Free Egyptian onions
The
Egyptian onions have had another bumper year
of top-bulb production, but that's no surprise because every year seems
to be a bumper year if you're an Egyptian onion. Last year, I
sold the onions, but this year I've decided to give them away to our
loyal blog readers. This post is the first in a line of giveaways
--- I'll keep giving until they're all gone --- so don't feel bad if
you don't win.
What
will I get?
One
lucky winner will get a small, flat rate box full of Egyptian onion top
bulbs. That's multiple hundred bulbs, which is plenty to keep a
good sized family in green onions for ten months of the year. You
might even have some to give to your neighbors!
How do I enter?
To enter our
Egyptian onion giveaway, you'll need to have bought at least one of our ebooks from Amazon in 2011, or have emailed me for a free copy.
You'll be entered once for every book you buy (or email for), and since this is a
retroactive giveaway, if you bought each of our ebooks as it came out,
you could already be entered six times.
Amazon
won't tell me who bought my ebooks, so you'll need to leave a comment
on this post letting me know how many times I should put your name in
the pot. Yes, this is on the honor system --- I figure none of
you are going to lie about how many ebooks you bought. Just be
sure to make your comment before the deadline --- June 28 at midnight.
Don't forget to check
back next Wednesday to see if you won, and then drop me an email with
your mailing address so I'll know where to send your onions. If I
don't hear from the first winner by Friday morning, I'll move on to
someone else.
Good
luck, and thanks for helping our ebooks see the light of day!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Hi Anna, just bought your July edition (my third, already had May and June). It's another excellent e-book. I look forward to coming editions.
J.
Jeremy --- Thanks for being such a regular reader of our ebooks! It's comments like that that keep my plugging away at the keyboard when the garden beckons.
Kevin --- I should have mentioned that possibility. I'll definitely throw your name in the hat.
Hello Anna! I would love to have some of your onions. I have not bought book from Amazon but would be glad to do so today! Can you also email me a copy as well? and be sure to enter me in the drawing. Thanks, jackie email: ljrwsextonyh@yahoo.com
Hello Anna, just bought both ebooks from Amazon. Does this mean you can enter me 2 times for the drawing? Thanks Jackie
Hi Anna! I haven't bought an ebook yet, but I have a bunch of your waterers and push them on all my chicken-friends. Does that count?
Nathan
Jackie --- I emailed you a copy of Weekend Homesteader and will be sure to enter you in the drawing twice.
Ellen --- I'll be sure to enter you twice too. Hopefully you'll win some onions in one of the giveaways, if not this one.
Nathan --- Sure! We enjoy free advertising however we get it.
Thank you all for checking out our ebooks and supporting the Walden Effect!
Hi Anna, I've got all three homesteading ebooks. Thanks for all the great info!
-Josh K
Hey Anna,
I bought the microbusiness ebook. I also just recently found your blog and caught up (from beginning to present) in about a week! I was wondering how I could get my paws on some walking onions (and garlic) for my new property/garden without ordering (This fall I'm going to be stealing strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb, and grapes from my mother and grandmother.)
charity amiddlinglife.wordpress.com
I won some of these in a giveaway a while back. I've never grown them before, so I was all sorts of excited to see what they'd do:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladerunnerpdx/5801427173/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladerunnerpdx/5801982198/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladerunnerpdx/5801981994/in/photostream
Those pictures are a week or two old now - the onions have actually started bulbing out but not quite yet tipping over. It's been great fun watching this!
Dave --- good point. Those chicken ebooks should definitely count.
De --- Thanks so much for being willing to leave reviews in addition to buying our ebooks! That's really the way we get strangers interested in frugal homesteading.
I have all 3 issues, and have left reviews for the first two. I have not finished reading the third issue yet but when I do I'll be sure to leave a review. Thanks for putting these out and keep it up! The egyptian onions would be a great addition to our garden.
If you're interested in seeing some photos of our garden progress this year you can follow the link below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20378685@N00/sets/72157625956665583/
Thanks for buying all three, Megan! There are some vegetables (and fruits) that can be grown in partial or full shade, especially if you live in the south. In the tropics, they actually grow normal veggies like corn under the light shade of select fruit trees, but I wouldn't try that if I lived further north than Florida or Texas.
In general, you'll do best with growing leafy greens in the shade. Lettuce and all of the greens you eat cooked (like spinach and kale) are a good choice, especially in the summer. http://www.examiner.com/green-culture-in-mankato/40-fruits-vegetables-and-herbs-that-will-grow-partial-shade has some more ideas to get you started. Good luck!
Hi, I just bought your July homesteading ebook! I cannot wait to read it! Thanks again, I love reading your blog! Wendy D.