How to use Nematodes in your garden
What are nematodes? Nematodes, commonly referred to as roundworms, are microscopic, unsegmented worms that exhibit a simple, tubular body structure....
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Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Blog
By E Hollister / May 25, 2014
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...
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By E Hollister / May 20, 2014
All about melons – How to grow muskmelons and watermelons
Confession time: I used to be a melon drop-out. Each year I would happily place a few melon plants in...
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By E Hollister / May 18, 2014
Some like it hot: How to grow radishes
Ravishing pink and red globes are sliced open to reveal a gorgeous, crisp white inside, with a spice and bite...
Read More By Lauren Karch / May 5, 2014
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...
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By Lauren Karch / April 14, 2014
Growing Okra Plants
While I do enjoy a structured, planned out garden - with perennial beds here, and neat rows of vegetables over...
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By Lauren Karch / March 31, 2014
“Aubergine,” or eggplant, is surprisingly easy to grow
The word, “aubergine” rolled of the tongue of our neighbor much easier than it did mine. I can remember the...
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By Lauren Karch / March 24, 2014
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...
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By Lauren Karch / March 19, 2014
Going underground: How I found success with carrots
With as much as I love carrots- and the bags we eat of them every week- you’d think I’d have...
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By Lauren Karch / March 10, 2014
Guide to Growing Herbs Indoors
I’ve grown herbs since my college days when I grew tomatoes and basil on the porch of my apartment. Herb...
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By Lauren Karch / March 3, 2014
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...
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By Lauren Karch / February 24, 2014
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...
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By Lauren Karch / February 10, 2014
All about…Broccoli
True story- last December I harvested Broccoli, in the snow, for Christmas Eve dinner. It was my second year of...
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By Lauren Karch / February 6, 2014
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...
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By Lauren Karch / January 27, 2014
All About….Asparagus
For Mother’s Day in 2012 I received ten 1-year old Jersey Knight asparagus plants. I was insanely excited as I...
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By Lauren Karch / January 21, 2014
How Do Beans Grow? A Guide to Growing Beans
Often the very first plants many of us grow from seeds are beans. Preschoolers carefully plant them and water them,...
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By Lauren Karch / January 9, 2014
Gardening with Kids
I have a little picture on my office desk of my oldest daughter many years ago, standing in her little...
Read MoreCompanion Gardening & Companion Planting
I’d like to share an early gardening memory with you. My grandfather loved homegrown tomatoes, and every summer he had...
Read MoreSquare Foot Gardening
Forget rows- it’s time to get square! For many of us, planting a vegetable garden is habit, a process passed...
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By E Hollister / December 10, 2013
Seed Starting with Gurney’s
As the first snows dust the ground and I pull the last of my harvest from the ground- a stray...
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By E Hollister / December 3, 2013
Fall Gardening Reflections
Thanksgiving, for many of us gardeners, is a time to enjoy the last fruits of our harvest. Squash, beets, broccoli...
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