Agriculture

The summer season is just around the corner. The past few months of spring have been quite interesting as far as the weather goes. So far, we experienced summertime heat of 80 degrees and above temperatures, and cool if not downright cold mornings with frosty windshields.

DEFIANCE — A global leader in the production of specialty chemical solutions has announced plans to construct a new plant in Northwest Ohio where it can better serve the Eastern Great Lakes region.

I have a stone driveway that has weeds growing amongst the stones. In my opinion, the weeds annoy me and gives my driveway an unkempt appearance. My normal course of action is to spray the weeds with an herbicide to kill the unwanted plants.

Farmers are bringing garden freshness to downtown Bowling Green every Wednesday.

Mother’s Day brings back fond memories. Before I was employed with the Ohio State University Extension in Wood County, I was a commercial greenhouse grower in the Toledo area. I remember growing bedding plants such as petunias, marigolds, geraniums, alyssum, snapdragons and impatiens to name a few. Our greenhouse team would sell these as flats, container plants and hanging baskets.

FOSTORIA — AgCredit – one of northern Ohio’s largest lenders for farmers, rural homeowners and agribusiness – has launched their Feed the Farmer initiative.

Gardens go hand-in-hand with Mother’s Day and there are a lot of last-minute buying options around Wood County.

PERRYSBURG — The Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society will be holding their 25th Annual Perennial Plant Sale on May 21 at Walt Churchill’s Market parking lot on 26625 N. Dixie Hwy.

Bowling Green FFA kicked off 2022 with planning and fundraising for the chapter’s philanthropic event-Bobcat-A-Thon.

Now is the time to apply pre-emergent herbicides to prevent weed seeds from developing and growing into mature plants in our lawns.