Considering creating a fairy garden?
Black Girl In a Doggone World: Six tips to make sure your garden is pet-friendly
Gardening is good for mental and physical health. It’s exercise, but it doesn’t always feel that way until you stand up from a lengthy squat or realize your back is a little sore from digging around in the dirt. Still, having a garden is calming and meditative. After a long day of watering, digging, sprinkling and planting, it’s amazing to unwind and watch all that hard work grow weeks (or months) later.
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You know what else helps to unwind? Fairy gardens. Fairy gardens are one of those trends that gardeners may love because it reminds them of their childhood. Then, there are other gardeners who find it completely pointless and would rather focus on what, when and where to plant their next seeds. There is rarely an “in between” with these two groups.
That is, unless you’re a dog owner. Pet owners can assess any room and figure out what their dogs are most likely to break, chew, bend, hide, bury, sleep on or ignore entirely. However, pet owners who are intrigued by the idea of a fairy garden have a more dangerous concern though: choking hazards.
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As whimsical as those miniature houses, bridges and flying figurines are, it’s all a chew toy for a nosey puppy. So, does that mean dog-owning gardeners cannot have fairy gardens? Not necessarily. However, in order to create a fairy garden, there has to be some strategy involved.
This six-part plan is a happy medium for creating a fairy garden and keeping pets safe.
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Shamontiel is a dog lover to her core: 632 completed walks with 101 dogs, eight dog-housesittings and six dog boardings at the time of this publication.
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