beehives – Garden Chick

Honey for your Health

December 16, 2015 By Karen Creel

The recorded use of honey for health has been around for at least 4,000 years. The Egyptians used it for a healthy life and in preparations for death. It somehow lost favor when “modern” medicine decided the folk medicine that had been used for hundreds of years, was no longer useful. But, honey is making…

Keeping Bees

July 27, 2014 By Karen Creel

I have wanted to have bee hives for several years but wasn’t sure how they would fit on our property since I have grandchildren and frankly, my husband felt they would be a problem trying to mow around. But, being the person I am, I knew we could fit them in. I heard about a…

Gardenchick is a place for gardeners, flea market fanatics, lovers of the farmhouse look, and purveyors of all things rusty!

I’m not sure when my fascination with junk began, but gardening was in my blood from an early age. I remember my grandmother could throw a few seeds out and have the prettiest flowers. Sweet peas were rampant beside the front porch. I can see her now, bent over pulling weeds, and I find myself doing the same thing anytime I’m in the yard. My dad was raised on a large farm, and even though he moved away, and we always lived in the city, he had a garden. He had me help him plant a garden in May before he died in August. So you can see, gardening just comes naturally to me.

I can’t explain the love of rusty and all things chippy, but I have dug through more barns and sheds than I would like to admit to bring out a rusty wagon or old chicken feeder.

So, I hope you will follow along, and we can learn a few things together. I’ll be sharing gardening ideas, my flea market finds, and thrifty ways to repurpose.