It’s that time of year when you need to be thinking of all those visitors that may be coming to your front door. The last thing anyone needs is a slippery sidewalk or drive way.

Trust me; everyone from the mailman to the pizza-delivery guy will be thanking you for a clean walkway.

Try an ice-melter this winter for fewer slips and falls.

Diamond Crystal Winter Melt (50 pound bag)

• Rock Salt/Halite (natural mineral)
• Works to 5° Fahrenheit
• Economical & efficient
• High Capacity ice melter
• Helps provide instant traction
• Blend of large and small melting crystals

Peladow (50 pound bag)

• Works as low as -25° Fahrenheit
• Premiere snow & ice melter
• Calcium chloride pellets
• Generates heat on contact with snow and ice accelerating the melting process
• Economical because you can use less and melt more.

Mag – High Performance Melter (50 pound bag)

• Works as low as -13° Fahrenheit
• Magnesium Chloride
• Safer for People, Pets, Concrete & Environment
• Very low toxicity, won’t burn or irritate skin
• Safer for plants – Magnesium is a common ingredient in fertilizers
• Won’t leave powder residue on floors and carpets

Safe-T Pet (8lb Jug)

• Works below 15º Fahrenheit
• Veterinarian approved
• Chloride-free, Non-toxic
• Better for plants and concrete than regular salt
• Colored pellets provide clear visibility

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The very best way to attract birds is to offer them the kinds of foods they would find and consume in nature, and that starts with offering bird-friendly plants.

TREES: Hackberry, White Spruce, White Pine, Red & Sugar Maples, River Birch, Hornbeam, Flowering Crabs, European Spindle Tree (Eastern Wahoo), Pagoda Dogwood, Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, Black Hills Spruce, White Spruce, Colorado Spruce, White Pine, English Oak, Regal Prince Oak, Bald Cypress, Ironwood Tree (Hop-Hornbeam), Norway Spruce, Flowering Dogwoods, Sweet Gum, Black Gum, Sassafras, Chokecherry, Japanese Tree Lilac

SHRUBS: Golden Elderberry, Black Lace Elderberry, Serviceberry, Beauty Berry, Western Arborvitae, Hemlock, Button Bush, Cotoneasters, Vernal & Common Witch-Hazel, Red & Yellow Winterberry, Arrow Wood Viburnum, Nanny Berry Viburnum, Black Haw Viburnum, American Cranberry Bush Viburnum, Red Chokeberry, Summer Sweet, Spice Bush, Bayberry, Barberry, Fragrant Sumac, Snowberry, Cardinal Candy Viburnum, Blue Muffin Viburnum, Witherod Viburnum, Black Haw Viburnum, Michael Dodge Linden Viburnum, Winterthur Viburnum, Molly Schroeder Viburnum, Tea Viburnum, Pink Beauty Viburnum, C.A. Hildebrandt’s Wrightii Viburnum, Blueberries, Junipers, Japanese Yew, Eastern Arborvitae, Gray Dogwood, Stag Horn Sumac, Rose of Sharon, Lead Plant (False Indigo), Hollies

GRASSES: Northern Sea Oats Grass, Dallas Blues Switch Grass, North Wind Switch Grass, Flame Grass, Little Zebra Grass, Little Bluestem Grass

The Rock Pile also carries countless PERENNIALS for attracting songbirds, hummingbirds and butterflies!  Check them out for yourself!

Mosquito Beater

Now is the time of year when we can start enjoying our backyards. Unfortunately, it is also the time of year we share our yards with the flying hypodermic needle – the mosquito. We need not surrender to these bloodsuckers. There are ways for us to claim back our yards simply by applying Mosquito Beater to our outdoor areas one hour before it is occupied will help keep it mosquito-free. It comes in a ready-to-use container that will treat up to 4,000 square feet. Best to apply when air movement is light to medium. It is an all-natural product with a pleasant scent. Depending on weather conditions it can last up to 3 weeks. With the wet May we have had, the mosquito population will be large.

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Mosquito Dunks

A product for using on mosquitoes before they bite.

Mosquito Dunks are a biological mosquito control that floats on water and will keep on working for 30 days or longer under typical environmental conditions. While floating, they slowly release a long term biological mosquito larvicide which gradually settles in the water where it is eaten by the mosquito larvae growing there. It can be used in all types of containerized standing water sites (except finished, treated drinking water), where mosquito larvae grow.

Use one dunk for up to 100 square feet of water surface, regardless of depth. They can be used whole or broken into portions and applied to containerized standing water found near the home such as:

Animal watering troughs

Bird baths

Flower pots

Rain barrels and roof gutters

Unused swimming pools

Old tires

Water gardens

Tree holes

They can be anchored by using a string tied through the center hold, or they can be staked in place to prevent them from being washed away.

A tropical-looking bird, they arrive late in spring and leave early in autumn. The name “tanager’ comes from a South American Tupi Indian word meaning any small, brightly colored bird. A striking black-winged red bird, the Scarlet Tanager is a common species of the eastern forest interior. Despite its brilliant coloring it is often overlooked because of its rather secretive behavior and its preference for the forest canopy. This beautiful bird will eat insects and spiders, some earthworms, and fruits. If you are lucky, you may catch a glimpse of this amazing summer bird!

Click below to hear the Scarlet Tanager

Plantskydd was developed in Sweden in 1991 to protect tree plantations being decimated by deer, moose and rabbits -while also meeting strict environmental laws. It is equally effective protecting flowers, fruit trees, gardens, ornamental shrubs, conifer and broad leaf plants. It is now Made in the USA from 100% natural ingredients: dried blood (porcine and/or bovine), vegetable oil and water. Plantskydd repels deer, rabbits, voles, chipmunks, squirrels, opossum, and even elk & moose! For more information stop into the store!

Sweeney’s All Out & All Season

Sweeney’s is a leader in developing safe and effective home pest control products. All Out Deer & Rabbit Repellent provides time released action, is resistance to rain and has minimal order to humans. Gardeners will appreciate the extended effectiveness the time-released formula provides. Additionally, field and lab trials show the repellent is 100 percent effective even after three days of rain. Regular watering won’t wash off the formula either, one of the hassles typically associated with Deer and Rabbit Repell.

All Season Weatherproof Deer Repellent provides all season protection. A single application in the spring protects sprouting plants and new growth for the entire growing season. This repellent is orderless to humans, safe for vegetable gardens, non-toxic and organic and safe to use around children and pets. The repellent is continuously released from repellent station, triggering a deer’s instinct to avoid predator activity. The best part is you only have to apply this product once for an entire season of protection!

At The Rock Pile we have always carried animals repellents for those customers who have issues with Deer, rabbits and other critters getting into their gardens and around their homes. The best way to prevent unwanted animals is to occasionally rotate the repellents you use. That way, these pests won’t get used to a particular product.

100% Chicken Manure

Now in, Chickity Doo Doo!  Now just $11.99  for a 25 pound Bag.  CLICK HERE to learn more about this new product!

Welcome to the new Rock Pile website. We are still under heavy construction and we apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience. Please email rockpileweb@therockpile.com with any issues.

Please email me with any questions or problems.

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