Monthly Archives: September 2008

Firewood for Sale

We are now selling firewood!  We have prime hardwood firewood which comes from Rice County – oak, hard maple, hickory, ironwood, and black ash.  It has been cut, split, stacked and dried for two years!   We have found that by drying the wood for two years, performance in an open fireplace is far superior and creosote [...]

Autumn Blaze Maple

We are often asked what a good tree would be for a site – usually the customer would like a fast growing tree – beautiful fall color – they don’t have the best of soil conditions, etc.   Almost without hesitation we can recommend the Autumn Blaze Maple. The Autumn Blaze Maple is the most popular [...]

Plants for Fall Color

Leif’s article in last week’s Northfield News addressed the many different plants that put on a color show in the fall.  Read on…. “In a difficult real estate market it can be an advantage to be able to show prospective buyers that the house you have for sale has some appealing features that set it [...]

Fall Sale is On!!

We have officially started our fall sale.   All plants are at least 30% off and many are at 50% off.  There are shade trees, ornamental trees, evergreen trees all available and in all sizes and price ranges.  We still have availability on most varieties of shrubs – with a few having sold out for the [...]

Trees Donated to the Old Memorial Field Park

We recently donated 12 trees to the Old Memorial Field Park (swimming pool site) here in Northfield.  Each year we like to donate trees to a park or public place here in Northfield.  This picture shows our landscape crew, Jim Westlund, Richard Middleton and Todd Marnie finishing the planting of one of the trees. This [...]

Spring Bulbs are Here!

Our spring bulb assortment just arrived!  We have tulips, daffodils, narcissi, hyacinth, crocus, allium, muscari and scilla bulbs ready for your fall planting.  These will add a riot of color to your spring garden.  We have tulips in several colors including a two toned maroon and gold – the Northfield school colors!  We also have [...]

Labor Day Weekend Hours

Yes – we’re open the whole weekend.  Our hours on Saturday are 8 to 5, from 10 to 4 on Sunday and we’ll be here on Labor Day from 8 am till 5pm. Share this:ShareFacebookEmail