Promotion Winners
Katie Quinlan – Woolloomooloo, NSW
My favourit fresh herb is mint. It reminds me of so many home cooked lamb dinners, and more recently of some funky mojito cocktails.
Pi James – Alexandria, NSW
Basil – because it can turn something simple (like olive oil and bread) into an mouth watering taste sensation.
Kate Lawrence – Clontarf, QLD
Coriander! -it adds spice and life to all Asian dishes and can be used from root to seed and has different depths of flavour.
Debbie Diggins – Alstonville, NSW
Delicate, aromatic fronds of dill,
Perfect with salmon just off the grill,
The seeds can be used too,
A great addition to curry or stew.
Wendy Haigh – Loxton, SA
Coriander – such a beautiful fresh taste and a wonderful cool contrast to chilli. My cooking would be much sadder without coriander seeds and leaves.
Wendy Hyndman – Narellan Vale, NSW
Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme,
Like the song that’s sung in rhyme,
When my Yates pack starts to grow,
The herb that’s best,
then I will know.
Dawn Sestito – Drummoyne, NSW
The jury’s out,
It’s Basil, no doubt.
It goes with potato, tomato and pasta.
Formaggio without it can lead to disaster.
Rachael Pollington – Legana, TAS
Dark Opal, Rubin or Greek,
Basil is herb of the week!
It goes with tomatoes, chicken or meat,
and makes a pesto hard to beat!
Jacqui Hurditch – GREENLEIGH, NSW
A sprig of rosemary, whether on a lapel or on lamb, reminds me what a lucky Australian I am.
Fiona Hill- Cheltenham, VIC
Tarragon – it grows so easily and the pretty bush adds life to the deck. A little goes a long way, adding divine fragrance and flavour.
“Spiderwick Chronicles Movie Pass” Winners
Tina Polito – Petersham, NSW
AHHHH Autumn.. A cool nip in the air,the falling of ochre coloured leaves & lots of catch up jobs that summer leaves behind!
Paul Maher – Stirling, ACT
Frosty mornings, golden leaves, Time to pull out the long sleeves. More birds singing everywhere, Trees look barren, stripped bare.
Christine Bailey – Thornlie, WA
Cool, crisp weather inviting garden work; golden leaves foretelling winter rest; freshly dug soil for Spring’s flowering bulbs; new seedlings peeping through. Maintenance and preparation.
Karen Woodroffe – Willow Grove, VIC
Red and Yellow and Green and gold, scrunchy leaves for children to hold, the earth is calling from down deep, its time for plants to go to sleep….
Vikki Allison – Pascoe Vale, VIC
Peaceful warm afternoons and balmy evenings spent racing the light to get those final things done in the garden before dark.
Georgia Reid – Essendon, VIC
A multitude of brilliant hued leaves piled high and waiting to be kicked by ever enthusiastic children!
Janet Mitton – Surfers Paradise, QLD
Autumn means preparation for new life, beautiful, warm colours, and childhood memories of jumping from trees into leaf piles. it’s my favorite time of year!
Belinda Izzard – Macgregor, ACT
Autumn means chill biting winds, long shadows, riotous colours, the beauty of falling leaves. Its mulching, raking, fertilising and preparing the soil for its slumber.
Craig Fowler – Georges Hall, NSW
Autumn’s time to say goodbye, To flowers and plants I’ll tell you why, Time that plants go hibernation, And a bug evacuation.
Tracey McLoughlin – Ferntree Gully, VIC
Gorgeous colours, blistered hands, a sweaty brow and not knowing whether to laugh or cry when the kids/dogs, hit the leaf piles!
“Seeds of Love Pack” Winners
Craig Fowler – Georges Hall, NSW
In the garden with my glove, I will sow the seeds of love, When they flower in a season, I’ll give them to my girl without a reason.
Kez Viola – Clayfield, QLD
To show the world smiling faces of flowers beaming from the window box, whimsically sending love to passers-by, enhancing the world with Love!
Louisa Miles – Gracemere, QLD
You reap what you sow. So I would like to spread the love to my nearest and dearest!
Elaine Smith – Richmond, SA
When I weed mum’s garden I’d like to leave something other than fertiliser behind.
Janelle Luck – Dayboro, QLD
Not only are you sending a georgous card – but beautiful flowers to grow and admire for months, such a beautiful reminder that you are loved!!
“Win a Pamper Pack” Winners
Karen Dethomas – Mooroolbark , VIC
Newly weds house needs landscaping, Their yard desperately needs shaping, Perfect marital gift YATES GARDEN GUIDE, For our “Green fingered-to-be” Groom and Bride!!!
Lois Laird – Atherton , QLD
The Yates Garden Guide, because every avid gardener loves, pouring over the pages of a good book, gathering facts, planning and drooling over the pictures!
Diane Duggan – ORANGE , NSW
A gift of Yates Mini Greenhouse with seeds and a gardening book is a magical introduction to the wonderful world of gardening!
Kez Viola – Clayfield , QLD
Waterwise Granular Soil Wetter & Plant Food was the best Xmas present I received, so greatly appreciated by my struggling plants. There’s no better gift!
Gary Fernee – Keilor East , VIC
Seaweed ,Blood and Bone, Fishmeal, more …. Yates Dynamic Lifter Makes the Gift I Adore!! Easy Application for Gardening Fun !! It’s Definitely my Number One !!
Marcia Coventry – Green Fields , SA
Yates Mini Greenhouse with a seed mix…my Jamie Oliver inspired 9 year old son loved his christmas gift.
Samantha Gee – Sydney , NSW
Self-watering pots – it’s the easiest attractive product to use and for the first time I have been able to grow herbs.
yvonne gottsch – maianbar , NSW
For my elderly mum, Zereo Weeding Brush lets her follow her favorite pastime gardening, without feeling she getting past it. Shes an independent lady.
denise simpson – Caringbah , NSW
GroPlus Termite Resistant Mulch makes great gift because its ‘recycled’ and NO weed seeds(as one who has dreaded lawn ‘nutgrass’ , NOOoo to garden weeds!)
Katrina Pruessner – Wattle Glen , VIC
The mini greenhouse is a little ‘school’, Useful as a learning tool. A perfect gift, to grow living things, Commencing kids’ love of gardening.
“Win a Summer Vegie Pack” Winners
Camille Fegan – Pinjarra, WA
Dinner’s always ready to go With salad vegies so easy to grow, Lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum too, Seasoned with Thrive and a dressing of poo!
Emma Aiken – Cooroy, QLD
Big leafy lettuces! Nothing beats a light, healthy salad on a hot summer day and its even better if you have grown it yourself!
Charmaine Clark – Bayswater North, VIC
The best are organic, prolific and delicious roma tomatoes and zucchinis, and the oversupply made into spaghetti sauce and grated zucchinis frozen raw for risotto!
Fran Pearce – Woodville North, SA
I love outdoor living. Lettuce, cucumber, cabbage, tasty tomatoes (big, little or tiny) and spanish onions. If I could grow mayonnaise and cheese I would!!
Deborah Haggitt – Balga, WA
Pac Choy for summer crunch! Salad greens for my lunch. Mild Chili for added punch. And Radishes just to munch!
Patricia Harkin – Cannons Creek, VIC
All of them because it gets me outdoors, unlike the household males who like to “veg” in front of the television over summer.
Kirsty McLean – Ormond, VIC
A summer pizza garden to make with the kids – tomatoes, capsicum, onions, basil, oregano and parsley.
Bronwyn van Heusden – Payneham, SA
My favourite’s tomato and corn – no matter how fresh they are in the shop they’re NEVER the same as from your own vegie patch!
Lizz Gill – Greenwich, NSW
Butterbeans, greenbeans, cherry tomatoes,lettuce,parsley, basil…they produce lots for the family, integrated into my small surburban garden; and require minimal pest control…wonderful!!!
Patricia Fleming – South West Rocks, NSW
Summer is salad time and the crisp freshness of “from garden to plate” makes tomatos, lettuce,cucumber,capsicum, carrots beetroot,shallots, red onion first choice
