Category Archives: Garden Ramblings

Here is where I randomly write about some gardening topic I find interesting from useful tool I have found to garden tips I have figured out or picked up or other experiences that I want to share with you.

Constructing My Raised Beds

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Horticulture Guy - Peter Punzi

Using Frame-it-All recycled timbers to create raised beds for a vegetable garden on an old basketball court. Continue reading →

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Hori Hori Knife

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Horticulture Guy - Peter Punzi

The Hori Hori Knife is one of the most popular gardening tools to be imported from Japan. Hori is a form of the verb horu, which means “to dig”. Although most people describe the Hori Hori Knife as a tool … Continue reading →

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Bats in my belfry

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Horticulture Guy - Peter Punzi

I am heading up the the Northwest Flower and Garden Show  Saturday February 23rd to the DIY (Do-it-yourself) Stage to demonstrate making a simple batbox.  I always enjoy seeing if I can build something in less than an 3/4 of an … Continue reading →

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Grow Flowers Be Happy

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Horticulture Guy - Peter Punzi

My alma matter Rutgers has done some interesting research on how domesticated flowers have a positive emotional effect on us. A 2005 article published in in Evolutionary Psychology Confirming what most of us gardeners know intuitively. The information is being … Continue reading →

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