Tag: planting
Starting Seeds for Early Spring Gardens
11/14/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerThis year’s gardening season kicks off in March with cool season vegetables. Since seedlings take up to eight weeks before they are ready for transplanting out of doors, and the 2012 vegetable and flower seeds have arrived at the garden…
Read MoreOnly Mature Trees Produce Great Crops
11/14/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerA fruit tree needs to be 5-7 years old from seedling stage before producing its first crop, becoming more prolific with maturity. The problem with buying a tree from a garden center is that trees aren’t labeled with their ages…
Read MoreSure-Fired Planting Success
03/24/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerSnow Factoid – there is no better moisture for the landscape than a deep snow. It is unusual for winter to dump an entire season’s worth of snow in one storm, but that’s just what happened to our landscapes. This…
Read MoreFall’s Rainy Day Feeding Time
09/17/2011 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerThis cooler weather ushers in one of my favorite gardening seasons. Mums abound in almost every shape, size, and color, I’ve planted the first of the winter-blooming pansies, and the kids and I picked the first pumpkins from our garden.…
Read More10 Tips for Newcomers
09/10/2011 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerGardeners new to this area might put this week’s gardening class on their calendars. The topic is: ‘Gardening for Newcomers’; it’s the most popular of all our Saturday classes. Of course, detailed specifics are presented and discussed, but here are…
Read MoreAspen & That Perfect Lawn
09/03/2011 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerH-O-T is the only way to describe the west walls of our homes during the afternoon hours in Arizona’s mountains. That baking sun can roast western exposure plants in and the A/C bills can skyrocket. This was the situation at…
Read MoreLandscaping for a Fragrant Garden
08/20/2011 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerWhile a beautiful garden is a treasure within itself, a garden that exudes great wafts of fragrance is a real gem. In addition, fragrant plants are sources of soothing aromatherapy and magnets to birds and other winged pollinators. Luckily, cost…
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