Mountain Gardener with Ken Lain

In this episode, Ken Lain, The  Mountain Gardener shares all 5 types of roses and how to grow better bloomers. The best varieties of roses are found at Watters Garden Center in spring, but there are so many. In this show, we explain all 5 varieties and how to grow better flowers on each bush. You will be a rose blooming pro after this week's show. Listen to Ken Lain's weekly gardener pod...

Block a neighbor from view with these garden tips and tricks that give privacy fast. We cover the plants and how to blend them together for fast, safe, garden friends screens butterflies and birds will enjoy as much as you do. You will be a garden pro, after this week's show. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Ca...

Watters Garden Center and Ken Lain cover the best tomato varieties, water techniques, and foods for a better, larger harvest this year. Mountain tomatoes can be tricky to grow with the same flavor from your youth. After this week's show, you will be a Vegetable growing pro. https://www.wattersgardencenter.com/ Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ke...

The trees of spring announce the arrival of the planting season. We cover the best of the best bloomers showing off this spring. You have a showy list of trees that are fragrant, colorful, and easy to grow in your backyard. You will be a blooming tree pro after this week's show. Check out Watters Garden Center Website at: https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/e/brightest-blooming-trees-of-s...

If you want better fruit trees, more shade, brighter lilacs, or any tree, shrub, or vine in the yard, you need to plant it right.  After this show, you will know exactly how to plant for better success this year and years to come.  You will be a garden pro after this week's show. Check out the Watters Garden Center Website at: https://wattersgardencenter.com/ Listen to Mountain Gardener on Ca...

What Triggers Plants to Bloom and Grow in Spring? Ken Lain, our Mountain Gardener of Watters Garden Center of Prescott, AZ. answers this question. LISTEN IN. Early spring shrubs announce their arrival in bright pink, yellow and red colors. Waves of blossoms progress through summer. Why do some plants wake up early from their deciduous slumber? How do you protect early spring flowers from snow and...

There's an art to beautiful landscapes that draw you to the outdoors.  In this show, we go deep into the right designs that comfort, feed and encourage a healthy lifestyle in the gardens.  You will be a garden design pro after this week's show. Mountain Gardener Website PRESCOTT PODCAST NETWORK FACEBOOK Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-...

Ready, set, grow! Late winter is the ideal window to start wildflower seed outdoors, but you can’t just chuck them in the landscape and expect success. We share all the local tips that ensure these bloomers blossom beautifully. You’ll know the best seed, soils, food, and techniques that bring on the color this spring. Watters Garden Center Website: https://wattersgardencenter.com/ Follow CAST11 Po...

Garden soil is the key to success, especially with fruit and flowering plants. In this show, you will have an exact recipe for garden soil the grows better plants this spring. You will be a Grow Pro after this show! Watters Garden Center Website: https://wattersgardencenter.com/ CAST11  is central Arizona's podcast network covering the top news and events happening in the region (Prescott, Pr...

This is the ideal season to prune the trees, shrubs, and roses in the yard for better spring blooms. In this show, we cover perennials flowers, the best pruning technique with all the resources to get out there and clean up the landscape. Become a Grow Pro at Watters Garden Center: https://wattersgardencenter.com/ CAST11  is central Arizona's podcast network covering the top news and events h...

After the first storms of winter, some plants look even better in the cold. Short days and cold nights bring out the most in Conifers like spruce and pine, with even more drama from Broadleaf Evergreens like Nandina, Holly, and Red Tipped Photinia. In this week's show, we cover the plants that only look better through the cold of Winter. You will be an evergreen pro, after this week's sh...

Evergreens and the winter holiday seasons are as natural as Santa Clause for Christmas, and you plant a new tree right now.  With this show, you will have the insider tips and tricks that ensure garden success all while brightening the holidays both inside and outside your home.  You are going to be a winter planting pro after this week's show. Follow Watters Garden Center Facebook at: https:...

Gardeners are breaking tradition with the cut & toss tree and using fresh living trees for the Christmas festivities, then planting their tree in the Landscape after the holiday fun is over.  In this show, we share which Living Christmas trees are best and how to plant them for years of holiday enjoyment.  You will be a living evergreen pro after this week's show. Follow Watters Garden Ce...

Why cut down a tree for the holiday celebrations when you can use a living tree for Christmas that is planted in the landscape after the festivities or over.   After this show, you will be an expert on the best trees to use and exactly how to plant each when the presents have been unwrapped and the decorations are put away for the holidays.  You will be a Christmas tree pro after this week's...

Animals are curious and very interested in any new plants in the yard.  They notice and often eat newly planted trees and shrubs, but there is help.  In this show, we cover the top 7 plants the deer and rabbits find detestable.  You will be a garden pro after this week's show. Go to the Watters Garden Center Website to learn more and become a Grow Pro! Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: h...