Tag: animal control
A Gardener’s Resolution for 2011
11/23/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerHappy New Year, everyone! Like most small business owners in a soft economy, I sent the old year out with a robust kick in the pants and am actively preparing for a better 2011. Already the new spring look is…
Read MoreFresh Herbs Enhance Fresh Fish
11/23/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerEvery landscape should grow some herbs. The higher the elevation the sweeter, the more savory the herbs’ flavors, and most herbs are as easy to grow as they are easy to use. I just spent the week fishing with the…
Read MorePesky Black Knats Seek Refuge Indoors
11/14/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerThe timing was perfect! A couple of weeks ago we dispersed the final applications of plant food and winter weed preventer; so there they were, lying on top of the ground ready for this week’s precipitation to wash them into…
Read MoreSpring Essentials, Get Ready
11/14/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerSpring break at the Lains’ casa is a chance to wrap up spring gardening tasks and to kick off the first planting season. These are things I do every spring to get ready for the growing season, and they don’t…
Read MoreKeep Out Uninvited Guests
11/14/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerThe country around the Quad-Cities is full of wild mammals. However, judging from the comments of customers coming into the garden center you would think that animals have taken over our neighborhood gardens! Having had farms in Cottonwood and Skull…
Read MoreAnimal Proof Plants
11/13/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerThere are many gardeners new to the area who have never experienced the destruction that javalinas and bunnies on steroids, aka Jack Rabbits, can inflict on a garden. Gardeners with gardens targeted by these hungry vermin must take care in…
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