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New Gurney’s YouTube Videos!

It’s midsummer. The heat is scorching and the gardens are alive with color! There’s still plenty to do in the garden, and your friends at Gurney’s are always here to help. In fact, because we love you, we just released a ton of new summer gardening videos over on our YouTube [...]

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Get your paws on a Pawpaw Tree!

Pawpaw trees are an interesting specimen, and one of my favorites. The trees grow 15-30 ft. tall, and their foliage is a dark, deep green. The fruit is similar to bananas, but mushier and with a bolder flavor. But unlike banana trees, pawpaw trees don’t have to be grown in a warm or tropical climate. We grow pawpaw trees here in Ohio in both full sun and full shade, and they perform quite well each [...]

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Strawberry Fields Forever, Part I

Few things trigger memories pleasant memories like a handful of plump, juicy strawberries. Their appeal doesn’t stop with taste, though. A perennial garden favorite, strawberries also offer pretty white flowers and unique foliage, making them perfect as a ground cover. They’re affordable, too; a well-maintained strawberry patch offers harvests year after year at very little [...]

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How to Grow Blueberry Plants in a Container

It’s Earth Day, 2010, tomorrow! If you’re as excited as me, you probably want run out and plant something right now, such as a tree, a shrub or maybe even some [...]

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Attracting Good Bugs to Your Garden!

Gurney’s Beneficial Bug Blend! This superior blend of flowers and herbs has been specially formulated to attract beneficial insects to your garden. [...]

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Home Sweet Home - How to Grow Fruit Indoors!

I’ve always had luck with run-of-the-mill tropical houseplants, but I had no idea that growing fruit indoors would be just as easy! And there’s nothing like biting into fruit you’ve picked fresh off your plant…in early [...]

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New Gurney's YouTube Videos!

We’re super excited here at Gurney’s, because we just released a ton of new Spring Gardening Videos over on our YouTube channel! Hosted by Felix, our leading horticultural expert, the new videos cover topics ranging from spring pruning to winter clean up! We show you how to prune peach trees, apple trees, bush cherry trees, grape vines, blackberry plants, pear trees, and more! We talk about container gardening, indoor citrus care tips, and even [...]

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Grow Up! - The Vertical Vegetable Garden

Do you picture a typical vegetable garden as a vast area, with neat rows stretching to the horizon? Well, it doesn’t have to be that way. If your garden area is limited, you can save space by doing something your mother probably told you– “Grow [...]

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Foxglove

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) delivers a striking yet classic display of bell-shaped florets in a variety of bright colors and pastels. Hardy in zones 3-8, foxglove offers the best of both worlds by attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, while resisting most diseases and pests. [...]

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The Minimalist Garden: Vegetable Seeds

Fresh veggies have lots of advantages. You know where they came from, you know what was put on them, and you will never get anything fresher. Ideally, you’ll want to start them from seed, so that you can be in complete control of your garden edibles. That’s why we’re focusing on vegetable [...]

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