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Irrigation Tips for Home Gardens: Drip vs. Soaker Hose

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The 10 Easiest Herbs to Grow

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Easy Oatmeal Muffin Recipe

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How to Start Herb Seeds the Right Way: Free Course

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How to Prepare Raised Beds for Spring Planting

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Swedish Tea Bread

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How to Start Composting in Winter

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Seed Starting Indoors in February: Best Vegetables for Zones 4–8

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Choosing the Best Location for a Vegetable Garden

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Getting Started: Essential Gardening Tools for Beginner Vegetable Gardens

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How to Grow Asparagus in the Home Garden

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How to Grow Potatoes in the Home Garden

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Christmas Gifts for Gardeners They’ll Love

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Beginner-Friendly Easy to Grow Vegetables

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Three Easy Steps to Improve Garden Soil

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oatmeal muffins in the tin, just out of the oven

Easy Oatmeal Muffin Recipe

This easy oatmeal muffin recipe makes a tasty breakfast, tea-time treat, or snack. It’s a plain, unassuming, honest muffin: no dripping sweetness, no sugary topping. The freshly cooked old-fashioned oatmeal keeps the batter moist. If you do not overbake them (as I have done in the past), they retain this moist, fluffy texture. No, they…

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a blue borage herb flower

How to Start Herb Seeds the Right Way: Free Course

Learn how to start herb seeds the right way with The Herbal Academy’s new, FREE online course! Home Garden Joy is an Herbal Academy affiliate. We love their ebooks and courses. I’ve taken many of them and found them to be very helpful. They get to the heart of herbalism without introducing spiritual aspects in…

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How to Prepare Raised Beds for Spring Planting

The snow and ice have finally melted. In the mornings when I walk my dog through our farm, I can hear a rooster crowing on a neighboring farm. Cardinals have begun singing in the dawn. It’s spring, folks. And while the calendar reminds me we can still feel winter’s icy breath, spring planting is just…

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two loaves of bread in the oven

Swedish Tea Bread

I first made Swedish tea bread for my 50th birthday. Three of my friends have birthdays in the same month and invited me to their family group birthday celebration (they are all relatives). I shaped the bread into braided rings and decorated it with sliced almonds. It was a hit, and I have made it…

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