Mountain Gardener with Ken & Lisa

Easy Houseplants Anyone Can Grow

Houseplants are easy to grow, but some are MUCH easier to grow than others.  In this show, we cover the best houseplants and healthier care for them.  We also cover the holiday plants, like Poinsettia, and how to get their color back for next year's holiday season.  You will be a houseplant pro after this week's show. Top10Houseplants.com

The 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. 

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. 

The 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. 

Helpful Garden Tips Best Performed at Years End

As Autumn gardens fall asleep for their winters rest there are simple steps the help them rest for a bring spring start. Don't miss these insider tips for better garden. Insider Tip: you can still garden with these select winter plants inside and out. You will be a garden pro after this weeks show.

Best Evergreen Trees 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. 

 

Plants the Deer and Rabbits Leave Alone

The 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. 

 

The Super 6 Herbs and Veggies for the Winter Harvest

Summer gardening is official over in November, but not for these Six Cool Season Vegetables and Herbs that produce a harvest right through winter.  You will be a winter garden pro, after this week's show. 

Fabulous Fall Foliage Trees of Autumn

Not all trees are created equal when it comes to stunning fall leaves.  In this show, we have the best of the best when it comes to trees.  You will have a Top 10 list of hardy trees that outshine, and outlast the others.  You will be an autumn foliage pro after this week's show.  

Avoid These Landscape Blunders at All Cost

Fall is for planting and ideal for larger Autumn colored trees and evergreens like pine and spruce.  Avoid planting desert varieties of plants, cacti, and summer annuals; these plants don't like winter.  With just a few of this week's tips and tricks, you are going to be a pro, after this week's show. 

 

Why Autumn Feeding is Best for the Gardens

The most important feeding for plants in the yard is Autumn.  Feed everything in the yard by Halloween for best results.  In this podcast we cover why plants like to be fed now, and what fertilizers are best for Fall Feeding.  You will be a plant food pro after this week's show. 

Javelina, Deer and Rabbits - Dealing with Animals in the Landscape

The animals in the yard can devastate plants, but not after this show.  We share the best plants, how to repel Antelope, Prairedogs, elk, and more from the landscape. With just a few of these tips and tricks, your gardens will thrive.  You'll be a garden pro after this week's show. 

 

Fall To Do List for a Healthier Landscape

Autumn is one of the most important gardeners of the year.  In this podcast, we share the 11 insider tips to a healthier yard, betters spring bloom, and increased harvest next year.  Easy to do, that most gardeners forget, but after this show you will be a garden pro.

 

Five Fragrant Herbs of Fall for the Outdoor Gardens

Autumn is a time of renewal and growth for many plants.  In this show, we cover the top 5 herbs and the top five vegetables that are best planted in fall, with all the reasons why.  You will and autumn planting pro after this week's show. 

Best Technique for Planting New Autumn Trees and Shrubs

Learn to correctly plant a new tree or shrub and why Fall is the ideal time to add plants to your own garden landscape.  You will be a planting pro after this week show.