Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This Week on Vegetable Gardening<br> <br> In<br> this week's episode you will absolutely fall in love with our special <br> guest. She is filled with spirit, spunk and is loaded with a great deal<br> of garden planning knowledge. Mike chats with Joy Kieffer, a #1 best <br> selling author for garden planning, to talk about the hows, whens, whys <br> and whats of garden planning.<br> <br> Joy will also fill us in on her life mission to help those in need <br> through her non-profit called Lifewerks. You will hear how Joy and her <br> husband feed nearly 600 families in need each month, restocked a public <br> library with thousands of books through donations, and so much more.<br> <br> This and so much more on this week's episode of Vegetable Gardening!<br> In This Episode, Here's What We'll Cover<br> <br> All about Joy<br> Garden planning<br> What you should be recording<br> The amount of time it takes to become a master garden planner<br> Lifewerks<br> How Joy and her husband feed 600 families<br> Joy's journey to restock a public library that was running out of books<br> <br> Items Mentioned in this Podcast<br> <br> <a href="http://joykieffer.com/">Joy Kieffer</a><br> <a href="http://amzn.to/1SxWpoP">The Garden Journal, Planner and Log Book</a><br> <a href="http://gardenkitch.com/">GardenKitch.com</a><br> <a href="http://lifewerks.org/">Lifewerks</a><br> <a href="http://www.AmpleHarvest.org">AmpleHarvest.org</a><br> <br> About This Week's Guest Joy Kieffer<br> <br> I began as a landscape artist and my experience grew to include surface <br> design, sculpture, mold making, illustration and portraiture. My art <br> work has been applied to ceramic tile, dinnerware, lighting, and gift <br> ware. For a few years I painted portraits of professional athletes and <br> met many while attending shows, spending hours sitting next to them <br> while my husband chatted with their wives! At one point I produced a <br> line of ceramic and cold cast designs. My Christmas angel ornaments were<br> used by the White House as special gifts in 1994. I’m currently adding <br> to a series of paintings meant to be displayed in churches.<br> <br> I was the co-founder and Senior Editor for the student publication J.A.M. Magazine (under Lifewerks, Inc.) from 1997-2000.<br> <br> With a background in the print industry, and my art and writing <br> interests as well as knowledge in the field of horticulture/gardening, I<br> realized that it was time to combine all these into a garden journal. <br> The Garden Journal, Planner & Log Book is the result and is featured<br> on the Books and Writing Page. There will be several log books in the <br> Garden Journal series, including log books for wildlife sightings. I <br> am also working on a mystery series for young adults.<br> <br> I’m a church-planting pastor’s wife and mother of two young adult <br> daughters, and co-founder of Lifewerks, Inc., a non-profit. In my role <br> as MSC Missionary I use art to teach and reach people for Christ, <br> teaming up with groups such as mission teams to do outreach events and <br> do real ministry. Our family lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA.<br> <br> I grew up in rural Indiana, and is to this day am a farm girl at <br> heart, losing the battle for control in my urban garden as often as I do<br> with art, writing, parenting or pastor’s wifing.<br> <br> <br> <br> About the Host<br> <br> Mike Podlesny is the author of the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0557074266/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0557074266&linkCode=as2&tag=indocquent-20&linkId=QWXL4RPHEB5H7O6F">Vegetable Gardening for the Average Person: A Guide to Vegetable Gardening for the Rest of Us</a> as well as the creator of t
