Episodes

Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here!
Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge and passion for growing beautiful things, and they're ready to share it all with you.
Don't miss out on this chance to level up your gardening game!
Included in This Week’s Show:
🌺 What Does it Mean to Pinch My Flowers?
🍓 Q and A: How to Grow Better Berries in the Landscape
🌺 What are Black Bumblebees Doing on my Hibiscus?
🌼 Impossible to Kill Perennials New for the Gardens
🌿 Plants Impossible to Kill Even if You Try
☹️ You May have Bought the Wrong Plant!
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Saturday Aug 02, 2025
☹️ You May have Bought the Wrong Plant!
Saturday Aug 02, 2025
Saturday Aug 02, 2025
You just bought that new plant from a box store, and planted it with care. Now it has odd bugs or diseases, and you’re watching it slowly die. That’s why you need your local independent garden center! Master Gardener Ken Lain shares how to purchase plants that thrive in our local area, and the best organic products to feed and deter bugs and diseases. Your local garden center has the knowledge, products and advice to help you plant and care for your best garden ever!
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Friday Aug 01, 2025
🌿 Plants Impossible to Kill Even if You Try
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
If you feel you have a black thumb, take heart! Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the fastest growing, most drought tolerant, beautiful trees, shrubs and vines that will thrive in your landscape with little to no care. What’s not to love?
🌺 Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Thursday Jul 31, 2025
🌼 Impossible to Kill Perennials New for the Gardens
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Summer is in full bloom, and so are perennial flowers at Watters Garden Center! Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain tell us the most spectacular perennials for the summer garden. Learn what perennials are new, the best perennials to add to your garden this year, and new dwarf varieties to enhance your landscape. They’re in full bloom right now and the best part is that they’ll winter over and delight you again next season!
🌺Ken & Lisa Lain, the Mountain Gardeners
Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers!
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#WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #DwarfPerennials, #FragrantLavender, #SummerFlowers, #Rudbeckia, #Gallardia, #ColorfulPerennials, #PerennialFlowers
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
🌺 What are Black Bumblebees Doing on my Hibiscus?
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
What are those big, black bees buzzing on your flowers? They’re the size of bumblebees but without the stripes! Meet the Carpenter Bee! This docile bee is one of the best pollinators in your garden. Master Gardener Ken Lain gives us all the information on Carpenter Bees, their benefits and their calling card in your garden!
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Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
🍓 Q and A How to Grow Better Berries in the Landscape
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Berries can be a beautiful part of your landscape while providing the bonus of a tasty treat. Who doesn’t love sweet strawberries, blueberries, raspberries or others right off the plant? Master Gardener Ken Lain shares how to plant, feed and keep your berry bushes thriving in your landscape.
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🌹Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners
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Monday Jul 28, 2025
🌺 What Does it Mean to Pinch My Flowers?
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Your perennials are in full bloom and the colors are spectacular! So how do you keep your flowers thriving and blooming? Master Gardener Ken Lain explains the practice of deadheading, or “pinching.” You’ll learn how to keep your perennials from going to seed and help them continue to bloom into fall.
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🥕Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Sunday Jul 27, 2025
Sunday Jul 27, 2025
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
🥵 Healing Drought Stressed Gardens
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
It has been a hot and sometimes very dry summer, and the combination can stress your garden and landscape. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares practical tips on how to perk up your landscape and give a boost to those plants that have been stressed by heat and drought.
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#WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #WattersGardenWisdom, #DroughtStressedPlants, #HeatStressedPlants, #RevivingDroughtDamagedPlants.
Friday Jul 25, 2025
🌳 Fast Growing Plants for Thick Privacy Screens in the Landscape
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Sometimes improving your landscape means a screen between your home and the neighbors, or an unsightly part of your yard. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the fastest growing, thickest plants and how to care for them to add privacy and beauty to your landscape.
🌺 Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Thursday Jul 24, 2025
🌼 Best Summer Flowers for the Perennial Gardens
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Summer is in full bloom, and so are perennial flowers at Watters Garden Center! Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain tell us the most spectacular perennials for the summer garden. They’re in full bloom right now and the best part is that they’ll winter over and delight you again next season!
🌺Ken & Lisa Lain, the Mountain Gardeners
Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers!
https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages
#WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #CrepeMyrtle, #FragrantLavender, #ShrubRoses, #SummerFlowers, #Rudbeckia, #Gallardia, #ColorfulPerennials, #PerennialFlowers
Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
🐜 How to Keep Tiny Black Ants out out of Your Kitchen and Home
Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
Ants build hills in your landscape and trails in your kitchen, and they can inflict some painful stings. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares how to keep those tiny, annoying black ants out of your home and garden!
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Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
🌳 Q and A: Top Shade Trees for the Verde Valley
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
While gardening in the Verde Valley is in many ways similar to the Prescott area, but there are some differences that challenge gardeners. The Verde Valley climate is warmer, and growing healthy shade trees can help beat the heat. Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain talk about the best shade trees for the Verde Valley and how to help them thrive
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🌹Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners
#WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #VerdeValleyTrees, #HotClimateTrees, #HighDesertShadeTrees.
Monday Jul 21, 2025
🐌 Organically control Snails, Slugs and Ants the Easy Way
Monday Jul 21, 2025
Monday Jul 21, 2025
After all the care you put into your garden, you’ll want to make sure snails, slugs and ants don’t come to munch on your flowers and veggies! Snails and slugs can do some real damage, and ants can sting and create trails through your garden. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the effective steps to quickly evict snails, slugs and ants!
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🥕Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Sunday Jul 20, 2025
Sunday Jul 20, 2025
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here!
Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge and passion for growing beautiful things, and they're ready to share it all with you.
Don't miss out on this chance to level up your gardening game!
Included in This Week’s Show:
🌻 Simple Steps to Heal Your Sick Garden
🪻 Q and A: Garden Lavender Dos & Don’ts
🍅 Shriveling Vegetables and Blossom End Rot in the Garden
🌼 Hottest New Plants at Watters Garden Center
🌿 Interview with Chris Shipley, Civano Growers
🪴View Our Best Garden Events on Social Media!
Subscribe to The Top 10 Gardener Podcast today and get your hands dirty with expert tips and tricks. You'll find it on all your favorite podcast platforms. To Watch the Entire Podcast Show, Tap or Click on the Link Below Subscribe for Top 10 Gardener updates!
https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/
🎙️Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners
#WattersGardenCenter, #WattersGardencenterAZ, #TheMountainGardener, #GardeningTips, #KenLain, #HealYourSickGarden, #GardenPlantDiseases, #BlossomEndRot, #WattersHotNewPlants, #ChrisShipleyCivanoGrowers #WattersSocialMedia, #WattersEvents

