All of us need a great water bottle for the garden.  You know… “water” bottle… to keep your “water” in.  And by water I mean booze of course! 

So you are working in the garden, your sweating (because it is 900 degrees in TEXAS – you all are from Texas right?!?)… you are crying a little bit because you can’t get the weeds out that are takin’ over your garden.  You really need a drink – but you have vowed to stay out in the garden until you get all the weeds out.  So going back inside is not an option.  You are too grown to drink out of the water hose anymore (is there really an age cutoff for that?) – so what other options do you have?

A FREAKIN’ WATER BOTTLE!  A earth-friendly, re-usable water bottle.  With booze in it.    I added that last part… it could be water.  If you are a weird gardener that doesn’t drink whiskey in the garden.

Our giveaway today is brought to you by the letter H… wait, that is the wrong show.  It is brought to you by H2Ox2.com (you know… Julia Girdler).  They provide every kind of water bottle you could think of.  Seriously… even some you can’t even think of… they have them.  We are all trying to be more respectable to Mother Earth – and this is an easy and effective way to do just that.  The specific bottles that we are giving away today are the Vapur Water Bottles - which are HOT right now.

These awesome bottles can fold up and fit in your pocket (when empty), weight less than an ounce (when empty)… then can be filled w/ 16 oz. of booze… err water whenever you please.  Add in the fact that they can be frozen… dishwasher safe…foldable (I think I already said that)… they are just cool OK?!  This is a must have item for someone that is eco-friendly or is just trying to figure out some easy ways to “go green“.  Need I say more?

So you know the routine – head over to H2Ox2.com and pick up a water bottle of your own… they have kinds for every style, reason and everything in between.  I have one… it looks like a flask.  Shala has one, it looks like a water bottle and a garden had a love child.  So see… every style I tell ya!  Thanks to H2Ox2.com for the awesome giveaway… what a great way to “go green” (that sounds so cliche now eh?).

Oh… and I almost forgot – we are giving away TWO of these bad boys… and I believe you get to pick the color!  So go comment, go tell your friends on Twitter… Facebook… email this giveaway to everyone you know!  We will pull the winners randomly from the comments tomorrow – so be sure to comment (ON THIS POST).  Thanks again to H2Ox2.com & thanks for everyone that has been participating in these giveaways!  You guys are the best.  Good luck & good gardening!

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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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All the garden bloggers know Annie by now – either via Twitter or Facebook – great gal that makes some great products.  Well, let us be honest here.  Her cows/horses make great products.  Ahem… make that crappy products.  Literally.  These teas are made of crap.

She will tell you all the time…

“It’s a sh!tty job, but someone has to do it!” 

And boy are we glad she does it for us, because our gardens are better for it.  We have used the Authentic Haven Brand soil conditioner teas for the past year… and it has really made a difference w/ our plants.  Annie sent us some last year to giveaway for this same series of National Gardening Month giveaways and when she offered again – we couldn’t wait to get it in the hands of more gardeners!

We are passionate about our gardening and when it comes to organic fertilizing – we are passionate about great products that DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO!  This is one of them.  Of late, more and more gardeners are getting on board with moo poo tea – especially Annie’s Natural Brew.

So what exactly are we giving away?  This giveaway is a 3-pack w/ an assortment of teas for your garden.  Included: Alfalfa (for roses), Cow Manure & Horse Manure.  The cow/horse manure teas are great for house plants, container plants, veggie gardens & lawns.  So in other words, your freakin’ covered in the turd tea department!

You know what to do by now, leave a comment to enter to win.  We will randomly draw a winner from the day and post the winner.  Be sure to put your name & email and we will contact you if you win.  If you want to get some Authentic Haven Brand Soil Conditioner Teas of your own (BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO WAIT TO WIN), then head over to her awesome website and pick some up.  I swear I saw some free shipping action going on. 

One other thing… TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW!  Tweet it, Facebook it – call your mom, cousin, bestie – hell even your enemies.  Do what you can to help us keep this thing going.  Run WILD with it!  Until next time… good luck & good gardening.

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