, my mother-in-law would make honey and saffron roasted parsnips.

  279. Suzanne C. says

    What a great giveaway! My favorite to eat is broccoli, and my favorite to grow would have to be peas.

  283. Laura SMcK says

    My absolute favorite vegetable is BROCOLLI! Can be prepared very simply or more complex as in quiche, with mushrooms and shallots. That wonderful, sweet flavor and beautiful green color attracts my palate as well as my eye!

  285. Mary M Kerns says

    Everything I grow in my garden but especially the beans. The yellow filet beans are the best.

  291. Debi says

    Hard to decide but I will say cucumbers. Of course I also love tomatoes, radishes and Brussel spouts. Those are my all time favorites. I do eat a lot of other ones but any of the above I snack on those instead of sweets.

  294. Kim W. says

    Another great giveaway! Thanks, Mavis! I like most vegetables. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I’d have to go with green beans & yellow squash.

    • Lonnie says

      Zucchini, and that’s an embarrassing problem, lol, because I must be the only person in Washington that struggles to get a decent crop! I have a very lengthy list of friends and family that wait, drooling, for my Zucchini Bread. This year, between my surgery and sad crop, they pretty much did without! With luck your creative and generous gift might help me make up for it next year with some good gardening lessons.

  296. Mary says

    I love all vegetables but I think cauliflower is my favorite. So versatile! Thank you again for your generous prizes for all of us. So fun.

  297. Nadia says

    Oh gosh! This is a hard one! Lol. I would say my favorite to grow is sweet peas, because they are just so yummy and crunchy, it’s hard to stop snacking on them! Also, my toddlers love to snack on them when we’re outside working in the garden. But I would say tomatoes are another top favorite for me, because the store-bought stuff just isn’t the same…! I look forward to homegrown tomatoes every summer!

  298. Emily says

    Cool season crops are on my mind so I’ll say carrots, both for the surprise factor when growing and for the vegetable itself.

  299. Mary says

    Thank you again for the prizes! I love all vegies but would have to say cauliflower because it is so versatile!

  300. Vivian says

    Let’s see….favorite veggie…hmmm..tomato!…umm maybe zucchini or green beans or asparagus or broccoli or ??? Wow, I love them all!

  304. Becka says

    It’s so hard to choose just one! I think I’d have to say cabbage because it’s so versatile.

  310. Jules says

    I love a fresh carrot right out of the ground, and a ripe juicy tomato in the summer but best of all is the sweet corn on the cob.

  314. Katherine Hawkes says

    My favorite vegetable is zucchini. I could eat it every night, and it is so useful in so many ways. My zucchini relish is a family delicacy!!!!

  326. Idaho girl says

    Growing up we always had a garden with lots of veggies. But my favorite are beets. Delicious, earthy and you can’t beat the color! 😉

  327. Vicki in Birmingham says

    Since tomatoes are botanically fruits, then I will say that my favorite vegetable would be brussel sprouts!

  328. Lynn says

    Definitely kale and I’m still picking it in the Finger Lakes region of NY! It keeps on keeping on!

  330. Jenny says

    Tomato, I guess, would be my fave! This took some thinking! I like them all!
    Thanks for your generosity in sharing these gifts and for all the work that goes into your blog!

  345. Rosaleen says

    I can’t recall a vegetable that I didn’t like, prepared properly. Lettuce remains a staple favorite, though. I can eat salads daily.

  347. Cindy Miller says

    Oh my gosh! I have to tell you three as I cannot pick just one. Asparagus, Brussel sprouts and broccolini. 🙂

  357. Cecile says

    Peas! Good old fashioned peas! Picking them off the vine, splitting them open and eating them! No need to cook, but cook if you must! lol What other veggie is as versatile and used in so many dishes other than onion and garlic?

  358. Donna says

    I’d love to say a tomato is my favorite but since it’s technically a fruit, I’ll go with potato. They are so good and so many ways to fix them!

  360. Michelle Stahnke says

    What a great giveaway, Mavis! Thank you! My favorite vegetable to eat would be mushrooms!

    My favorite veggie to grow is tomatoes!

  361. Ann Meyer says

    Asparagus is all time favorite food of all! Romanesco is awesome. Beet greens are high up on the list too.

    Based on the comments above, I think you can do a deep dive on tomatoes- the fruit.

    Great giveaway. Thanks.

  368. Barbara Howe says

    Peppers. Because there are so many different kinds. And they grow so good for me. Saw somewhere The plants like to touch. Like good friends. And it’s true !!

  373. Andrea says

    Purple kohlrabi is my new favorite!!! The leaves are a great stand in for kale or cabbage, and the bulbs are so crisp and mellow–like a sweet turnip almost. And if the leaves are too buggy for me, then my chickens are pleased.

  381. Ann Kurt says

    Thx for a delightful prize. Ever since I was very young I loved to sit in my grandparents’ garden & shell & eat fresh peas. Still love them.

  384. Pat in Oregon says

    Oh how I love fresh picked tomatoes from my garden! Big ones , little ones, red ones, yellow ones, striped green ones, pink ones, black ones, orange ones, blood red ones, i have grown them all over the years!! I haven’t met a tomato that I didn’t like!! There is just something magical about growing a tomato!!!

  385. Carla James says

    Nothing tastes quite as good as fresh brussels sprouts! And yes, if I win I’ll wait until January or later to open….:)

    ~Carla

  386. Mary says

    Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce. I’m babying another planting right now. Grateful it’s made it through two frosts this week. Delish.

  388. Andrea says

    So. Hard. To. Choose. Purple daikon radish this year. So beautiful and crunchy in a winter veggie salad.

  393. Diana P says

    Raw cauliflower. My husband is addicted and he eats 2 to 3 heads a week as a snack. Great Giveway!

  394. Dawn Kahoun says

    I want to just use one word vegetables. Cauliflower is a stand out. This bundle looks fantastic thanks.

  402. Tracy says

    Sungold cherry tomatoes, I love it when they start to get ripe and you can go out to the garden and snack right off the plants.

  409. Cindy says

    Mavis choosing my favorite vegetable was like trying to choose between my children. My favorite veggie is green beans, to eat, grow and preserve.

  411. Tammy says

    I love a lot of vegetables, so it’s hard to narrow it down to just one! However, heirloom tomatoes are right up at the top! (Even though they aren’t technically a vegetable.)

  414. Dee says

    Wow, what a package of goodies! I know I would treasure all of these items.
    My favorite vegetable seems to change with the seasons. I enjoy most fresh vegetables.

    My current favorite is spinach. I add it to almost any meal in one form or another and it adds color and taste.

    Thanks for all you do.

  416. Jeanine says

    I like the tomato but isn’t that considered a fruit…or if that doesn’t qualify…I also love butternut squash.

  425. Tracey Kolb says

    All of them, from A to Z but my absolute delight is technically a fruit, beloved tomatoes

  426. Meg Tebo says

    Of all the things you’ve ever given away, this would be my all-time fave! And I love Brussels sprouts!

  438. Jessica says

    My fave veg is brussels sprouts! I love them steamed, baked, shredded in a salad, fried in a pan. I have yet to eat a sprout I haven’t liked.

  439. Jam says

    Green beans have always been my favorite because I love them stir fried, always. But this year I took a pizza cooking class and the chef introduced me to a pizza that has fresh corn in it and no pizza sauce, and it was so good. So I might try growing some corn, it’s been on my mind a lot this year.

  440. Patricia Mayhew says

    I’d have to say my favorite is green beans. I also love the rest, in fact there isn’t a vegetable I don’t love. I’d also love to win the giveaway!

  441. Melanie says

    Tomatoes are my all time favorite veggie I could eat them at every meal! We just installed a greenhouse and I’m trying to keep some tomato plants alive thru the winter! Fingers crossed!

  443. Jenny Young says

    I eat more tomatoes than any other vegetable but goodness…I can’t think of any I want to give up. I love them all.

  453. Kari says

    Kale. Yes, I know that disgusts you, but I really love it. It is cold-hardy, so I have it almost year-round. I like to sauté it, use it fresh in salads, and use it in smoothies.

  454. debra says

    Fresh garden green beans, steamed, served with feta and toasted pine nuts and a very light vinaigrette.

  456. Martha H says

    Beans!! While they’re good to eat and fun to grow, I love them most for how beautiful dried beans are when they’re stored in a jar, all different colors and shapes and sizes. And when I have a good supply of them, I feel secure. Thank you, Mavis

  458. Terri Lindeke says

    I love them all…. but if my garden were only allowed 1 vegetable it would be tomatoes. I love them all. I usually plant a “regular” tomato that is known to grow well in the PNW, and our sometimes short summer season.

    Also love the old fashion ones that grow large and have all the peaks in valleys defined on their outside.

    And wonderful cherry tomatoes that grow on 1 stem.

    Now my mouth is watering and I can’t wait to get out in the spring garden and get everything going again.

  467. Tracy L. says

    Tomatoes! Definitely tomatoes! There is nothing like a freshly picked homegrown tomato from the garden.

  472. Susan E Baker says

    BRUSSEL SPROUTS ONIONS & BACON! Have to cook it outside as my husband cant stand the smell! Still my favorite! HUGS!

  478. Betsy Hildebrand says

    OMG, so many options! It probably changes with the season. Right now, I’d say squash.

  481. Ruth says

    Sweet Potatoes have been on my mind the most lately, although there are so many to choose from!

  487. Silkifae says

    All types of greens and accessory vegetables for an endless variety of salads. What a fantastic give-away gift.

  489. Julie says

    Are tomatoes (tomawtoes) really a vegetable? I dunno but I never put them in my fruit salad. I sure do crave them all year and eat them until my tongue hurts. So my vote is for tomatoes….the veggiest of fruits. I love them!

  494. Linda says

    My favorite vegetable to eat is cauliflower. My favorite vegetable to grow in my garden are both sweet and hot peppers!

  498. JulieP says

    My favourite vegetable to grow is green beans, so easy to grow, so versatile for sides, mains, salads, as an add in to curries, paella’s, we love them pickled, canned, fresh and frozen we have them all at some point from July through to the following season. Yum!

  508. Sharon says

    Well this is a difficult question. I love so many I’m having trouble deciding. I think I will go with green beans. Thank you for doing this.

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