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BIG Changes at Ridgeview Garden Centre

It’s not often a business gets the opportunity to re-invent itself but that’s exactly the opportunity being afforded to us with the recent announcement of the new Grimsby/Beamsville/Smithville public High school. Slated for completion in 2020, our re-invention comes in much sooner with a target of Spring 2019. How are the two related you might ask? If you’ve seen the recent news coverage you know that our fair towns will be graced with Board of Education […]

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Proper Care of a Real Christmas Tree

Uncategorized / RidgeView

So you’ve made the choice to purchase a real christmas tree. They are truly a great option and really inspire a feeling of Christmas with their fresh crisp scent filling the air in your home, and their needles filling your socks! Well the last part can be a not so pleasant side effect further aggravated by improper care which will cause a tree to drop its foliage long before its time. I’m going to take

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Building an Evergreen Wreath

Instructional / RidgeView

There are a lot of different wreath forms you can use as the base of your wreath. It really depends on the actual type of look you are going for. A styrofoam wreath form is well suited to plastic or silk flowers or wreaths where you are gluing the media to the base, for instance christmas ball or pine cone wreaths. But when using fresh evergreen boughs there are two key types of forms that

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What’s Bugging You? Potato Beetles

Garden Tips, Pest Control / RidgeView

Potato Beetles are garden killers, both the adult and larval forms chew leaves and can completely defoliate an entire crop. Not discerning, potato beetles will enjoy other plants in your garden including tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. The adults are about 1/3″ and yellowish-orange with black stripes on their wings and black spots behind the head. The larvae about half the size of the adults are red with black head and legs, and become yellowish-red or

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What’s Bugging You? Wasps!

Garden Tips / RidgeView

Have you seen them? They’re everywhere, buzzing about, getting into your picnic, generally just being a nuisance. WASPS!! Ugh, being allergic I’m especially adverse to these winged bugs and unlike our friend the honeybee who is naturally a pollinator, wasps are predators first and can sting multiple times before their demise. As August turns to September the larvae are beginning to hatch meaning juveniles on the loose with little to do (think bored teenagers –

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Author name: RidgeView

BIG Changes at Ridgeview Garden Centre

Proper Care of a Real Christmas Tree

Building an Evergreen Wreath

What’s Bugging You? Potato Beetles

What’s Bugging You? Wasps!

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