Throughout history people have developed clever ways to store and serve salt. Our own Dryden potter, Mark Roberson, is crafting his own version of the traditional Scottish “salt pig”—a form based on a “hooded” earthenware container that would help absorb moisture from the air and keep salt from clumping. From individual “dips” to cellars and shakers, crocks and “pigs”, the storing and serving of salt was important, but why? These days it’s easy to take salt for granted, but a

At Dedrick’s we always strive to have the best selection of plants available but for the next week—over the Memorial Day weekend—we have the largest inventory of flowers and bedding plants of the entire year! New stock is arriving several times a week so you’ll always find something new. From mixed hanging baskets in full flower with amazing combinations of colors and forms to potted specimens ready for you to plant into your own beds and pots, now is the time to come and str

How in the world could Pansies possibly have anything in common with the stunning Netflix series Bridgerton? Well, as it happens, our modern Pansies—one of the earliest spots of colors in spring gardens—evolved from violas and violets. Today Pansies are a common sight but at the beginning of the 1800’s these colorful flowers didn’t even exist. It’s thanks to the enthusiasm of two British plant enthusiasts of the Regency Era—Lady Mary Elizabeth Bennet and Lord Gambier—that we