Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Authors in Bloom Blog Hop - April 8-17

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Garden Fun 


Gardening is a fun way to make your home beautiful with flowers and decorative plants but can be a great way to feed your family as well with fresh fruits and vegetables. There are many different ways to build a garden. Flower gardens can be planted directly into the soil or can be sown in a flowerbed for a more attractive look. When growing produce, the possibilities are almost endless. Popular options include building a raised bed, usually with a wooden frame to sow outdoors, or sowing seeds indoors in containers to transplant them in a few weeks directly into the soil once they have germinated. Methods for gardening depend on many factors, including soil strength, the climate you are in as well as what you are planting. However, the most important factor in gardening is fertility of the soil. There are many ways to make your soil fertile. Composting and store bought fertilizer are the most popular options. When planting fruits and vegetables, it is also important to not plant too many crops in a single garden, as this can degenerate your soil and cause it to lose nutrients. Another concern for any gardener is plant yield, whether it be bushes or peppers, you want to make sure you get the most out of your garden. Whether gardening for beauty or for food, it’s important to have fun and know what you are doing. 


Two Prizes for One Winner 





Melody Bennett’s parents trampled on her teenage romance with a drifter ten years ago. He disappeared without a word of goodbyes on the night they had planned to run away together. Since then, she cast aside her foolish notions of happily ever after and worked hard alongside the hired help to care for the majestic horses on her family’s beloved ranch. She refused to give love another chance and resigned to live her life alone. 


Max Fortaine returned with a heart guarded by secrets and a sizable bank account that took blood, prayers and tears to fund. The cowboy disrupted Melody’s peaceful existence with stolen kisses and a promise for more. After a lifetime of running, mistakes and regrets, he vowed to reclaim the only woman he ever loved… if only her overprotective father didn’t stand in his way. 


AND 

This Beautiful Rhinestone Heart Bracelet with a Black Woven Band

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Grand Prize Giveaway

Contests will be left open through the 17th. Visitors will have 10 days to enter each individual author contests. To win, visitors must hit each and every author on the hop. Grand prize is an ereader of their choice (up to $200 value) with second prize a $25 gift card to the ebook retailer of their choice.


21 comments:

  1. Hi Amber. It's good to see you again. You've got a new book out! Best of luck with it.

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    1. Thanks a lot, Casey. It's been a while. I hope you're doing well. :)

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    3. I am, and keeping busy, as I know you must be. I look forward to downloading your new book. Take good care.
      casey 4 4 6 at hot mail dot com

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  2. I don't garden, but I love that people still do. Gardening creates yummy foods and pretty things to stare at, plus there's all the cool stuff that happens with creating new types of flowers - new colors, combinations of others, etc. And, flowering things attract bees, which are so much better off staying away from me! :D (___@___.___.___, fill in with smiles, alumni, cmu, edu)

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  3. I enjoy gardening, I like knowing that the food is fresh that I am putting on our table.
    skpetal at hotmail dot com

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    1. Fresh food is the best. You know where it came from and you don't have to worry about unnatural preservatives or pesticides.
      Thanks for stopping by.

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  4. I don't have a green thumb but I have an appreciation for it and try my best

    fencingromein at hotmail dot com

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    1. Trying our best is all we can do. :)
      Thanks for coming.

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  5. Reaping the rewards are the best thing about gardening. We've been doing container gardening for years and I love that I can't over water or have to worry about weeds!

    Barrie
    books4me67 at ymail dot com

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    1. Not worrying about weeds would be awesome!
      Thanks for commenting!

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  6. looking at a nice garden

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  7. Thanks for the gardening tips! I love growing my own veggies and growboxes have made this so much easier. Now they're right outside my back door and the critters are less likely to come that close to the hose to eat them. cchant86 @ yahoo.com

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    1. Growboxes are a good idea. If too many animals get in my garden this year, I'll probably do that next year.
      Thanks for coming by.

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  8. Great tips. I'm a flower gardener, my husband is a veggie gardener, and we need all the help we can get.
    My favorite part about gardening is when, it's all said and done, I have a beautiful. That's doesn't happen every season but I wish it did.
    Thanks for the great giveaway!

    iloveromancebooks1234@gmail.com

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  9. The planting is relaxing....but the eating the results is delicious!

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    elizabeth(at)bookattict(dot)com

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  10. I love the (literal) fruits of my labor! Flowers are great, but it's the results I'm after when I garden.
    chamberr @ epud . net (no spaces)

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  11. I wish we could have a garden, but we live in an apartment. sigh. eendrizzi79 at gmail dot com

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  12. I like doing the planting, but i they always die on me. I find planting relaxing but i feel terrible that i always kill the poor things. Flowers are the only thing ive really tried my hand at. Thanks!
    shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

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