Share Your Harvest

Have you seen all the bountiful harvesting going on using Twitter,Facebook, Google+ and the garden blogs?
We are inspired on #gardenchat to grow more veggies in the months to come and our goal is to inspire others to do the same.

 

To contribute to the gardening community positive shares on growing we hope you will join us on Monday September 10,2012 on Twitter as we promote the garden networking going by discussing the topic : Harvest Preservation Tips and Autumn Gardening.  

GET MENTIONED ....  comment on this blog post sharing

1. URL to your site ( with post about your harvest) 

2. Your Twitter handle so we can promote you during the #gardenchat event Monday.

Don't forget the flowers .... all contributions are welcome and we look forward to sharing your world of gardening on Twitter Monday Night. 

#supersowsunday Giveaways That Will Get You In The Garden!

You Are Invited to a Super Sow Sunday Event! 
Join in the conversation on Twitter at #supersowsunday to learn how to start a garden from seed.  During this 2 hour event participants will be able to ask questions and share their own gardening experience with the growing enthusiast on Twitter.

We are excited to have the sponsors listed below who are providing product giveaways that will be offered during this two hour event.   Be sure to tweet out a big THANK YOU to each one of the companies listed below before #supersowsunday . 


Seed Sowing Products Given Away During The Event

@SeedKeeperCo  Giving Away  5 packages of our WDIP labels @BBBseed 1 gift basket containing 2 individual wildflower packets 1 1oz. Wildflower Mix 3 Heirloom Vegetable packets 2 small Wildflower greeting cards (blank inside) 1 Bar of Botanical Soap 1 Tube of Wild Lips lip balm @greensoil  Giving Away at the Event 2 / Gift Packs : Each pack includes an assortment of cow manure, horse manure, and alfalfa natural teas. @gardenshoeson Sending a sprayer that's great for seedling watering and other stuff too like applying greencure.  And a jar of Greencure.  @TerritorialSeed  Giving Away 50 packages of lettuce mix    @CoronaTools Giving Away during the event  Corona's Best in Class ergonomic hand tools Set includes; Trowel Transplanter Weeder Cultivator Hoe/ Cultivator Combo Exclusive garden tote @mastergardening is giving away 6 packs of organic seeds and a copy of Healthy Garden Healthy You by Milo Shammas (Dr.Earth) Hometown Seeds is giving away 1 collection of 16 of our most popular heirloom varieties.   The Garden Hoard is giving away 5 sets of :  Bell Pepper 'Orange King' Alyssym 'Carpet of Snow' Cilantro Tomato 'Costoluto Genovese' Aster 'Powderpuff Mix' Tomato 'Snow White' Arugula Bush Bean 'Pencil Pod' Oregano 'Italian' +3 Surprise Bonus Seed Packets

How To Qualify  in the Giveaways
The products above will be given away starting at 7:30 p.m. ET during the #gardenchat  special event #supersowsunday that will take place on Twitter. Directions on how to participate in #gardenchat are located on  the #gardenchat webpage.  

To qualify for the drawing you must participate in the #supersowsunday event taking place on 2/5/2012  at 6:30-8:30 p.m.ET  on Twitter.    The more you RT the event before the event gives you better chances of your name being drawn because for each RT your name goes into the BIG drawing taking place at 8:20 p.m. ET  Be sure to comment on this blog post because that enters your name in the drawing as well. 


The products featured above will be given away in a drawing that will take place during the event.   The Winners will be announced on Twitter immediately following the drawing.

NOTE: 
*@TheGardenChat administrator not responsible for products being given away at this event.  @TheGardenChat is organizer of this special twitter event as well as administrative networker for the products being promoted.  Each company featured on this page is responsible for shipping the items being given away.   Each winner MUST have their shipping information sent to ohgarden@gmail.com by 9:30 p.m. ET / 2/5/2012 or you will not qualify to receive the items your name was drawn to receive.   


Follow complete coverage of this event at the #supersowsunday 2012 page.

Tonight #GSS12 = Success in the Garden

Success in the garden begins with connecting on social media sites like Twitter for many who garden today.  With the growing trend of learning how to grow from those who use cyber space to connect just got easier.  On February 16 the Growers Success Summit will include FREE webinars for those who are eager to get in the landscapes and gardens by interacting with garden gurus from around the nation.   This event features live interviews as well as Q&A time; you will learn all about it tonight on #gardenchat.

Join tonights #gardenchat to get a idea on how Social Media is changing the way many garden.

The #gss12 features amazing landscape experts like Tree Care Industry Assoc. (TCIA), Richard Restuccia (ValleyCrest) and garden gurus including Carol and Kerrie of SeedKeeper Co, Michael Nolan,Geri Laufer, Annie Haven,Rebecca Sweet, Brenda Haas, Chris Van Cleaver, Jessica Basile, Kerry Mendez, Daniel Gasteiger and  Robin Horton.  

Season of Bugs?

Have you notices all the gardening apps that are popping up daily for the mobile phones? A quick search on itunes store and you will find many applications designed for the gardener. There are so many to choose from it is hard to decide which one would be useful for my gardening needs.   I'm excited to announce that @MyGardenApps is giving away 5 of his Bugs in the Garden App.   Find out more about the App at the official site. 

This is a giveaway for the bug loving gardener on your list.   5 Bugs in the Garden Apps will  given away on Tuesday 12/13/2011.  The drawing will take place at 10 p.m. ET so be sure to follow the directions below to be entered in the drawing.


To qualify in this drawing that will take place on 12/13/ 2011 follow the easy steps below: 


1.)  Be sure to follow @TheGardenChat and @MyGardenApps and tweet out :  Season of Giving on #gardenchat http://twurl.nl/f75t17 @TheGardenChat @MyGardenApps #gardenchat

2.)  Comment on this blog and share with us what your favorite bug is in the garden. 

3.) Follow the #gardenchat tweets on Tuesday 12/13/2011 to see if your name is picked at 10 p.m. ET

4.) Name drawn at 10 p.m. ET must send shipping information to @theGardenchat or @BG_garden by Midnight 12/132011 . 

* random.org is used to select the name from this blog post at 10 p.m. ET.  12/09/11 @TheGardenChat is not responsible for the product being donated to this event.  Winner must message @TheGardenChat their shipping information by Friday 12/13/2011 MIDNIGHT in order to receive this item.  IF we do not receive your shipping information at that time you are will forfeit the product.

Questions or Concerns ?  Please leave a comment on our blog post and we will respond as soon as possible.  Happy Season of Giving 2011!

** This product is not endorsed by #gardenchat / @TheGardenChat. The #gardenchat / @TheGardenChat has NOT BEEN paid to network this product.   #gardenchat is a place where gardeners can connect using social media. The products being presented during the Season of Giving event on #gardenchat have been donated by companies who would like to share in the growing community of #gardenchat.  

 
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