Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Blog By E Hollister / June 22, 2014Weeds Weeds, weeds, go away….Tips for making weeding less of a choreAnyone who's started a new garden knows that weeds can be tough to conquer in the first two years. Come... Read MoreTags: control weed growth, dandelions, grass, weed removal, weeds By E Hollister / June 15, 2014Gardening Tips Vegetable Gardening Vegetable Seeds Rhubarb – How to grow the perfect “pieplant”When I was in my late twenties we moved to a ranch-style house outside of a small town in central... Read MoreTags: pieplant, rhubarb, victoria rhubarb By Lauren Karch / June 8, 2014Gardening Tips potatoes Summer Gardening Vegetable Gardening Success with sweet potatoes – how to plant and harvest a superfoodPacked with calcium, potassium, and vitamins A and C, sweet potatoes are- nutritionally speaking- a powerhouse. It’s no wonder that,... Read MoreTags: grow sweet potatoes, o'henry sweet potatoes, summer gardening, sweet potatoes By Lauren Karch / June 4, 2014Corn “Gotta Have It” – I really do!Today, we're sharing a post from one of our guest bloggers - one of our gardening experts here at Gurney's! If... Read MoreTags: Gotta Have It Sweet Corn By E Hollister / June 1, 2014Squash All About…Summer SquashMost people grow summer squash, such as zucchini, for the vegetables. But I grow squash for the blossoms. Squash blossoms are... Read MoreTags: squash, summer squash, zucchini By E Hollister / May 25, 2014Corn Vegetable Gardening Vegetable Seeds The sweet life -grow your own corn!Being a Midwest girl, I like to think I’m a bit of a corn expert. I grew up saying things... Read MoreTags: garden talk, gardening, grow corn, grow popcorn, grow sweet corn, sweet corn, vegetable gardening By E Hollister / May 20, 2014Fruit Melons All about melons – How to grow muskmelons and watermelonsConfession time: I used to be a melon drop-out. Each year I would happily place a few melon plants in... Read MoreTags: cantaloupe, growing watermelon, melon By E Hollister / May 18, 2014Spring Gardening Vegetable Gardening Vegetable Seeds Some like it hot: How to grow radishesRavishing pink and red globes are sliced open to reveal a gorgeous, crisp white inside, with a spice and bite... Read MoreTags: growing radishes, radishes, vegetable gardening By Lauren Karch / May 5, 2014Vegetable Gardening The Belle of the Ball – Cherry Belle Radishes (and more!)This post is from one of Gurney's gardening experts! Check back as we bring in guests from our Research and... Read More By Lauren Karch / April 14, 2014Okra Growing Okra PlantsWhile I do enjoy a structured, planned out garden - with perennial beds here, and neat rows of vegetables over... Read MoreTags: okra, vegetable gardening By Lauren Karch / March 31, 2014Spring Gardening Vegetable Gardening “Aubergine,” or eggplant, is surprisingly easy to growThe word, “aubergine” rolled of the tongue of our neighbor much easier than it did mine. I can remember the... Read MoreTags: eggplant, growing eggplant By Lauren Karch / March 24, 2014Vegetable Gardening Vegetable Seeds Spinach – Delicious, nutritious and easy to grow!We all know spinach is good for us. It might not make us pop muscles like Popeye, but spinach is... Read MoreTags: goliath spinach, grow spinach, gurney's goliath spinach, spinach, spinach planting By Lauren Karch / March 19, 2014Carrots Vegetable Seeds Going underground: How I found success with carrotsWith as much as I love carrots- and the bags we eat of them every week- you’d think I’d have... Read MoreTags: carrots, planting seeds, purple haze carrots, vegetable seeds By Lauren Karch / March 10, 2014Herbs Guide to Growing Herbs IndoorsI’ve grown herbs since my college days when I grew tomatoes and basil on the porch of my apartment. Herb... Read More By Lauren Karch / March 3, 2014Vegetable Gardening Vegetable Seeds Seeds, sets or transplants? How to plant onions.Onions are supposed to be fool-proof. At least, that was what I was told in the small produce department of... Read More By Lauren Karch / February 24, 2014Spring Gardening Cool-weather cabbage – perfect for early spring!Cabbage has always been a cold weather, comfort-food vegetable. Besides soup, one of our family’s favorite brisk winter night meals... Read MoreTags: bok choi, cabbage By Lauren Karch / February 10, 2014Broccoli Vegetable Gardening Winter Gardening All about…BroccoliTrue story- last December I harvested Broccoli, in the snow, for Christmas Eve dinner. It was my second year of... Read MoreTags: broccoli By Lauren Karch / February 6, 2014Beets Gardening Tips All About Beets!It’s no secret that we love beets in our house. And it’s not just the root- we love the whole... Read More By Lauren Karch / January 27, 2014Asparagus Vegetable Gardening All About….AsparagusFor Mother’s Day in 2012 I received ten 1-year old Jersey Knight asparagus plants. I was insanely excited as I... Read MoreTags: asparagus, asparagus plants By Lauren Karch / January 21, 2014Gardening Tips Vegetable Gardening How Do Beans Grow? A Guide to Growing BeansOften the very first plants many of us grow from seeds are beans. Preschoolers carefully plant them and water them,... 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