Seeds Blog

In the middle of winter, when we’ve been stuck inside for months, it is easy to get excited about gardening. On that first warm day of spring, everyone is outside and ready to enjoy seeing nature come back to life....

Here are some great crops that thrive in Lancaster’s climate and soil: Spanish Onions – those delicate, sweet, round yellow onions are best planted from onion sets. They need well-drained and composted soil, full sun, and nitrogen fertilizer. The more...

The short answer is sometimes, but the rewards can be delicious, nutritious and inspiring. There are as many different flower, fruit and vegetable varieties as there are different kinds of gardeners . . . from the ones that till and...

White, yellow, and bi-color sweet corn suggestions: The time has finally come for planting sweet corn and we would like to suggest a few of our top performing varieties. If you prefer white sweet corn, we highly recommend our Avalon...

Every year brings exciting changes, especially with regards to seeds! We have added 13 new varieties to our lineup and they are sure to not disappoint. Rutgers 250 Tomato. This heirloom variety was developed by Rutgers University to bring back...

Last year we installed raised beds in our small kitchen garden.  We had access to free, HUGE beams and the ability to construct them (thanks, Dad!) so it seemed crazy not to add them.  When they went in, we found...

By this time of year most gardeners have planned and re-planned (and, possibly re-re-planned) their vegetable gardens for the season.  Every square foot has been designated for your vegetables of choice.  However, if, like me, you find yourself with a...

This season we included peppers in our trials - mainly because one of our old standard bell peppers is soon to be discontinued.  In hopes of finding a suitable replacement, we planted out 11 varieties of sweet bell peppers.  ...

Every year we trial a different group of plants.  This was the year of the carrot.  I know, once you had one carrot your have had them all.  We found this is not true at all!   All carrots were...