You know the garden is about a lot more than just beautiful flowers and plants, it’s really about life. I’m always trying to attract different forms of life to my garden. Now, we’re all familiar with attracting butterflies and birds. They add so much grace and color.
Over the years I’ve discovered that the garden can become even more alive by employing the help of some little garden helpers like my Bantam chickens. They are the pintsize members of the chicken family. Since they’re so small, they really can’t do much damage to the garden. They also provide benefits, like eliminating insects and, well, their droppings can certainly make my plants grow. And they’re just a lot of fun to have around to watch.
Goldfish are another garden helper that are just as colorful as chickens. They are some of the easiest garden pets to care for. It’s much more convenient for me to keep them in my garden pool rather than an aquarium or fish bowl. And what a service they provide! They eat mosquito larva and their waste fertilizes my water plants.
And of course, who could forget the honeybee. I don’t guess you could really call them pets, but what a benefit they provide to my garden in the way of pollination. And, of course, the delicious honey.
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