Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa

Garden soil is the key to success, especially with fruit and flowering plants. In this show, you will have an exact recipe for garden soil that grows better plants this spring. You will be a garden pro after this week's show.

The start of winter is also the start of the pruning season for the landscape.  This episode goes deep into the dos and don'ts of landscape pruning.  You will be a pruning pro after this week's show.

You learn not only the most popular houseplants that are oh-so-easy to grow but some exotic plants you will find at the garden center as well. You will be a houseplant pro after this week's show. 

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. This week's show covers the plants that only look better through the cold of Winter. You will be an evergreen pro after this week's show.

Winter is when the evergreen conifers in the landscape take center stage. This week's show covers the Top 10 Evergreens that add green to any yard and how to plant them. You will be an evergreen pro after this week's show.

Local trees can be decorated for indoor holiday enjoyment and then planted after the celebrations. A Christmas tree from Watters Garden Center can be decorated and enjoyed for a lifetime, not just a season. When the holiday festivities end, gather family and friends and plant your tree together for years of guaranteed enjoyment.

Quality is hard to spot when buying resort-size containers in the mountains of Arizona.  Continual freeze/thaw cycles wreck havoc on clay pots, but not after this show.  You will not only have how to buy but how to plant, water, and care for plants that winter outdoors with you.  You will be a pottery pro after this week's show.

 

Winter is a time for the best evergreens to show off.  In this episode, we cover the best shrubs for winter-long green that live a long time with winter and for years to come.  You will be a perennial bush pro after this week's show. 

Why cut down a tree for the holiday celebrations when you can use a living tree for Christmas 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.

Many plants are pretty, but few have stunning beauty and be eaten. As we transition to the winter gardens, you'll learn how to grow stunning flowers, herbs, and cold hard vegetables that thrive through the snows to come and look great. You will be a garden pro after this week's show.

Through November, the colors of Fall outshine everything in the landscape. Trees are the biggest showoffs of all. In this episode, we cover the brightest colors of the Autumn landscape, their companions, and how to plant each. You will be an autumn garden pro after this week's show.

A survey of hundreds of local gardeners reveals why we secretly like to garden. Growing your own for the inner chef, mental and physical health, and many more. You will connect to at least one of the 30 reasons people really like to garden. You will be a garden pro after this week's show.

Plants need food just like their human counterparts. Like any gardener, plants like steak and potatoes, a fine glass of red wine, Crème Brulee, and a snickers bar. Plants chow down on different plant foods the same way we eat a fine meal. This show covers the best food and when to apply them for the best benefit for each plant in your yard. You will be a plant food pro after this week's show.

Without a fence that keeps animals out your plants can be eaten alive down to the ground, but not after this week's show. We cover the top landscape plants animals find detestable. You will be a landscape pro after this week's show.

The most essential gardening of the season is done in fall. You will have a list of Autumn tasks set the stage for healthy plants and Bigger Bloomers next spring. You will be a garden pro after this week's show.