Stop Guessing. Start Growing. Welcome to the Ultimate Garden Blueprint.
Body Copy: Most big-box store advice will get your plants killed. The intense sun, the heavy wind, and the local wildlife require a completely different set of rules.
I'm Ken Lain, "Top 10 Gardener," and every week, I share the exact "un-killable" strategies we use to cheat the heat and build vibrant, blooming sanctuaries in USDA Zones 5–8.
Don't waste another season on generic advice. Hit that '+ Follow' button right now to get your weekly dose of mountain gardening success. Let's put some roots in the ground together.
Whether you are trying to force your mountain roses into non-stop blooms, figure out why your evergreens are dropping needles, or reclaim your patio from summer pests, we give you the hyper-local science to make it happen.
When you tune in, you'll discover:
- The Overlooked Truths: Fast diagnostics and 10-second pruning tricks that flatlander gardeners know nothing about.
- Seasonal Urgency: Exactly what to plant right now to guarantee roots get established in our Prescott soil.
- Insider Access: First dibs on our custom plant arrivals and premium garden kits before they sell out on our online store.
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Episodes
Jul 20, 2025
Jul 20, 2025
42 min
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!
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Jul 19, 2025
Jul 19, 2025
5 min
From free garden classes tailored to the Central Highlands of Arizona, beautiful plants chosen to suit our local garden conditions, special sales and rollouts of new plants and flowers, fun garden events at the garden center, and a garden club just for you, Watters Garden Center has everything to help you enjoy your garden more than you ever have before, and meet garden friends that share your passion. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares how to access all of the great garden news and wisdom available from Watters!
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Jul 17, 2025
Jul 17, 2025
10 min
Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain search all over for the newest, healthiest, most spectacular plants to add to your garden paradise each year, and this summer brings some beautiful additions – stunning and colorful crepe myrtles, luscious lavenders, multi-colored rose varieties, and so much more.
🌺Ken & Lisa Lain, the Mountain Gardeners
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Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025
6 min
There’s nothing better than cooking with produce fresh from your garden! And there’s nothing like the frustration when your veggies shrivel and your tomatoes rot! Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares how to avoid these garden veggie pitfalls and grow the biggest, healthiest and most nutritious garden veggies ever. Learn the right soils, fertilizers, watering schedules and pest control for the best garden veggie yield ever!
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Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025
10 min
Lavender is a beautiful addition to your garden landscape, and caring for it is easy if you know the dos and don’ts. Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain share the colors and varieties of lavender that will add beauty and fragrance to your garden, and best practices for planting, watering and care!
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Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
11 min
You put a lot of effort into your garden, so when leaves begin to curl, your tomatoes have issues, your veggies shrivel and die, and your flowers wilt, it’s disappointing and frustrating. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares simple steps for how to help your garden plants thrive again!
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Jul 13, 2025
Jul 13, 2025
53 min
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:
🪴Why Plants Need Summer Food to Thrive
🌳 Q and A: Arborist Guide to Healing Really Big Trees
🌸 The Secret to Forcing Plants to Bloom Again
🪴The Best Sedums of Summer
🌺 Plants that Grow with Less Effort
🌻 Sip & Shop with Watters Garden Center on July 24th!
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Jul 12, 2025
Jul 12, 2025
5 min
What’s more fun than an after-hours gathering with fellow gardeners and sharing your favorite summer gardening stories, sipping sangria and sampling cheeses while seeing what’s new and exotic at the Garden Center? Join us on July 24th from 4-6 pm for Sip & Shop at Watters Garden Center!
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Jul 11, 2025
Jul 11, 2025
10 min
We all love a beautiful landscape, but the required planting, care, watering, and feeding might be more than we have time for with our busy lives. You can still have a colorful landscape and enjoy its beauty if you plan for easy-to-grow and easy care plant varieties, and Mountain Gardener Ken Lain tells you today about easy care landscape plants such as Cotoneaster, Silverberry and Sumac.
🌺Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener
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Jul 10, 2025
Jul 10, 2025
10 min
Perennial Sedum are known for their distinctive fleshy foliage and come in a vast range of shapes and sizes—from upright varieties to low-growing groundcovers that put on a spectacular show of colorful foliage and blooms from late summer to fall. They’re a great addition to any landscape. Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain tell us the best, most beautiful sedum and how to plant and care for them!
🌼 Ken & Lisa Lain, the Mountain Gardeners
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Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025
7 min
If you’ve enjoyed spectacular blooms on your favorite garden plants, you’ll want to see them bloom throughout the summer and into the fall. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares how to force your colorful, blooming plants to make another display!
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Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025
11 min
If you have a big, beloved tree in your landscape and it’s beginning to look sick and stressed, it’s a real worry. Can you save it and make it thrive again? Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Lain tells us how to tell if your tree can be saved, and what steps to make it happen! Learn how to identify problems in big trees, and how to care for them and bring them back to beauty.
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Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025
10 min
Your plants in the Central Highlands of Arizona have a lot to overcome in the summer – heat, growth, wind, occasional torrential rain, and pests. Feeding your plants with a great, organic fertilizer will make sure they’re strong enough to face the challenges and thrive through the summer months. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain tells us what kind of fertilizers are good for your summer garden, and how to best apply them.
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Jul 6, 2025
Jul 6, 2025
53 min
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:
🪻Lavender - The Fantastic Five for a Fabulous Fragrant Gardens
🌳 Q and A: What is Better - Single or Multi Trunk Aspen?
🪴Organic Plant Foods for Healthier Plants in the Garden
🐇 Rabbit Proof Plants Perfect for Every Garden
🪻Lush Lavender Secrets to Keep them Blooming all Season
🌸 What’s Causing My Flowers to Stop Blooming and Disappear?
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, #AspenTreeCare, #LavenderVarieties, #LavenderSecrets, #RabbitproofPlants&Flowers, #SummerGardenPests #WattersFreeGardenClasses
Jul 5, 2025
Jul 5, 2025
5 min
If you’re wondering what’s eating the flowers and plants you’ve worked all spring and summer to plant and care for, Mountain Gardener Ken Lain has the answers for you! Learn about common pests such as caterpillars and tomato worms and how to keep them off your plants and veggies.
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