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Learn How to Garden

Welcome to Home Garden Joy, the place to learn all about gardening. I’ll teach you how to grow fresh, delicious organic fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. I also share recipes to help you live a healthy, plant-based lifestyle, and tips to help you preserve the harvest to enjoy your garden’s bounty all year long.

Whether you’re brand new to the world of gardening or a green thumb, welcome to Home Garden Joy – the kitchen garden reimagined

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What Will You Find at Home Garden Joy?

The site is filled with everything you need to know to start a garden from scratch. You can learn how to grow vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruit, and more. And, I also share plenty of recipes to help you preserve, store and enjoy the harvest.

In addition to the Learn to Garden section which has plenty of basic gardening information, I also run the Home GardenJoy Academy on Teachable (gardening classes) and offer books on gardening, too.

Meet the Gardener – Jeanne Grunert

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Hi, I'm Jeanne Grunert. I'm your host here at Home Garden Joy. I'm a Virginia Master Gardener, herbalist, and writer. I've been gardening my whole life, first in a tiny urban backyard in raised beds, pots, and containers, and now on a 17 acre organic farm in Virginia called Seven Oaks. I'll teach you everything I know about growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. I'm glad you're here!

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Easy Veggie Burger Recipe

This lentil burger recipe is so easy, you’ll never buy packaged veggie burgers again.

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Learn Gardening!

writer Jeanne Grunert

Hi, I'm Jeanne Grunert, master gardener, herbalist, and writer. If you're new to gardening, welcome! I make it simple and easy for you to grow a kitchen garden: delicious, organic vegetables, fruit, herbs, and yes, flowers, too.

My Books on Amazon

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Visit my author page on Amazon to find all of my fiction and gardening books.

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Do the 17 Year Cicadas Hurt Gardens?

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Vertical Gardening to Expand Your Space

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5 EASY Space Saving Vegetable Garden Ideas

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The Winter Garden – Enjoying the Seasons

Easy Healthy Recipes

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Easy Veggie Burger Recipe

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Easy, Simple Beet and Cabbage Soup Recipe

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Walnut Applesauce Bread

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Butternut Squash Risotto with Sage and Caramelized Onions

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5 EASY Space Saving Vegetable Garden Ideas

These 5 space-saving vegetable garden ideas offer  urban gardeners, apartment gardeners, and anyone with limited space the ability to grow lots of plants in small spaces. I’ve put together the following 5 ideas to help you grow your dream kitchen garden – vegetables, herbs, fruits, and edible flowers – even on a tiny city balcony.

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The Winter Garden – Enjoying the Seasons

Happy Holidays! Here at Home Garden Joy, I’m celebrating the “winter garden” – what’s left of the fall vegetables, any herbs that haven’t been nipped by the frost, and the bounty of  canned goods I’ve set aside for just such a season. Here’s what Hubby and I have been up to at Seven Oaks Farm.

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How to Grow Lettuce Like a Pro

Learn how to grow lettuce like professional growers. If you’re tired of store bought lettuce, growing it in your backyard is easy. Lettuce is surprisingly quick to grow, too, so there’s also the almost-instant gratification of harvesting soon after planting seeds. How to Grow Lettuce Lettuce plants should be grown from seeds sown directly into…

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Harvesting Winter Vegetables this Week: Abundance!

I finally got some time this week to harvest the winter vegetables. The hard frosts we’ve experienced over the past several weeks killed some of the vegetation above ground, but the root vegetables were fine, and they tasted delicious.

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