Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Blog

Often the very first plants many of us grow from seeds are beans. Preschoolers carefully plant them and water them,...

As the first snows dust the ground and I pull the last of my harvest from the ground- a stray...

5 ways to enjoy Homegrown Beets It’s the end of harvest time, and as you pull the last of your...

Having been raised in the city, nobody taught me how to garden.  When I moved to a home on 4...

I love this warm weather, full of the great periods of rain that we have been having. It has been...

Felix posted this recipe to our blog a few years ago - a black currant sorbet with a secret ingredient...

Jim Carrey must’ve hated vegetables as a kid, maybe he still does, and I bet he reminiscences gulping down a plate-full whenever he’s required to look obnoxious onscreen! I hated most vegetables myself; I’ll bet you did too!

Grafted tomatoes might just appear bigger than the regular ones, but there’s more to them than their large size- grafted tomatoes are tomatoes with super powers! They have a faster growth rate, great vigor and excellent resistance to diseases.

Easy on the eye, and to maintain, Clover is a wonderful choice for ground covers. Clover plants have an inherent resistance to weeds and the ability to thrive in poorly drained, shady locales, conditions, that few other plants can survive in.