GYHG Seed Co. Blog

  • Grow Your Health Gardening Achieves February Star Seller Second Consecutive Month in a Row

    by Erin Castillo

    Grow Your Health Gardening (GYHG) Seed Co. has been identified as February Star Seller on Etsy for the second consecutive month of 2022.

    To achieve "Star Seller of the Month" status, orders had a perfect score offering on-time shipping guidelines 100% of the time (a one day turn-around with USPS tracking on every order), communication response within 24 hours was 100% of the time, and Grow Your Health Gardening Seed Co. received 100% 5-Star Ratings from customers who received their seed orders. We provide the same wonderful service on our online store! (Which is our primary store.) 

    Here’s some of what our customers are saying about Grow Your Health Gardener Seed Co.’s service and quality grow with organic methods seeds... 

  • In Memory of Mom...

    by Erin Castillo
    In honor of Mom we are giving 15% off on all seeds (no order minimum) in the seed shop if you enter the code “INMEMORYOFMOM” at check out today (1/...

  • Grow Your Health Gardening Seed Co. featured as January 2022 Star Seller of the Month on Etsy

    by Erin Castillo
    Grow Your Health Gardening (GYHG) Seed Co. was identified as Star Seller on Etsy for January 2022. To achieve Star Seller of the Month status, orde...
    Posted in Etsy, Star Seller

  • USPS to Raise Rates Soon: Order $35 or more and get free shipping with tracking

    by Erin Castillo
    Just a friendly reminder that the United States Postal Service (USPS) will be raising their rates yet again and the new rates will go into effect ...

  • Stop! Don't burn those leaves!

    by Erin Castillo
    Stop! Don’t burn those leaves! November 2, 2021 By Erin Castillo The dazzling display of crimson and orange as autumn summons the changes in the co...

  • Open Field Disclaimer

    by Erin Castillo
    Although we take all precautions, be advised that our seeds are open field and hand pollinated, meaning they have access to bees, moths, and wind....

  • 8 things you should know about GMOs and how it affects our food supply

    by Erin Castillo
    With genetically modified organisms (GMOs), we risk transforming our food into a patented commodity controlled by a few multinationals, and stripp...
    Posted in gmo, seed quality

  • Have you connected with your local County Extension Office?

    by Erin Castillo
    Have you connected with your local County Extension Office? They’re a great resource for inexpensive and accurate soil tests and free gardening advice through their Master Gardeners Volunteer program. You can...
    Posted in gardening tips, seed

  • Seed selection matters — we save seed of only the best!

    by Erin Castillo
    I know it doesn’t look like much, but this is our pile of tomatoes that did not meet the standards for our seed stock. There is nothing wrong with ...
    Posted in micro dwarf, quality control, saving, seed, small, tiny tomatoes, tomatoes

  • Don’t miss special film screening on importance of seeds: “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva”

    by Erin Castillo

    “Food is a weapon. When you sell real weapons you control armies. When you control food you control society. But, when you control seed, you control life on earth.”

    — Vandana Shiva, Activist and one of the pioneers of the Global Seed Movement

    Posted in seed, seed saving, seed security

  • World Record Tomatoes Start with Good Seed

    by Erin Castillo
    Barbara Pleasant, gardening author, shares the importance of good seed stock. Do you know who grew the seed you now use? Does it matter? We think so. See why...
    Posted in big, breaking, good, record, seed, tomatoes