So we told you about the moo poo teas that we use – even though we wanted to keep it secret.  We told you about our favorite gardening tools, and how we fight off gardening ninjas w/ them.  We are scared we may have given away all our secrets to having a great garden and maintaining it.  Oh well.

Another day, another secret.  Today’s secret – Great Big Plants (GBP if your cool) Organic Liquid Compost.  We came across GBP about 3 years ago or so and have used it ever since.  When we first got into the whole “organic” thing – we were looking around for fertilizer to help us keep it both organic and still give us that BOOM when it comes to growth.  Great Big Plants came across our radar and we have been a dedicated customer ever since.

I’m sure some of you are thinking – wait a second, you said that y’all use Annie’s Authentic Haven Brand Manure Teas!  You are right.  We do.  We actually rotate between both the manure teas & Great Big Plants – giving our plants a silly boost of growth.  It seems to work for us, if you have ever been in our backyard jungle and seen what we are doing – you would agree.  Our tomato plants LOVE Great Big Plants – and by Fall… they are Great Big Plants.

Great Big Plants is a liquid compost concentrate that basically rebuilds your soil (instead of just being a fertilizer), so you can use it when you are transplanting, afterwards and everywhere in between.  It is great for when you first put your transplants in – because it gives the soil a boost to help minimize that length of time when plants seem to stall in terms of growth and it does it naturally!  You can’t beat that.  It also helps with mature plants, continually feeding the soil to build a better soil and a bigger plant.  If you aren’t using it – you need to be.

Wanting to try this yourself?  Well we got you covered w/ a quart size bottle of Great Big Plants Organic Liquid Compost – but also, if you want to purchase some for your garden/plants – hop over to their website and use the discount code they made for us…

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That will give you 15% off your order and get you on your way to having Great Big Plants (I think that was a pun?!?), sorta. 

So do your think – leave a comment below and you are entered.  Pay attention too… most of you guys are good – but some of you, HAVE YOU EVER USED A COMPUTER BEFORE?!?  If I have to move another comment from another post into this one because you just comment about stuff at random – I am going to personally deliver some compost tea… to the top of your head!  Geeze.  It is fairly simple – just click the lil link below… and comment.  Don’t go 7 pages deep and comment on a post that claims the winner of some gloves we gave away over a week ago.    I laugh about it, but then I get angry and cry myself to sleep.  Get to it!  Sign up, tell your friends – Facebook it – Tweet it – blog it!  Please!  We will leave this one up for the entire weekend, because even I need a day off.  So you have two days, take advantage of it.   Until next time… good luck & good gardening!

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WHAT!?!?  Yes… you read that right… Chris McLaughlin’s book that ISN’T EVEN OUT YET (but you can pre-order it on Amazon right now)!  Well, and you won’t get it until it comes out either – but when it does, you (well, you… if you win) will get a copy of it.  For those of you that do not know which book we are talking about (or for those that can’t read the freakin’ title of this post) the book is called…

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting (Check out the fan page on Facebook)

That title makes a lot more sense now eh?  Thought so.  So you have been wondering how to do the whole “composting” thing, but don’t know how to get started?  Or maybe you just can’t do it right – you keep trying and trying and can’t seem to get that black gold that you desire.  This is the book you need to have.  Chris is a composting master of the universe – and she provides you w/ everything you need to know about composting in one easy guide.  And no… I did not just call you an idiot.  I mean… nevermind.

Oooooooooooh wait a second… I almost forgot the cherry on top part!  Chris has agreed to come to your house and show you personally how to compost!  Not really, I made that part up.  And Chris just read that and spit her coffee all over her laptop.  Sorry ’bout that.  I lie a lot.  Not really.  There I go again… lying.

What Chris really agreed to was to sign this copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting.  AUTOGRAPH PEOPLE!  FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE!  CHRIS IS KINDA A BIG DEAL – I think she was on American Idol or something.  Maybe Project Runway… or maybe she is kind of a big deal on Twitter.  I can’t remember.

So you know what to do…  and if you don’t, I will write the next book called… “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Entering Double Danger Contests By Leaving a Freaking Comment – FOR THE UMP-TEETH TIME!”  Didn’t mean to yell at you, I get excited sometimes.  I’m lying again.  I meant to yell at you.  Leave a comment.  A nice one, about how cool our site is and how funny I am and how you wish you could win The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting.  We will randomly draw a name tomorrow and announce the winner… like always.  Then we will laugh and drink and talk about how fantastic life is.  Until next time… good luck & good gardening.

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Another day… another winner.  Plus, a whole bunch of losers.  The good thing though, is that you guys should be used to it by now.  The losing part that is.  Losers.  Glad only the winner will get this Hori Hori Garden Knife – because the last thing I would want is a crapton of disgruntled losers w/ a big ass knife!  I kid… I kid.  So let’s see who won the knife from aHa! Modern Living shall we?

Congrats to Kate from Evolution of a Gardener!  Hope this knife comes in handy this year – and if nothing else, it should help you when the garden ninjas come to attack! 

Would like to thank everyone yet again for playing and of course spreading the word around town.  Also – we wouldn’t even be having a winner without aHa! Modern Living… so a big thank you to Jayme over there! THANK YOU!  Be sure to stop by and show her some love.

This isn’t over yet – we are still chuggin’ and gearing up for yet another garden giveaway.  NEXT!!

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