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Love of Trees

What’s not to love about trees? Firstly, there is the simple beauty of trees. Years ago when we were house hunting, one realtor told us that we needed to decide whether we wanted views or trees. Made us think hard! Of course views are only perfect if you own the Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 5 months5 months ago
Bees

Pesticides Kill Pollinators!

Pesticides kill pollinators and they’re not good for the environment as a whole. I quite simply don’t use any toxic chemicals in my garden. This really started when my kids were little. We spent a lot of time in the garden, and I didn’t want to expose them to anything Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 6 months5 months ago
attitude and balance for a healthy garden
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Attitude and Balance for a Healthy Garden

Bugs in the garden! Are they a problem or are you cool with watching them grow? In this blog, we’re taking a look at attitude and balance for a healthy garden. When it’s warm and damp our gardens grow, but so do bug populations. How many times to you go Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 7 months7 months ago
Garden

What is Xeriscape Gardening?

So, what is Xeriscape gardening? What does it all mean? Do I have to fill my garden with cactus? Questions, questions, questions. What is Xeriscape Gardening? Well it’s not all rocks and cactus… It’s pretty funny sitting here, writing about what is Xeriscape gardening when it’s wet and windy outside. Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 7 months7 months ago
growing plants for free
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Growing Plants for Free OR Nearly Free!

Gardening can be expensive… So anything that reduces that cost is a good thing. The best way to ‘grow’ my garden, in my opinion, is by doing growing plants for free or nearly free. In all of this, I recognize that there is an actual cost in just about anything Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 9 months7 months ago
Garden

What’s Been Going On at ChickensAndCompost.com

Hello everyone – back again. The last two weeks I’ve been having a lot of fun with my best friend of 35+ years, Judith, visiting from Scotland.   We seem to spend a lot of our time talking, reading, knitting and enjoying nature from the back porch – really good Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 9 months8 months ago
Bees

Planting a Bee Garden

OK, so we’re getting our new bees in April – a very exciting prospect. As you’ve got to know more about me, you’ll know that I already like seeing native plants in my garden & enjoy seeing bees, butterflies and hummingbirds feeding on them. I have a couple of areas Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 11 months5 months ago
Garden

Deer Resistant Native Plants

I started learning about gardening in South Texas when living in suburban San Antonio. There were no deer around and I didn’t even have to think about deer resistant plants – my veggies didn’t need protecting from critters & I could pretty much grow what I wanted. Nearly 13 yrs Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 12 months5 months ago
Chickens

Where I go for help & advice

There is so much information out on the web… Good, bad and indifferent. It’s great when you find a site that will give you good unbiased advice. It’s also a good idea to find a forum with other chicken owners or gardeners etc. If you have a problem you can Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 12 months5 months ago
Garden

Texas Hill Country Gardening

After moving to Texas from England nearly 20 years ago, I had to relearn a lot of what I knew about gardening. I’ve gardened since I was a little girl, and I get a lot of satisfaction tending my land. I’ve had everything from a postage stamp sized garden in Read more…

By Caroline Broderick, 1 year5 months ago

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Caroline will be sharing her weekly adventures of gardening, nature, and chickens based on a lifetime love of gardening and nearly 20 years in South Texas.

"I don't know it all, and I've certainly made plenty of mistakes over the years... BUT I learn and rarely make the same mistake twice!"

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