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Sow & Grow Peppers Like a Pro
05/10/2019 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener I’m a salsa gardener, and proud of it! The bulk of my gardens are dedicated to tomatoes, tomatillos, cilantro, onions, chives, and peppers. Yum-m-m! I like grilled peppers, peppers eaten out-of-hand fresh from the…
Read MorePicture Perfect Pottery Gardens
08/20/2015 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Picking the perfect pot: Container gardens can add a punch of color, elegance, creativity, and/or drama to your landscape. As with statuary and garden art, container gardens are the accent pieces in our gardens.…
Read More4 Keys to Designing and Building Raised Garden Beds
01/29/2015 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerA raised bed is a bottomless frame set into a shallow trench. The sides can be made of almost any durable building material: rock, brick, concrete, and interlocking blocks. Retired watering troughs or claw foot bathtubs are the easiest raised…
Read MoreExceptional Garden Soils mean Exceptional Crops this Spring
01/22/2015 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerJanuary has been so nice that gardens are starting to show color. Some forsythia a winter blooming jasmine are showing their yellow flowers, lilac buds are huge, and fruit trees are starting to show the ‘popcorn’ stage in their bud…
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