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!

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

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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