Home Garden Joy

Grow Food in Your Backyard

If you’ve always wanted to grow your own food but you kill plastic plants, this is the gardening website for you. 

Welcome to Home Garden Joy!  I’ll teach you how to grow delicious fruit and vegetables, and how to grow and use common herbs for health and wellness. New to gardening? I’ve got you covered with over 1,000 articles on everything from apples to zinnias. So come on in – soon you’ll have a garden to be proud of!

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Grow Your Own Food

Interested in Herbs?

a closeup of thyme plants in a garden

Thyme tea is my go-to wellness tea, along with elderberry syrup, to get rid of sore throats and colds. I brew a cup of thyme tea and add lemon ...

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Grow Fruit in Your Backyard

a single strawberry hanging over the edge of a wooden raised bed

Keep your strawberry plants alive through the cold and snow outdoors in the garden – here’s what to do with strawberry plants in winter. Please note that these instructions refer to plants grown in raised beds or in the ground. Treat Strawberries Like Perennials with Special Winter Care Strawberries are an easy to grow small…

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My Raised Bed Vegetable Garden

water droplets in sunbeams over a raised bed vegetable garden