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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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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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The Minimalist Garden: Herbs, Part I

In terms of grower satisfaction, it’s hard to beat herbs. If you have limited time and space, herbs give you more for less than anything else you can grow. Just one or two leaves of the right herb can completely transform a salad, pasta dish or stew. Best of all, they are easy to grow and immune to most [...]

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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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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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