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Crystal Beckvold of Dedham, Massachusettes won our Dirtiest Rosie Contest. Below is the winning entry from Crystal during and after an engine swap. For her efforts, Crystal will receive a brand new pair of  sea green overalls which she says she will put to good use and we believe her.

Taking out an engine is all in a day's fun for Crystal.

Crystal tells us in addition to being our Dirtiest Rosie she was featured  in Street Rodder Magazine May of 2009 and won a scholarship for the “Most Influential Women in Collision Repair” back in 2007. Winning Dirtiest Rosie is just “another badge to add to my resume,” Cyrstal said. To see the other Dirtiest Rosie submissions click here. Thanks to everyone who entered. Keep up the dirty work!!

With Memorial Day just around the corner, what better way to celebrate than by planting a Victory Garden. LaManda Joy, gardener, lecturer and active Rosie sent us a bunch of really interesting information about Victory Gardens. ” My mother was a Rosie the Riveter and welded bomber doors. So I‚have always been impressed with how people can band together for a collective purpose.” she said in a recent interview, “I believe we are experiencing an interest in gardening in this country of a level that hasn’t been seen since WWII. There were nearly eight million new gardens in 2009 with many gardeners reporting they plan to increase the size of their plots this growing season.” Don’t have a green thumb? Don’t worry. As LaManda shared with us, “90% of all the original Victory Gardeners had never garden before.” For inspiration, visit LaManda’s blog. If you live in the Chicago area, you should visit the Peterson Garden. The site was part of an original WW2 Victory Garden from 1942-1945, served as a blueprint for Victory Gardens nationwide and is one of LaManda’s pet projects.

Unfortunately, getting the grass stains out of our Rosies isn’t as much fun as getting grass stains on them. During our Dirtiest Rosies contest this month, we though we offer a natural cleaning solution to one of the toughest, most common stains out there. Sure, Tide or Oxy Clean can do the job. But Rosies are natural woman. So why not offer a natural cleaning solution. We found this solution on Mrs.Clean’s (no relation to Mr. Clean) website. It uses vinegar, the most versatile cleaning product out there. We’ll save waxing poetic about vinegar for another post. Let us know if this solution works for you.

“Pre-treat the grass stain with warm water and vinegar (no fruit vinegar) or water and rubbing alcohol. You can then rub the mixture directly into the stain and then wash it as you normally would. This mixture is known to get out the stain. Another option is to take some ammonia and mix it with one teaspoon of vinegar and then repeat the above steps. All of these methods work great at removing stains.”

In the spirit of the Dirtiest Rosies Contest this month, we are sharing all the ways we Rosies get dirty. One of the main ways our overalls and coveralls end up filthy is well, dirt. We dig in it. We plant in it. And we grow in it. With all that time spent in the dirt, we should really give dirt its due. The Exploratorium has this great website which exposes the dirt on dirt. It’s very informative and fun. If you dig through the site (pun not intended) you’ll also find interesting tidbits like “The secret lives of flowers”. Happy reading!

Not that Rosies need any excuse to get a little dirt under our finger nails, but we thought it would be fun to have a contest to see who is the dirtiest Rosie. Just have someone snap a quick photo with your phone or if you want to get fancy, get yourself video tapped. You can post your pictures here or on our Facebook page. The dirtiest Rosie will win a spanking new pair of overalls (of course!). The contest ends June 1. Spread the dirt.

This Rosie is pretty proud of her dirty low down self. Can you beat the grass stains?

Dear Rosies,

I’m doing a series of lectures on Chicago Victory Gardens in WW2. Here‚ a picture where I wore the coveralls. My 82-year-old mother was a Rosie the Riveter‚ she welded bomber doors in a L.A. munitions plant. I’m including a picture of her too (with my dad and uncle). They’re all awesome‚ Thanks for a great product! Can’t get over how comfortable the coveralls are. I want to wear them all the time – LaManda

Photo from The Yarden on Facebook

Rosie O’Donnell, famous actress and radio show host, talked about her love for her Rosies overalls on her radio show on April 5^th. In case you missed it, see Rosie O’Donnell’s blog post about her overalls below.