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Winter Quotes

December 24, 2019 By Karen Creel

Winter gardening quote

I love the spring and summer, and by January, I’m ready to start ordering from the seed catalogs that start filling our mailboxes.  I actually received one today!  But, just like our bodies, our gardens need a period of rest.  So instead of bemoaning the cold weather,  I’ll take this time to plan for next… 

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DIY Rusty Bedspring Snowman Craft

December 15, 2019 By Karen Creel

A DIY Craft Using Rusty Bedsprings

I can’t take credit for this rusty bedspring craft, but when I saw this snowman idea on Rusted Roots Blog on Instagram, I knew I wanted to give it a try.  I had all the supplies here, and could whip one up easily.  Unlike Christmas decor, snowmen can be left out all winter.  So when… 

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Vintage Christmas Decor

December 10, 2019 By Karen Creel

Christmas Elf is perfect for your vintage Christmas decor

Do you love chippy and rusty?  Do you think you can’t use your flea market and thrift store treasures at Christmas?  That you have to create that holiday feel with all new traditional Christmas decor?  Well, this year, keep your collections out, and upcycle them to create a funky flea market holiday theme.  Vintage Christmas… 

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Creative Concrete Planters

November 17, 2019 By Karen Creel

Hostas are a good plant choice for concrete planters in the shade

I purchased two  concrete planters at a local shop for $20.00 each last fall. They were so heavy that when I returned home, I just dropped them at the side of my driveway. They sat there until this spring when I decided to revamp the side yard that goes the length of my driveway. Concrete planters… 

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Bringing Your Houseplants in for the Winter

October 26, 2019 By Karen Creel

How to bring your houseplants indoors for winter

Finally!, The weather in Georgia has started to cool down.  I didn’t think we were going to have a fall season after the horribly hot, dry summer we experienced.  But, the nights have started to cool down, and temperatures have started dipping into the 40’s.   It’s time to bring your houseplants in for the winter…. 

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How to Grow a Fig Tree in the Home Garden

August 5, 2019 By Karen Creel

Looking for a great fruit for the home garden? Fig trees are easy to grow and low maintenance.

About 5 or 6 years ago, I purchased a little fig tree at a flea market.  I have blackberries, and grape vines,  so a fig tree would be a great addition to our home garden.  Somewhere I had gotten the impression fig trees were bushes.  Nope, that little fig tree is now about 10 feet… 

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How to Grow Yarrow

July 28, 2019 By Karen Creel

I was teaching a soap making class at my friend Ivana’s herb farm, Lavender and Rust, when I was taken back by her mass plantings of Yarrow.  I knew I had to buy some of the plants she had for purchase, and learn how to grow yarrow.   Both the white and pink yarrow were planted… 

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127 Yard Sale Tool Kit

July 18, 2019 By Karen Creel

The 127 Yard Sale, or the World’s Longest Yard Sale, as it is also called, is a Junker’s dream. If this is your first trip, or if you are a pro, this is one of the biggest events of the year for junkers and pickers. You need to be prepared. I’ve listed some things that… 

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How to Keep Cut Flowers Fresh

July 3, 2019 By Karen Creel

Are you lucky enough to have a cut flower garden?  Or, like me, do you gravitate toward the fresh cut flowers at the farmer’s market?  Either way, you’ve brought those beautiful blooms home and we want to keep them as long as we can!  Just follow these tips for a long lasting bouquet of fresh… 

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How to Grow Bee Balm

April 19, 2019 By Karen Creel

Bee balm (Monarda Didyma) was in full bloom in my garden a few years ago at the side of an old shed we needed to tear down.  I didn’t want to loose it, so I decided to move it to a split rail fence closer to the house.  Bee balm is easy to transplant.  Since… 

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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.

 

 

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