Mountain Gardener with Ken & Lisa

Growing Better Plant from Seed

This cast we cover winter pruning, and what NOT to prune now.  Seed varieties to start now and why, types of soil best to start seedlings, houseplants and more.  You'll be a garden pro after this weeks show.  

January Garden Tips that Make the Difference

January marks the start of the New Year and the start of the pruning season, but your landscape needs more.  This cast we cover water, food, pruning and some winter color that looks good in the yard even in mid-winter. You are going to be a January garden pro after this week's podcast. 

A Better Way to Pruning Success

This show we cover all the details to better pruning.  The start of the New Year begins pruning season, but not for everything.  Pruning blunders are no more after this weeks show.  You'll be a pruning pro, but you'll have to tune in.  

How to Grow Better Wildflowers in the Mountains

This cast we cover all the details for growing better wildflowers.  It's all about timing the season and using the right seed, with a few insider tips thrown for flowers that thrive.  You'll be a wildflower pro after this weeks show.  

How to Grow Wildflowers from Seed

This cast you will have all the details to grow wildflowers from when to seed and exactly how.  Winter is the time to put you wildflowers seed down, and you'll be a blooming pro after this weeks show.  

How to Plant and Water Evergreens in Winter

This issue goes deep into the landscape and the best techniques for planting winter evergreens now, or any season.  Water, food, mulch, B1, Root and Grow and everything you'll need to plant new evergreens that thrive.  You'll be a landscape pro after this week's show. 

Gophers be Gone and Other Garden Vermin

This episode we cover gophers, deer, rabbit, javelina, porcupine and other vermin the try to make a home in your winter garden.  We have the solutions, but you'll have to tune in to this week's show.  You'll be a garden pro after this week's show.  

Plant Your Christmas Tree this Holiday

Plant your tree after the holiday celebrations of over.  Learn the best varieties and exactly how to plant in January for best success.  For under $100, Watters Garden Center has fresh, gorgeous cut Christmas trees, that last through the entire holiday season. Decorate them. Love them. Then haul them off to the dump when done.

For a few dollars more, you can buy a living evergreen tree. Decorate it. Love it. Plant it the in the yard and enjoy it for decades. You win, the environment wins and your yard wins.  Start a New Family Tradition This Year!

Evergreen Shrubs that Shine through the Winter Landscape

Top 10 Evergreen Shrubs that show off in winter.  We cover evergreens for shade, the sun and hardcore native varieties that keep the landscape looking good.  Snow or no snow this winter, by are going to be an evergreen pro after this weeks show. 

What NOT to Plant in Autumn. How to Succeed in the Fall with Just the Right trees & shrubs

This show we explore the blunders new gardeners make in the mountains of Arizona.  Follow these timely backyard tips and your Fall trees, pine, spruce and fir will sparkle through the winter evergreen season to come. 

Autumn Grasses in the Landscape and their Native Companions

Autumn through Fall is when ornamental landscape grass in the yard look their best.  This podcast we'll share the best grasses and the natives to best plant with them.  You'll be a landscape pro after this week show. 

Evergreen Tress Best Planted in Fall and Why

Autumn is an opportunity to accessorize the landscape with evergreen trees for the most success. This show we cover the best season for planting and why, how to's, with suggestions on the best evergreen conifer varieties.  You'll be an evergreen pro after this week show. 

 

Deer and Javelina Proof Landscapes

This cast learn the best landscape plants the critter leave alone.  Deer, rabbit, and javelina are no problem.  We also touch on autumn irrigation and the proper water needed through fall.  

Lawns Prepared for Overseed and Expansion for Winter long Green

This Podcast we cover the ins-and-outs of fall overseeding of the lawn.  Now through October is the peak garden window for lawns and you will be a grass pro after this weeks show. 

Mountain Mums for Autumn Beauty

September is a month of transition from summer flowers to you Autumn bloomers and many come back as perennials next spring, including Chrysanthemums.  Your gardens will sparkle right through winter with this hour full of entertaining advice, but you'll have to tune in.