I love to garden, in fact, one of the main reasons I wanted to own a home was so I could have a yard of my own to play in. Oh how I wish I had known about the GardenScribe back when we first bought our home! I was very excited to get a chance to review this product! What a great tool for anyone who gardens, and especially if you are just starting to plan a garden too.

It works like a garden scrapbook, with a page for each plant. There is a photo holder so you can add your own photo of your plant, or just slip in the tag that comes with the plant (or both). Then on the rest of the page it has a ton of information to fill out that will help you know what works for the plant. It’s such an easy and convenient way to keep all the information organized. I was using a small box before to store all my plant tags, and let’s just say that wasn’t cutting it!

GardenScribe Binder

The GardenScribe is well made, and very large, with room for many plant pages! There is even a great garden planning tool included so you can draw out your future plans with ease. The binder is pre-loaded with pages to fill out for each plant, as well as category tabs like annuals, trees, perennials, shrubs, etc.  Not only does the binder really help keep track of everything in your garden, it looks great doing it too. The cover color and material are both attractive, and since it is for the garden, the cover is easy to clean as well.

The company even offers an online resource of  Plant Knowledge if you want to know even more about your plant. I can’t wait to really put my binder to use in the spring when I plan to add new perennials and other plants to the garden. It was a lot of fun to use for planning our fall vegetable garden as well.

You can purchase your own GardenScribe from their website for $39.95. They also offer refill pages, and empty binders.

The OFF! PowerPad Outdoor Lanterns are a fun and attractive way to repel mosquitoes, including those that may carry the West Nile Virus. The lantern uses a candle and heat-activated pads that repel mosquitoes up to 225 square feet (about the size of an average deck or patio). The lantern also includes a 4-foot pole so it can be placed anywhere in the yard.

Each candle and pad (they come together, as the candle is perfectly timed for the pad) provide 4 full hours of protection. Each refill pack contains three pads and three candles. You can also relight the candle if you don’t use it for the full 4 hours at a time.

We love the way it looks, but more importantly the protection it provides. Our state has had confirmed cases of West Nile virus, so it’s always important for us to do what we can to avoid mosquito bites, but we still want to enjoy the gorgeous summer night weather. The OFF! PowerPad Lanterns help us do just that!

Try it yourself! One lucky reader will win an OFF! PowerPad Outdoor Lantern!

To enter, just leave a comment on this post before midnight July 13, 2009. You may comment daily. Open to USA addresses only.

This post was written for Family Review Network as part of a program by SC Johnson, who also supplied the product for review and giveaway.

*this giveaway is now closed, congrats to Janna*