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Hori Hori Garden Knife: Why this Tool is So Awesome

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

What is a Hori-Hori Garden Knife?

If you tried to pack the Hori-Hori Garden Knife in your carry-on, chances are good it would be confiscated at the airport.  This gardening knife certainly looks scary, which comes in handy if you are gardening in urban areas.  However, street people are not the only ones who fear the Hori-Hori—so do garden weeds, pesky roots, large rocks and any other annoying garden obstacle.  In addition to ridding your garden of weeds, the Hori-Hori works to plant bulbs and small plants, butcher unwanted roots from a new garden plot, dig rows for planting seeds, loosen stubborn clay soil and anything else you can think of.  If you can add just one garden tool to your toolbox, choose the Hori-Hori Garden Knife.

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10 Easy Garden Tips for Maintaining Your Outdoor Living Room

Friday, July 3rd, 2009
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Summer is here and it’s time to soak soak up some rays.  You may be thinking about creating a more enjoyable outdoor space to relax and entertain with friends and family.  Think of outdoor living rooms as an extension of your indoor living space. Regardless if your outdoor living room is a garden, patio, or balcony, it should be a place of rest and sanctuary; not a reminder of more garden chores you have yet to complete.

Maintaining a garden does take a little bit of work, but there are ways to make gardening easier.  If you are a garden newbie, you can still have a lovely garden without hours and hours of backbreaking work.  Here are some tips to help you maintain your garden and your sanity!

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The Ultimate Garden Party Tool for the Hostess with the Mostess

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009


The Gardener’s Multi-tool is the Hostess with the Mostess must have accessory.  You know the scenario, your last minute to-do list is a mile long and your guests arrive in 30 minutes. You still need to snip fresh parsley for garnish from the herb garden, touch up those unsightly flower beds and cut your favorite blooms for last minute tabletop arrangements.  Relax and take a deep breath.  As your guests arrive, you can even open their favorite beverages with the handy bottle opener and cork screw.  The Gardener’s Multi-tool allows you to accomplish all that and more with just one tool and it’s small enough to fit in your pocket.

Another garden job well done with the latest discovery at aHa! Modern Living.  Cheers!

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Don’t Bypass the Bypass Pruners

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

At aHa Modern Living, we select our products very carefully. We want to bring you only the best tools for tending your garden and decorating your house. While bypass pruners are a tool that has been around for hundreds of years, they are as well designed and essential to garden maintenance as any other garden tool. Sometimes, the original design is so effective that any modern re-design is not, in fact, an improvement, but a detriment. We offer two classic bypass pruner models, the Burgon & Ball Bypass Pruner and the Spear & Jackson Bypass Pruner. The hallmark of modern design is elegant simplicity, and both of these “classic” bypass pruner models fit the bill.

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Make Gifts For Mom More Interesting

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Flowers. Check.

Brunch reservation. Check.

Spa gift certificate. Check.

Originality. Check.  Wait. Maybe not.

When was the last time you actually put thought into your Mother’s Day gifts?  When is the last time you actually got Mother’s Day gifts for the people on your list?  If you can’t remember, then this is the year to make up for lost time.  Economics are tough.  Many mothers are going without so their children don’t have to.  Some were comfortably retired, but are back at part time jobs to make ends meet.  More than one mom has found something special to make her life a little bit more fun, but she can’t justify the expense.  Treat the mom, grandma, wife, or sister on your list this Mother’s Day, but put some thought into the type of Mother you need to celebrate.

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7 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for the Garden Lover

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Are you looking for new gift ideas this year for Valentine’s Day?   Garden lovers are easily turned on by useful tools, for the garden that is.  Flower bouquets, chocolates and chalky wafer candies are so predictable and hardly stimulating.  So leave the box-o-calories at the candy store, and spare your sweetheart the same ol’, same ol’ dozen of roses, and get creative already.  Give the gift that is sure to leave a lasting impression year after year.

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Hori Hori Garden Knife Featured on The Green Gnome

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

This past holiday season, aHa! Modern Living received its first product feature on The Green Gnome.  If you don’t have one already, the Hori Hori Garden Knife is a great addition to any gardener’s wish list.  Keith states, “I’ve been making do with a heavy garden trowel and a pair of pruners…it is time for a change (for me) and all my friends love this tool.”  The holidays are over but Valentines Day is coming up and spring is around the corner.  I’m sure the gardener in your life will “dig” this must-have tool.

The Hori Hori Garden Knife is made of high carbon steel, which makes it virtually indestructible and easy to sharpen.  Personally, I have broken a few cheap, aluminum garden trowels by trying to pry large rocks from the soil in preparation for new plants.  No more annoying trips to the garden shed at the site of large roots, rocks or weeds.  Having this multi-functional tool at your side makes aggravating garden tasks more manageable.

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