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Growums Herb and Ratatouille Garden Review and Giveaway

Growums
     As you've probably seen I am always trying to find creative ways to plant seedlings to start edibles year long.  From my recycled wipe container herb garden to my egg shell seed starters.  I try to throw nothing away if it can be reused especially for gardening purposes.  I am obsessed with having as much fun gardening especially with my kids as possible.  I am always trying to turn each activity together into a teaching point.  We need to start young teaching our children how to be self sufficent and how to take care of this planet so it will be around for generations to come.

     In my one of my recent online explorations, looking for gardening ideas I came across a site/company called Growums.  Right away I was excited as there are vegetable characters greeting you from the home page.  You can purchase from six different gardening sets which each follow a theme such as a Taco Garden or Pizza Garden.  What got me excited to work with this company is that not only do they provide everything you need to start your own mini garden but your children can get online and enter your garden code which guides you along the way.  The vegetable characters talk to your kids giving them tips along the way to care for their plants.  Each moment is a teaching moment but also a game while teaching them how to watch their garden carefully.

     The first garden we got was the Herb Garden (we actually got two over the last couple weeks since they were so much fun).  Each kit comes with a plastic tray which evenly waters your plants as they dry, seed packets, and dirt pellets.  My only disappointment was that because of the seed size two of my packets were completely empty upon arrival.  No worries though because once I emailed customer service, I was quickly sent over several replacement packs.

     After the seeds had been planted for a couple days, I added some of my compost dirt for some extra "love" nutrients for the plants to grow.  We watched the plants grow in front of our eyes as well as online, playing games and learning lots of exciting facts.  Because in Michigan we don't get much of a summer, these actually worked great indoors or out.  I usually start my seeds early in the year so they are ready to be transferred outside early spring so this is going to be perfect for next years early planting indoors.    Also available is a larger scale portable gardening box set where your seeds can be replanted in the box and transferred outside when ready in the patio box.
Cost:  $9.99
Available to purchase: Growums 
Recommendation:  I definately would recommend this to anyone who gardens in smallest amounts since they can be done all year round.  These make great projects for your little ones to learn about growing or even would make a very cute gift at a great price!
Facebook: Growums
Twitter:  @Growums
YouTube:  Growums
Giveaway:  Growums is going to give one of A Lucky Ladybug's lucky readers a Garden of their own!


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39 comments:

  1. I'd like the pizza garden

    askandilltell86@aol.com

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  2. pizza garden sounds fun
    google button
    love your site.........perfect

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  3. The salad garden!

    pheelgrateful@hotmail.com

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  4. Pizza garden would be so fun with my toddler.

    Daisy @ http://trendymomreviews.blogspot.com

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  5. I would love to win the salad garden.

    arudig at comcast dot net

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  6. My kids would love the Pizza Garden, I would like the Stir fry one...LOL

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  7. The pizza garden looks fun! ~ Angie Bailey (Precisely Mine)

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  8. we would hope to win the pizza garden! we love making our own pizzas
    daniellex at gmail dot com

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  9. Either the Herb or the Taco garden

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  10. The herb Garden

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  11. Pizza garden!
    hrddiana556@Gmail.com

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  12. they all sound good, it's hard to choose, but I think i would go for the herb garden.

    sheri r

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  13. I like the salad garden.

    mrs.marcus2 at yahoo dot com

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  14. Salad Garden
    marine.mom42@hotmail.com

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  15. Google plus this giveaway.
    marine.mom42@hotmail.com

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  16. i like all of them but the Salad one is probably the one I'd use the most ... or the stir-fry!

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  17. I would love to have the pizza garden!

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  18. I'd like the herb garden
    Jennifer Rote
    wildnmild4u at yahoo dot com

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  19. I would love to have the Pizza Garden Growums
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

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  20. I would like the pizza garden.

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

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  21. I shared this on my blog: http://awesomebloggiveaways.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-growums-garden-exp-720.html

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

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  22. I G+'d this.

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

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  23. I would love to see more beauty R&G.

    My Name: Heather Abbe
    My Email: abbegirl1977 at gmail dot com

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  24. Pizza Garden heather.loftus@aol.com

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  25. http://helpfulheathershideaway.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-lucky-ladybug-growums-herb-and.html

    shared on my blog!

    heather.loftus@aol.com

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  26. ok the taco or the pizza garden! we really need a herb garden though i think it would be the easiest to keep alive!

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  27. Taco Garden is cute!...Erinn A

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