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Effective Spring Garden Shopping

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Following a winter in our Arizona mountains we gardeners are eager to get back into our yards. With hundreds, even thousands, of tempting plant choices now in bloom at garden...

Effective Spring Garden Shopping

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Following a winter in our Arizona mountains we gardeners are eager to get back into our yards. With hundreds, even thousands, of tempting plant choices now in bloom at garden...

Tomatoes the Size of Your Fist

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

The planting season is on at the lower elevations and only a week away for the rest of us. We’ve been holding back until now for fear that a late...

Tomatoes the Size of Your Fist

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

The planting season is on at the lower elevations and only a week away for the rest of us. We’ve been holding back until now for fear that a late...

Sure-Fired Planting Success

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Snow 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...

Sure-Fired Planting Success

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Snow 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...

Fashion Next Fall's Show

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Imagine that it’s October and that you’re enjoying a walk through a forest. The air is crisp, the birds are winging their way south, and Mother Nature is exhibiting every...

Fashion Next Fall's Show

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Imagine that it’s October and that you’re enjoying a walk through a forest. The air is crisp, the birds are winging their way south, and Mother Nature is exhibiting every...

10 Easy Steps to Fall Mastery

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

It’s time to make out and start checking off items from that fall gardening to-do list. These are things I do every fall; my aim is to complete all ten...

10 Easy Steps to Fall Mastery

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

It’s time to make out and start checking off items from that fall gardening to-do list. These are things I do every fall; my aim is to complete all ten...

Fall is the Feeding Season

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

This week’s ‘Plant of the Week’ is the Lace Leaf Sumac, a fast-growing shrub that really delivers a gorgeous touch of autumnal color. Its branches resemble deer antlers covered with...

Fall is the Feeding Season

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

This week’s ‘Plant of the Week’ is the Lace Leaf Sumac, a fast-growing shrub that really delivers a gorgeous touch of autumnal color. Its branches resemble deer antlers covered with...