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How to Grow and Care for Asparagus

I love picking asparagus straight from the garden and eating it fresh. It’s one of the best reminders of spring turning to summer. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable that can produce annual springtime harvests for up to 20 years, following an initial three-year period while the bed gets established after planting. It’s a popular vegetable, so I’m sure many of you are growing it in your gardens. That’s why I’ve come up with some general facts and care tips about asparagus: [...]

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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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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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Eat Your Greens!

You likely heard it from your mother when you were a child: “Eat your greens! They’re good for you!” If only we listened to our [...]

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Hybrid vs. Heirloom Tomatoes

So you want to grow tomatoes, but you don’t know where to start. With so many different varieties, it can be a bit confusing at first. But once you get the hang of it, you’ll be planting tomato seeds and plants with ease in no [...]

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Nonna’s Prize Tomato

Take my word for it; this is the richest-flavored tomato you will ever grow! It resembles an heirloom tomato in looks, but grows like hybrid, which is something I’ve personally always looked for in a tomato [...]

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Treated Seed: Corn and Peas

Treated seed is so much easier to grow, because it has a hard coating to enhance germination and plant strength. All of our pea seed and sweet corn seed varieties are treated, including customer favorite, Gotta Have it Hybrid Sweet [...]

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NEW Gurney's Vegetable and Flower Seed Site!

Today Gurney’s Seed & Nursery has launched a brand new web site! You can find it at www.VegetableAndFlowerSeeds.com. It’s a one-stop-shop for all your vegetable and flower seed needs! [...]

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November Gardening Reminders

In some regions, gardeners are finding that it’s just too cold to be outside. Don’t spend the season mourning the loss of your summer garden, [...]

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Welcome to Gurney's Blog!

This is our new company blog, where we’ll be posting gardening tips, product announcements and exclusive special offers from [...]

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