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Johnsons Home & Garden Christmas Gift Guide

We’ve all struggled finding Christmas gifts for one person or another throughout our gift-giving lives—don’t even pretend like you haven’t, I’m looking at you reader. So what’s the next step? Searching through the internet, or even AI—they always have lots of ideas. But what about Johnsons Home & Garden? We also have lots of products [...]

By |December 6th, 2025|Announcement, Holidays|Comments Off on Johnsons Home & Garden Christmas Gift Guide

Everything Turkey: Your Complete Guide to a Perfect Holiday Bird

By Jim Nadig – Johnson’s Home & Garden Sales Manager The holidays are right around the corner, and that means one thing: it’s turkey time! Whether you’re roasting, smoking, or deep frying, our team at Johnson’s Home & Garden is here to help you pull off the perfect bird — safely, deliciously, and with confidence. [...]

By |November 19th, 2025|Recipes, Thanksgiving|Comments Off on Everything Turkey: Your Complete Guide to a Perfect Holiday Bird

Recipe – Spatchcock Smoked Turkey

Prepping Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 3 hours Serves: 10 Ingredients 1 whole turkey (12-14 lb) 1 orange brine mix (or homemade orange--based brine) 16 cups water (4 hot+ 12 cold) Turkey rub or Traeger Rub Apple juice (for spritzing) Directions Step 1--Make the Brine-Boil 4 cups of water with brine mix, remove from heat, [...]

By |November 14th, 2025|Recipes, Thanksgiving|Comments Off on Recipe – Spatchcock Smoked Turkey

Recipe: Fire-Kissed Green Bean Casserole

​ Prepping time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 35 minutes Serves: 6 INGREDIENTS 2 (9 ounce) packages frozen cut green beans ​ 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup 3/4 cup milk 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1 1/3 cups French's French fried onion rings DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 350°F. ​ In a buttered casserole [...]

By |November 14th, 2025|Recipes, Thanksgiving|Comments Off on Recipe: Fire-Kissed Green Bean Casserole

Recipe: Jesse’s Famous Gravy

Prepping time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes Serves: 8 INGREDIENTS 3/4 cups butter 3/4 cups flour ​ 6 cups chicken or turkey broth ​ Salt & pepper to taste ​ Sage to taste ​ 1 handful giblets, boiled and chopped ​ (Optional) 3-4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced ​ DIRECTIONS Make the Roux: Melt butter [...]

By |November 14th, 2025|Recipes, Thanksgiving|Comments Off on Recipe: Jesse’s Famous Gravy

Recipe: Smoked Caramel Apple

Prepping time: Cooking time Serves INGREDIENTS 4 apples (we like honeycrisp) ​ 2 tbs cinnamon 8 tbs butter 1 cup chopped pecans ​ 3 tbs raw honey ​ 2 tbs brown sugar ​ Caramel topping Vanilla bean ice cream ​ DIRECTIONS Preheat grill to 350°F. Remove core from apples (leaving skin on). ​ Slice apples [...]

By |November 14th, 2025|Recipes, Thanksgiving|Comments Off on Recipe: Smoked Caramel Apple

Recipe: MAMA’S STUFFIN’

Prepping time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 45 minutes Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 1 pound of sage-flavored sausage ​ 1/2 cup onion, diced ​ 1/2 cups celery, diced 14 oz package herb seasoned stuffing ​ 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries ​ 2 cups low sodium chicken broth ​ 6 tbs butter DIRECTIONS Brown the sausage in a [...]

By |November 14th, 2025|Recipes, Thanksgiving|Comments Off on Recipe: MAMA’S STUFFIN’

Winter Home Prep: How to Protect Your House (and Your Sanity) Before the Cold Hits

By Kelsey Androsko | Johnson’s Home & Garden – Maple Valley, WA When the Pacific Northwest winter rolls in, it brings more than cozy nights and hot cocoa—it also brings freezing temperatures, heavy rain, windstorms, and the occasional snow. At Johnson’s Home & Garden, we know how quickly winter weather can catch homeowners off [...]

By |October 31st, 2025|Home Improvement, How-To, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Winter Home Prep: How to Protect Your House (and Your Sanity) Before the Cold Hits