Welcome to Home Garden Joy! My name is Jeanne Grunert, and I am the writer behind this website. Home Garden Joy is dedicated to my passions: home, garden, and living a joyful, slow, seasonal lifestyle. My goal is to help you grow a lifestyle that nourishes you; to inspire curiosity in the natural world; and to rekindle joy in home and hearth. I share gardening, nature, and lifestyle-inspired articles centered on finding joy in your home and garden.
I have a confession: I never expected this to work as well as it did. A few weeks ago I snipped some stems from a healthy coleus, popped them in water, and waited. In just two to four weeks, I had four brand new plants ready to pot up. If you have a coleus you…
Every October, the big sugar maple near our garden shed drops its leaves in what feels like a single weekend. One day the yard is green, and the next I’m scrunching through ankle-deep gold and wondering where I left the rake. I used to see that pile as a chore. Now I see it as…
October is the time of year for pumpkins, squash, scrunching through piles of fall leaves, and enjoying the last of the lovely weather before winter sets in. Here in Virginia, October can go either way — sometimes it stays warm, and sometimes the first frosts move in and finish off the summer vegetables. At this…
I learned how to grow bok choy through trial and error. Last fall, I noticed some beautiful heads of Chinese cabbage (napa cabbage) at our local farmer’s market. When I asked the proprietor where it was grown, I found it was grown not five miles from my house! Well, that means I could grow all…
