Tag: Ken Lain

by 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…

By 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…

By 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…

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Many mountain homes have a side yard that is not only long and narrow, but treacherously steep.  A good landscape design for such a layout is difficult at best, but when done well, it…

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Autumn leaves are a wonderment of the season. Although dropped leaves make for extra work, I really enjoy the seasonal change.  When most of the leaves have dropped, we pile them high and play…

Watters Garden Center Has a ‘Green’ Thumb for Plants and Profits [Listen and Profit Now™] Ken Lain is a master at cultivating profits from a small business in a small market. Along with his wife, Lisa, Ken owns Watters Garden…

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Our part of the country is celebrated for its mild four-season climate, but gardeners new to the region often don’t realize just how nice it really is:  Gardens can be coaxed into bloom most…

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The neighbors’ block party, clubhouse friends who flew in for Christmas, and that September garden party that was a time to remember.  All of these pleasant recollections were stimulated by the gardens and their…

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener As I noted in last week’s article, it has been 29 years since Lisa and I were married.  It was a joyful time for both of us, and our marriage has continued happily since.…

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Happy Anniversary to Lisa, the love of my life. It was July 25, 1987 that we said “I Do”. (“Old time” wedding photos will follow on the Watters Facebook and Instagram pages later in…