Month: November 2020
How Pine Needles Help the Garden
11/24/2020 Ken DavisBy Ken Lain, the mountain gardener If you live in a neighborhood where ponderosa pines grow freely, you know about too many pine needles. Pine trees drop lots of needles, especially those 50-foot giants! Gutter guards protect rain gutters, but…
Read MoreUSDA Garden Hardiness Map See Temperate Rise
11/19/2020 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Find your garden’s hardiness zone by Zip Code Gardeners rely on USDA Hardiness Zone Maps to tell us which plants survive and thrive locally. The USDA released updated Plant Hardiness Zone Maps for the…
Read More10 Beautifully Hideous Succulents
11/13/2020 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Watters Garden Center is a Center for Optimism. Optimism (op·ti·mism) definition: hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something. The alternate garden definition – one who plants seed or young…
Read More11 Tips to a Stunning Backyard You Love
11/05/2020 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Your yard is meant to be a place of refuge, entertainment with the best of friends and family, a source of fresh air and enjoyment. This is the place to relax, unwind, and have…
Read More