Right now is the optimal time to prune your fruit trees. You want to prune during the winter while fruit trees are dormant; however, you should avoid pruning when temperatures are below freezing. The key to keeping trees looking beautiful and productive is annual pruning.
Read MoreIn this blog post we're going to have "the talk", discuss "the birds and the bees", you know … sex! Sexual reproduction is actually how we get fruit.
Read MoreHere at Bob’s we stock a wide selection of containerized trees. Choosing the right tree for your landscape can be a tough choice. Are you looking for a fruit tree, shade tree, or beautiful blooms? However, once you get your tree home, planting it takes some elbow grease, but the process is quite simple.
Read MoreIt’s fall. Here at Bob’s this means three things – pansies, mums, and apples. Apples are pretty amazing. We owe modern apples to central Asian farmers thousands of years ago who first domesticated apples. However, we can look a little closer to home when it comes to the most popular varieties of apples today. Two popular varieties have their origin right here in West Virginia. Grimes Golden and Golden Delicious, West Virginia’s official state fruit. In 2013, the Golden Delicious was one of four apple varieties featured on 33-cent stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
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