Horticulture Guy

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 hour in front of hundreds of people.  I especially like to challenge all my battery operated equipment to function properly and test my memory to see if I can remember to bring all the supplies and tools I need! For those of you who come to the show here are some links for you about bats and building bat boxes:

Bats Northwest

Bat Conservation International

Rocket Box Plans

-- HG

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 used to promote cut flower and pot flower giving by the Society of American Florists but I want to make sure you are growing some flowers in your garden this year. I always try to incorporate fragrant flowers like the warm cinnamon scents of carnations, or the hints of vanilla in heliotrope or the powdery or the wide ranging scents of different varieties of sweet peas . If you are interested in and like scientific reading check out the article:
An Environment Approach to Positive Emotion: Flowers

-- HG