Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Hope everyone enjoyed a blessed Easter with family and friends. Lots of Easter egg hunts occurred in the Valley last weekend. Backyard gardeners are getting excited to plant warm season vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and squash. This week I ...
(AP) — Asparagus isn’t the most common vegetable among home gardeners, and that’s likely because growing it is an exercise in patience. But three years of patience is a small price to pay for up to 20 years of relatively effortless tender green shoots. If you’ve never seen an ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Happy Easter to everyone! I know that we have received a lot of rain over the last couple weeks and the temperatures have been a bit chilly, but warmer weather is on the way. There is still time to start seeds at home for our favorite warm ...
Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. After a warm and dry March, the weather has turned cold on us for a few days here in the second week of April. There is still time to prune fruit trees and plant some cool season vegetables. April 11 is Arbor Day here in West Virginia. It is ...
(AP) — Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a less common category of plants that’s also worth knowing: native spring ephemerals. Compared to most garden plants, ephemerals are fleeting, but ...
Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Spring is definitely here! The forsythia is out in full bloom, along with some other early flowering ornamental trees. Unfortunately, this includes the Callery pear. This invasive tree has spread across the Mid-Ohio Valley. I will provide some ...
