Build Your Own Rain Barrel Class!

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May 092013
 

B.Y.O.B-Build Your Own Barrel Workshop

Saturday June 8th 1-3PM

only $100 and you leave with an AWESOME Rain Barrel!

  • How would you like to save hundreds of $$ on your summer water bill? One of our customers saved over $350 last summer just by using FREE rain water instead of her garden hose!
  • Tired of those HIGH water bills?
  • Want larger healthier plants and more veggies?

Come join us for a couple hours Saturday afternoon and you will take home a fully assembled rain barrel, with instructions on how to paint and decorate it. Learn where to best place your barrel, how to install your diverter, and the many uses for rain water besides just water plants!

What else can YOU use rain water for? Anything you would normally use your garden hose for!

Wash the dog or the car, fill the pond or top off the pool, power wash the deck, house or driveway, and of course use the water for your flower beds and vegetable gardens!

And in an emergency…you have water for any of your needs!

Bonus Composting Class

After the class, we will have a quick Composting Class. Hang around and learn how to make your own compost. Turn all of your yard and kitchen scraps into beautiful nutrient rich SOIL!! We will show you how to make your own DIRT in as little as 4 weeks. We will also teach you how to make compost in a pile, a bin or in a cylinder.

Call The Rock Pile or stop in to register
800-448-3478

Class run by Rain Barrels N’ More, check out their website.

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Tea Party & Grass Seed Seminar Saturday!

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Mar 112013
 

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Saturday, March 16th 1pm

 

An awesome selection of tea with a lovely hostess!

The Rock Pile is having a Tea Party hosted by Kim Plzak, tea enthusiast and wonderful person. We’re terribly excited about the upcoming opening of our new cafe, where we will serve excellent tea and we just can’t wait to show it off to everyone.

On Saturday, March 16th Kim will walk us all through the simple, yet important steps of making a great cup of tea and explain a bit about the different types of tea and why you’ll love drinking real tea!

About Bec’s Teas

“Our business is to provide the freshest and best tasting tea in thoughtful and unique packages. We start with loose leaf that is bought from very reputable and conscientious suppliers. Our teas, tisanes, yerbe mate, and rooibos are then hand packed and hand wrapped.”

 

Grass Seed Seminar!

Ask the expert! Saturay, March 16th 10am

 

Are you stuck on where to start to get to a great lawn? You’re not alone, but we can help! Join us Saturday, March 16th at 10am to learn all you wanted to know about grass seed!

Sidewalk Sale! Aug 6-Aug 12

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Aug 062012
 

Our Sidewalk Sale is in full swing! Don’t miss out on some of these awesome deals:

30% off

10% Off Statuary

50% off Pots

Decorative Trees & More!

Aqua Rock

Blueberry Bushes 30% off

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Check out more details here: Sidewalk Sale Email

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Bird of the Month: Blue Jay

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Oct 252010
 

This large bright blue and white bird features a crest on it’s head that moves up and down at will. Unlike many of our backyard birds there is little difference between the male and female and the juvenile is the same as the adult only duller. Some people love seeing this bird for it’s beauty but other don’t like it because it can scare off other backyard birds. The Blue Jay has been known to scream like a hawk to scatter birds at a feeder before approaching it. This bird is also one of the few birds to catch food and will occasionally eat eggs or young birds from the nest of other birds, but this is pretty rare. Jays are birds of forest edges. A favorite food is acorns so they are often found near oaks. They glean insects and take nuts and seeds in trees, shrubs, and on the ground and will also eat grains. One of their favorites to eat from a feeding station is peanuts! Try offering splits, or even straight peanut in the shell! These birds are known for their intelligence and complex social systems with tight family bonds. They store food in caches to eat later and their fondness for acorns is credited with helping spread oak trees after the last glacial period.

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