Spring & The Name of The Winner of A Copy of "Once Upon A Flock"

Spring is just about here. This is the time of year when many people are planting and doing lawn care. Please think about your pets as well as any neighborhood dogs or cats who may be running loose. Many fertilizers and weed killers can as easily kill a beloved pet.  Cats, of course, should be kept indoors with environmental enrichment provided. Cats who walk across a treated lawn will pick up the poison on their paws and then sit down to groom themselves. Licking their paws will result in digesting the poison. Dogs, too, can get into trouble in this way.  And please, do not use cocoa mulch. It contains the same theobromine that is in chocolate and is lethal to your pets.

Keep pet safety in mind and enjoy the sunshine and warm weather, and provide some safe walks for your pets as well as fun activities.

I know you're waiting for the name of the winner of a copy of Once Upon a Flock by Lauren Scheuer (Courtesy of publisher, Simon & Schuster) who also illustrated her wonderful memoir of her life with backyard chickens.  

Photo Courtesy of Lauren Scheuer

Before I do that I want to let everyone know that you can follow Lauren Scheuer's further adventures of her life with her backyard chickens on her blog: http://www.scratchandpeck.blogspot.com

And The Winner is:  Birkiemom

Please contact me via my website (http://www.darlenearden.com) with your name and mailing address which I will forward to Simon & Schuster.  

My thanks to everyone who entered.

Disclaimer: I received a review copy of Once Upon a Flock but received no monetary compensation.

Welcome to April &WBCL Contest Winners!

It's April First, the major holidays, Easter and Passover, have come and gone, early this year and with many of us still looking at snow on our lawns. It's Spring on the calendar and we hope for warm weather and gentle days.

This is the time of year when we start making changes, airing things out, getting a new lease on life. This is also kitten and puppy season when many little ones are born, a great deal of them unexpected. If you're planning to add a pet to your home be certain that you are ready for the responsibility. Do you have time, money and resources to adopt or buy a new family member? Are you ready to commit to this puppy or kitten for its entire life? Will you do the proper care taking, training, overseeing every aspect of mental and physical development?  Think long and hard. And if you opt for a pet, that newcomer may be healthy now but accidents happen and so do illnesses. Either purchase pet insurance from a reliable company - be sure to compare policies to see which will be best suited to you and be sure it's one that your veterinarian accepts. Many people put more thought into buying a new car than they do into bringing home a new pet.  This shouldn't be an impulsive decision. All babies are cute but babies grow up, tend to be mischievous. There's a lot to consider. We'll be revisiting this topic if you are interested. Just a little food for thought.

I know that many of you are wondering who won the World's Best Litter new Forest Scent Litter contest.

I promised that there would be five winners, thanks to the generosity of World's Best Litter. Here are the winners who were chosen at random.  Thanks to everyone who entered!  Drum roll, please!

1.  Nancy Dionne

2.  Carolyn Kristof

3.  Barbara Brill

4.  Lucy Londoner

5  Sue Janson

Please contact me through my website (www.darlenearden.com), just the way you entered, and send me your mailing address so I can send it on to the company. You will each receive two 6-pound bags of World's Best Cat Litter Forest Scent litter.