Tag: Bugs & Disease
Top 10 Houseplant Pests and How to Fight Back
01/02/2020 Ken Davisby Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Plants are a natural home addition as the holiday decorations are boxed and stored for another year. After the last cookie, cakes, gelt, and fudge are devoured for the season, the house can feel…
Read MoreIrritating Insects and Fungus Among Us
03/07/2019 Ken DavisYour garden is about to be under attack! Spring is just around the corner, bringing some very unwanted pests to our home landscapes. This class focuses on two major enemies to our plants: insects and fungus. Learn how to identify…
Read More9 Essential Gardening Tasks for March
03/02/2016 Ken DavisBy Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener There are a couple of benefits to planting larger-growing conifers before April. The first is that, knowing garden centers stock up early for the spring planting season, informed gardeners buy early. This guarantees cream-of-the-crop…
Read MoreSick Garden? Plant Nutrients Are The Cure
09/25/2015 Ken DavisBy Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The advice that follows is good for houseplants as well as outdoor container and landscape plants. It is an outline of the most common local plant problems. Many plant problems have similar symptoms and…
Read MoreNursery Sale Marks Seasonal Garden Changes
08/20/2015 Ken DavisBy Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Lisa and I travel to Portland, Oregon this week for the largest nursery tradeshow in the country. We spend a week logging hundreds of miles and touring thousands of acres of plants in search…
Read MoreMushrooms – Friends or Foes to Lawn and Garden?
07/16/2015 Ken DavisBy Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Mushrooms growing in the lawn, on mulch, or in the garden may make you wonder if something is wrong. Often our first instinct is to get rid of ‘shrooms, but mushrooms growing in your…
Read MoreMulti Purpose Insect Control
06/04/2015 Ken DavisKills Over 100 Named Insects Multi Purpose Insect Spray Vegetable, Fruit & Flower Concentrate in Easy Spray on Solution Use on Vegetables Fruits Flowers Roses Ornamentals Lawns Trees Shrubs Keeps Working for Up to 4 Weeks…
Read MoreHome Harvest (This Product Has Been Replaced with Triple Action)
06/04/2015 Ken DavisTriple Action – Fertilome Multi purpose, Fungicide, Insecticide, Miticide For Use On Roses Flowers Houseplants Ornamental Trees Shrubs Fruits Nuts Vegetables Ready to Use
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