Episodes
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
🍷 Sip & Shop Success and August Free Classes
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
The July Sip & Shop at Watters Garden Center was such a hit, we’re planning another! Stay tuned for the details, and don’t miss out on the free Saturday Garden Classes in August. You’ll learn how to grow a spectacular garden in our Central Highlands area!
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Friday Aug 08, 2025
🌺 Fast Growing Groundcovers for Hills and Rock Lawns
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
If you have a hill on your property that needs some soil stabilization, or a rock area that could use some easy care, drought tolerant beauty, many vines and grasses will fit the bill. Master Gardener Ken Lain shares all the plants, some you may not have thought of, that will fit the bill on the hills and rock areas in your landscape.
🌺 Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Thursday Aug 07, 2025
🌲 Slim Sentinels - The Elegance of Narrow Trees
Thursday Aug 07, 2025
Thursday Aug 07, 2025
If you have an area of your landscape where you would like a tree, but space is limited, you might like to look at trees that have a tall, narrow growing habit. The choices are surprisingly abundant, and Master Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain share what varieties thrive in the Central Highlands!
🌺Ken & Lisa Lain, the Mountain Gardeners
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Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
🌿 What to Do When Plants Die in the Garden
Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
What do you do if you’ve tried everything to save a plant in an area of your garden? You use the best soil, fertilizer, watering techniques and more but nothing works. Master Gardener Ken Lain knows what that’s like! He shares what you can do to have a thriving plants in the most difficult areas of your landscape!
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Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
🌳 Q and A: Shady Shrubs for Shady Gardens
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
You love colorful, full shrubs, but you have a shady landscape, or areas that you would like to beautify but lack sunshine. Master Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain share a variety of evergreen and blooming shrubs that will elevate the shady areas of your landscape to spectacular!
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Monday Aug 04, 2025
🐜 Your Guide to a Pest Free Garden
Monday Aug 04, 2025
Monday Aug 04, 2025
You work too hard to have a thriving garden to surrender your plants to destructive pests like aphids, grubs, hornworms and other critters that love to munch on your garden! Master Gardener Ken Lain shares how to spot and keep those summer garden pests at bay with organic pesticides that won’t harm the soil, you or your pets.
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🥕Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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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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🎙️Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners
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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
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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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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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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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