Tag: soil
Keeping Plants Heat Healthy
06/23/2012 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerThe official start of the summer gardening season begins this week. This is when many heat- loving plants glory in the arrival of 90-degree weather. Plants are much like people, and like people they have their favorite seasons. I happen…
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 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 MoreCreating a Flowerbed
05/14/2011 Ken Lain, mountain gardenerStarting a flowerbed from scratch is not that difficult an undertaking; it just requires some planning. You can plant a flowerbed any way you like – big or small, curved or straight, raised or flat, even in large containers. Flowerbeds…
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