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Festive Plants for the Holiday Season

Festive Plants for the Holiday Season

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

The festive plants of the holiday season are yearly highlights for this gardener. These specimen plants are found simultaneously on the market only during this window between Thanksgiving and Christmas....

Festive Plants for the Holiday Season

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

The festive plants of the holiday season are yearly highlights for this gardener. These specimen plants are found simultaneously on the market only during this window between Thanksgiving and Christmas....

Winter Storms May Leave Permanent Scars

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Well, here we are wrapping up another year of local gardening advice. I like to think of my readers as good friends and neighbors, just hanging out talking over the...

Winter Storms May Leave Permanent Scars

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Well, here we are wrapping up another year of local gardening advice. I like to think of my readers as good friends and neighbors, just hanging out talking over the...

New Year's Resolution

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Done are the columns on live Christmas trees, keeping the cut tree fresh, and all other holiday plants. The winter solstice was this week, Christmas is tomorrow and from a...

New Year's Resolution

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Done are the columns on live Christmas trees, keeping the cut tree fresh, and all other holiday plants. The winter solstice was this week, Christmas is tomorrow and from a...

Houseplants

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Now that the house is divested of its festive holiday façade, back to its ordinary self, and seeming somewhat blah, our home could use something new, fresh, and even something...

Houseplants

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Now that the house is divested of its festive holiday façade, back to its ordinary self, and seeming somewhat blah, our home could use something new, fresh, and even something...

Starting Seeds for Early Spring Gardens

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

This 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...

Starting Seeds for Early Spring Gardens

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

This 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...

Pruning

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Another New Year so another pruning season has begun. Proper pruning and the correct planting process are equal in importance to good landscape health. This is the time to begin...

Pruning

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Another New Year so another pruning season has begun. Proper pruning and the correct planting process are equal in importance to good landscape health. This is the time to begin...