A very clean thumbs up to Ecover.

Just before Hampton Court Flower Show I was sent a sample of an Ecover gardening pack which contained Washing Up liquid, Biodegradable compost caddy bags and some Heavy Duty Hand Cleaner: 


I had a lot going on that week and someone put the items away for me and to be honest I forgot all about it until today, when I opened a cupboard and spotted the items looking at me

One of my regular weekend jobs is to empty out and clean the compost caddy  - we get through a lot of veg here and all the compostables go into this handy caddy we keep in the corner of the kitchen by the sink.

But it was rather smelly and full to overflowing  - we had started on a second container, there was no room for any more in the caddy!

So I decided to use my Ecover freebies to sort out the mess.

I emptied out the contents of the caddy into the Can O Worms and the Hungry Bin wormeries, which are going strong and are full of worms making lots of lovely vermicompost for me:)

and then gave the caddy a good scrub out with my Pomegranate and Lime washing up liquid and hot water - it smelt lovely after I had done.

I usually use the Co Op compostable shopping bags to line the caddy, but these Ecover ones are really good and very strong. I suspect I will get a number of uses from each liner.

Caddy clean and back in place.

After I had finished I needed to wash my hands and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get them clean looking. When I looked at them closely I could see that all those new potatoes, broad beans and tomatoes we are gathering from the garden have left my fingers stained yellow and black.

 

Now the Ecover hand cleaner scrub contains crushed coconut shells so I gave my fingers a scrub with it  and lo, they are now nice and clean and soft again :) I gave my hands  a treat of some rose and lavender hand cream to follow and tidied up my nails as well. No more rough skin snagging on my crochet wool now :).

Seriously, the Ecover compost bags are really really good and strong and a good size, the Hand scrubber really does work and the Washing up liquid does what it is supposed to and smells divine.

Yet again, thank you Ecover UK for sending me the items to try out; they get a (very clean!) thumbs up from me :)

And the winner is...

Ok,  the Hampton Court tickets/Ecover giveaway is now officially closed. Many thanks to Ecover UK for offering the tickets and a Gardeners Pack as prizes.

This morning I wrote down on a slip of paper each name from the list of those who entered, folded it and put each one inside a (clean!) compost caddy.

  I then shut my eyes and, with Compostman there as a witness :-) drew out the first slip of paper

 Then the next and finally the runner up.

So ( cue drum roll...) the winner of the first pair of tickets to RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is...














 The winner of the second pair of tickets to RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is...

 


and the runner up, who will get a goody pack of Ecover products is...

Congratulations! And commiserations to those of you who did not win.

If PixieMum, Sarah and Julie you could all email me (compostwoman@the-compostbin.com) with your real life names I can then forward your email on to Ecover UK HQ and they will sort out the tickets or the parcel of goodies.

And when you go, make sure you visit The Ecover Garden and look around the Inspire Zone :-)


Thank you all so much for joining in and sorry to those who were not successful this time. But keep your eyes on The Compost Bin as I may well have more goodies to give away in the future :-)

Giveaway! RHS Hampton Court Flower show tickets/Ecover Garden Pack

As I said yesterday I am very excited to be going to the fantastic RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in July, thanks to Ecover UK giving me two tickets.

I can't wait to look around the Inspire Zone and see The Ecover Garden, as well as the inspirational Ecover planters that have been designed by eight gardening celebrities.

I also can't wait to see all the other wonderful show gardens and displays. I am so looking forward to going, especially as I am taking my one of my best friends with me so we should have a wonderful day out. AND I am going to meet up with some other gardening bloggers when I get there :-)

Thank you so much Ecover UK :-)

So, I'm going to go and have a great time, would you like to go to RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, the world’s largest flower show, as well? And take a friend? Yes?

Well, two of you could.
 
I have two pairs of tickets to RHS Hampton Court Flower Show to give away, thanks to my lovely friends at Ecover UK, who are sponsoring the Inspire Zone at the show.  Each pair of tickets are for any one chosen day between 9th-14th July.  

The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is on from 9th-14th July and you can find out where it is and more about it here 

And for a third person  as a runner up prize, an Ecover Gardening Pack

You can’t buy a ‘Garden Pack’ from Ecover, they are selling it as an exclusive at Hampton Court. It contains  Heavy Duty Hand Cleaner, Washing Up Liquid and Compost Bags. 

Its lovely - I know because I have got one ;-)

To enter the Giveaway there a few things you need to do.



You must leave a comment on this post AND it would be really nice if you also "followed" ( if you are not already a follower) The Compost Bin - please use the Google Friend Connect wigit on the RHS) 


Do this before midnight on 30th June please.
 
You must "follow" ( if you are not already a follower) The Compost Bin (please use the Google Friend Connect wigit on the RHS)   and leave a comment on this post. 


On July 1st I will draw three names out of my compost caddy wearing a blindfold. Or ask Compostgirl to do it!

I will announce the winners on the blog and on The Compost Bin Facebook Page.

Terms and Conditions for the Giveaway - please read!
 

• To enter, you must leave a comment on this post
• Only one entry per person
• Entries close at midnight on 30 June 2013.
• You must live in the UK and be over 18 years of age.
• The ticket winners will need to email me before midnight July 2nd to say which day they’d like to go to the Show, so I can pass their details and chosen show day on to lovely Lauren at Ecover. The tickets will be waiting for them at Hampton Court for collection on the day.
• The runner up prize winner needs to email me their address, so I can pass on their details to Lauren at Ecover to send out the Gardening Pack to them.
• The ticket winners are responsible for getting to and from Hampton Court under their own steam and at their own expense.

• No cash alternative is available.

•  Ecover UK is the promoter of the competition.

• The information you provide  will only be shared with Ecover in order to send you your prize. 

So, follow me ( if you are not already a follower) and leave a comment to be in with a chance to win.

And good luck! 




(I have altered this today 25/06/13 as I can't tell if you have done this if you are a Google+ member  and it got too confusing)