Mountain Gardener with Ken & Lisa

Garden pest to Watch for Indoors

The indoor warmth is the perfect growing environment for your houseplants, but indoor insects also thrive.  In this week's podcast we cover the top pest to watch for that cause serious damage to your indoor plants.  You'll be a houseplant pro after this week's show.

Holiday Trees Best Planted in Winter

This cast is packed full of garden advice right for winter planting, but we start with the evergreen trees that look their best through the holidays.  You will be an winter planting pro after this weeks show. 

How to Plant a Tree or Shrub in Winter

There is a way to plant a tree or shrub the dramatically increases your success.  No matter the season, this recommended technique allows a new evergreen, shade tree or vine to thrive in your landscape, but there are no shortcuts.  You will be a pro after this weeks show.  

How to Keep Cut Christmas trees from Drying Out

You'll have the insiders tips to this year fresh-cut Christmas trees and how to choose the freshest tree one lot and keep it fresh until the celebrations are over.  You will be a Christmas tree pro after this week's show.  Also, special interview with the Shriner Children's Hospital and a toy drive going on for this year's hospitalized kids in need.  

Gardening Tips for Year's End

In this episode, we wrap up the garden To-Do list and the most important tips needed to finish the year strong. 

These are not difficult, but a game-changer for next year's success.  

Designing with Pottery and the Trend for 2020

The right containers set your humble abode apart for the rest.  Decorate with style as we cover the trends you'll find in the gardens next spring.  Landscape designer, Amy Langley, is also the pottery buyer, trendsetter and stylist for Watters Garden Center.  Listen in as she shares her insight into the garden trends for 2020. 

Shrubs that Stay Green through Winter

This show covers detailed examples of evergreen shrubs that look their best through winter.  You will be an evergreen shrub pro after this week's show. 

Top 5 Evergreen Trees for Winter at High Elevation

Not all trees are created equal when gardening in the mountains.  After this cast you will be an expert on the Top 5 evergreens that outshine the rest in the landscape, especially through the holiday season.  

Best Color of Autumn and Why Fall is the Time to Plant Them

Not all mountain trees are created equal when it comes to Autumn colors.  In this show you'll have a list of the best fall colored trees and how to bring the most color out of each.  You will be on the inside track to having the most vibrant color on the block and how to care for them.   

Trees and Shrubs You Should Avoid Planting in Fall

As we transition from Fall to the Winter gardens there are several trees and shrubs you should avoid planting at the end of the year.  In this show, we cover each of these with better alternatives.  There are lots of evergreens, spring bloomers, fruit and autumn colored trees that prefer Autumn plants, and some that hate it.  You will be a planting pro after this week's show.  

Best Approach to Autumn Fertilizer and Foods

Plants have their favorite foods just like people do.  In this show, we give detail instructions on the best foods and why, and how to bring more color, blooms, and beauty out of your landscape.  You will have better evergreens, more abundant fruits and thicker privacy after by tuning in.  You will be a plant food pro after this week's show.  

Gardening with Javelina, Deer, and Rabbits

Animals surround gardens waiting to test out your latest plant addition, but not after this cast.  We cover all the details of how to deal with Javelina, Deer, and Rabbits.  You will have the characteristics of an animal-proof plant, along with a details list of the exact plant's animals will not bother in the gardens.  You will be a plant pro after this week's show. 

Best Colored Trees of Autumn

October is the ideal month to plant an Autumn colored tree for a show that will impress.  This cast we go deep into the best mountain trees that really show off for years to come, along with the vines, shrubs, and flowers that outshine all the others in the landscape.  You will be a fall colored pro after this week's show.  

Best Autumn Wildflowers to Plant in Fall

Fall is the season to plant wildflowers, but not by seed.  We cover the Do's & Don'ts for the best wildflowers and which varieties perform best in the mountains.  You will be a wildflower pro after this weeks show.

Landscape Designs Done Right

In this show, we share the insiders secret to the perfect landscape and how to bring out the value in your own home.  We cover water and how to bring the most health in your garden, along with the top winter-blooming herbs and vegetables that will grow right through winter.  You will be a landscape design pro after this weeks show.