The Victory Garden- Planning the Plot Planning your garden may be the most challenging part of your food independence journey, but our Willow Ridge experts are always here to guide you. Vegetables…so many choices and those glossy seed catalogs make you want to plant one of everything, right? Unusual varieties like white tomatoes or scorching…
Melting The Ice: Rock Salt vs Ice Melt Rock Salt vs Ice Melt, What’s the difference? They both do the same thing, right? Well the answer is not that cut and dry. Yes, they will both melt ice, but the product you choose to protect your property depends on your specific needs. You need to…
Color for the Dormant Landscape The growing season is full of beautiful flowering plants in any garden. But the dormant season is rather bleak with several months of gray skies and bare limbs. The winter garden can come alive with subtle colors by combining needled and broadleaf evergreens, plants with textured or brightly colored bark,…
Fall Perennial Planning Fall is a great time to check your perennial garden and take a few notes on what is doing well and what’s not. Look at the existing planting and see how they are performing. Did everything bloom well, and last a long time? Did some die out early, get too tall for…