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Plant care, DIY projects, stories, and more.

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Keeping Your Annuals Going into Autumn
Keeping Your Annuals Going into Autumn

As August winds down here in the Mid-Ohio Valley, it can feel like the best of the summer color is behind us. It isn’t. Those petunias, begonias, vinca, impatiens, marigolds, and coleus still have weeks of good looks left if we give them a little extra attention.

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Corena's Kitchen

Inspiration fresh from the garden and local kitchens.

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Independence Day Cupcakes

A light fluffy cupcake filled with cool vanilla pudding offers a light alternative to a traditional cupcake. Substitute applesauce for a healthy alternative to shortening.

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Spiced Roasted Okra with Mini Peppers

For this simple yet delicious spiced roasted okra with mini peppers recipe, fresh okra and sweet mini peppers are perfectly roasted with a blend of aromatic spices, creating a flavorful and easy-to-make summer side dish.

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Creamy Garlic Pasta

As far as creamy pasta recipes, this is the best I have ever had. Add shrimp or scallops to make an amazing seafood Alfredo.

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Bob’s LIVE

LIVE Show Thursday Afternoon at 2 PM

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2026 Garden of The Year
2026 Garden of The Year

In this week’s episode, John announces the 2026 Garden of The Year and takes a look at our mum crop!

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Uncle Jim’s Almanac

Monthly Garden Advice for The Mid-Ohio Valley

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August 2026
August 2026

Let’s get ready for August gardening. We’ve blended Mid-Ohio Valley know-how, WVU Extension tips, and plenty of dirt-under-the-fingernails experience into week-by-week tasks.

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8.15.26 - Storm Recovery
8.15.26 - Storm Recovery

If the recent storms rolled through your place the way they did for many of us, this is a good week to walk the garden with a clear eye. A little cleanup now helps everything recover faster and keeps the garden healthier heading into the second half of summer.

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Bob’s Wholesale Division 

Ranked among the ten largest wholesale seedling growers in the United States, Bob’s Market and Greenhouses, Inc. has a comprehensive wholesale product offering.  Since 1998 we have been an exclusive grower for Ball Seed.  Seedlings can be shipped using our own fleet of trucks, palletized freight, and UPS Next Day Air.

 

We also specialize in growing a number of wholesale bedding crops, vegetative annuals, hanging baskets, and seasonal crops like mums and poinsettias.  Wholesale finished crops can be shipped to your business on our fleet of trucks or picked up at our wholesale facilities in Mason or Pittsburgh.

 

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