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Mountain Gardener with Ken Lain

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Gardening season is year-round with Watters Garden Center's Ken Lain. The Mountain Gardener shares his secrets on how to have the most beautiful, blooming Prescott landscape.
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Episodes

Planting Privacy Screens in the Landscape

Neighbors breathing down your patio is nobody's idea of private. Privacy evergreens create a living wall that blocks out even the most prying eyes. After this week's show, you will have 6 ideas that will create your own backyard sanctuary, quiet and alone. You will be a landscape screening pro after this week's show. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 o...

Jul 21, 202258 min

Best Roses of Summer and How to Get More Blooms

Mountain Roses are easier to grow in Arizona than in any other part of the country. In this cast, we cover the best varieties and share insider tips on how to coax them into bloom on an exact date, like a wedding. You will be a rose blooming pro after this week's show. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_pod...

Jul 06, 202259 min

How to Correctly Feed the Summer Landscape for Monsoon Rain

July is the best time to feed stressed-out plants for additional roots and growth. This is especially true for new landscapes and those plants on the verge of death, this is your time for plant recovery. We go deep into specific plant foods and why each is used, and which chemicals to stay away from. You will be a summer plant food pro after this weeks show. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: htt...

Jun 29, 202259 min

Best Shade Trees of Summer

For heat relief and a beautiful landscape, these trees will help you to achieve the yard fo your dreams. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network/...

Jun 28, 202259 min

30 Tips for a Better Summer Garden in June

With these summer garden tips you will have a stellar garden that out shines right through Autumn. These easy, fun summer tasks keep the gardens looking their best, no matter the sun. You will be a summer garden pro after this week's show. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network/...

Jun 14, 202258 min

2022 Newest Heat Loving Plants for the Summer Garden

The latest new summer plants are featured this week. Heat-loving plants are trended in the summer garden. June is the best time to plant these sun-worship plants that bloom and thrive in the afternoon heat. You are going to be a showy shrub pro after this week's show. Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podc...

Jun 07, 202259 min

Privacy Screens and How to Blend Plants that Stretch the Landscape Dollars

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 Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cas...

Jun 02, 202258 min

All 5 Types of Roses and How to Grow Better Bloomers

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 podcast. You can also listen to Ken Lain's Mountain Gardener Radio Show Live on Saturdays at 8 am & 11 am and ...

Jun 02, 202258 min

Growing Bigger Better Tomatoes

In this episode, Ken Lain, the Mountain Gardener shares how to grow bigger, better tomatoes. Tomatoes are so easy to grow in mountain gardens with just a few of these insider tips. You'll grow better peppers, squash, herbs, and all things edible after this show. You'll be a tomato pro after this week's show. Listen to Ken Lain's weekly gardener podcast. You can also listen to Ken Lain's Mountain Gardener Radio Show Live on Saturdays at 8 am & 11 am and again on Sundays at 8 am on KQNA, and 1...

Jun 02, 202258 min

Native Plants for Easy Care Landscapes

In this episode, Ken Lain, the Mountain Gardener discusses using Native Plants in the landscape is natural. With this week's garden tips you will have 5 super hardy plants that thrive in the wild, and perform events better in your yard. You will be a native plant pro after this week's show. Listen to Ken Lain's weekly gardener podcast. You can also listen to Ken Lain's Mountain Gardener Radio Show Live on Saturdays at 8 am & 11 am and again on Sundays at 8 am on KQNA, and 11:30 am on 95.5 &a...

Jun 02, 202259 min

Growing Larger Tomatoes that Melt in Your Mouth

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-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 on Insta...

Apr 16, 202259 min

Brightest Blooming Trees of Spring

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-spring/ Listen to Mountain Gardener on Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardenin...

Apr 02, 202258 min

How to Plant for Surefire Success

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 Cast11: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: http...

Mar 28, 202258 min

What Triggers Plants to Bloom and Grow in Spring? - Ken Lain, Watters Garden Center of Prescott, AZ.

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 frost? You will be a shrubbery pro after this week's show. Watters Garden Center Website Follow CAST...

Mar 11, 202258 min

Landscape Design that Draws You Outdoors

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-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow Cast11 on Instagram: htt...

Feb 21, 202259 min

Stellar Wildflowers Growing Wild in the Backyard: Watters Garden Center

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 Podcast Facebook at: https://facebook.com/CAST11AZ Follow CAST11 Podcast Channel at: https://cast11.bu...

Feb 04, 202259 min

Best Garden Soil Preparation for the Spring Planting Season

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, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley and beyond). You can follow CAST11: On Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.cast...

Jan 11, 202258 min

How to Prune Garden Plants

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 happening in the region (Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley and beyond). You can follow CAST11: On Buz...

Jan 02, 202259 min

Best Evergreens that Only Look Better in the Winter Cold

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 show. Follow Watters Garden Center Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/WattersGardenCenter Watters Garden Cent...

Dec 18, 202159 min

How to Plant a New Evergreen Conifer Tree for the Holidays

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://www.facebook.com/WattersGardenCenter Watters Garden Center Website: https://wattersgardencenter.com/ Foll...

Dec 13, 202158 min

Best Living Christmas Trees and How to Plant Them

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 Center Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/WattersGardenCenter Watters Garden Center Website: https://watte...

Dec 05, 202159 min

Best Evergreen Trees to Use as Christmas Trees Inside and Out

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 show. Become a Grow Pro! Check out all the information, tips and tricks at Watters Garden Center Website at:...

Nov 22, 20211 hr

7 Top Plants the Deer and Rabbits Leave Alone

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: https://cast11.com/mountain-gardener-with-ken-lain-gardening-podcast/ Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Face...

Nov 17, 202110 min
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