Month: December 2016
Holiday Gifts and Wildflowers
12/23/2016 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Gardeners are some of the “tough customers” on our seasonal gift lists; it’s hard to know what they’d like. Here are a couple of suggestions: Wildflower seeds for the gardener in your life will…
Read More7 Steps to Planting a Christmas Tree
12/20/2016 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The idea of using living trees over fresh-cut trees to decorate for the holidays has increased in popularity. A quarter of my local Christmas tree sales are for living trees that will be indoors…
Read MoreChristmas Gift Cards for Your Favorite Gardner
12/15/2016 Ken DavisA Watters Gift Card given for the Holidays really is a gift that gives twice, once when opened and again when your favorite gardener goes to the Garde Center to make their selection of a spring plant, shrub or tree. [audio…
Read MoreHow the Christmas Tree Tradition REALLY Began
12/10/2016 Ken DavisBy Ken Lain, the mountain gardener My girls arrived home from college this week and the next day our family took the annual trek to the garden center in search of this years Christmas tree. This is a special time…
Read MoreBuy the Freshest Tree on the Lot
12/09/2016 Ken DavisBy Ken Lain, the mountain gardener This has been a crazy week for garden center owners and their suppliers. It’s the annual mad rush to harvest, ship, unload, set up, and show off tractor trailer – loads of plants for…
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