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Insider Tips to Mountain Gardening
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener High altitude gardening is different from gardening at lower elevations. Combine our altitude with Arizona's dry climate, bright air, and ever-present mountain winds, and...
Insider Tips to Mountain Gardening
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener High altitude gardening is different from gardening at lower elevations. Combine our altitude with Arizona's dry climate, bright air, and ever-present mountain winds, and...
Best Fruit Trees for Mountain Food
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener You used to need a lot of land to grow fruit trees. Most standard-sized fruit trees mature at a height and width of between...
Best Fruit Trees for Mountain Food
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener You used to need a lot of land to grow fruit trees. Most standard-sized fruit trees mature at a height and width of between...
Preparing Garden Soils for Spring Planting
Preparing Garden Soils for Spring Planting Once you've tried digging the first planting hole in a mountain garden you learn that our native soils are HARD !!! Skimp on spring...
Preparing Garden Soils for Spring Planting
Preparing Garden Soils for Spring Planting Once you've tried digging the first planting hole in a mountain garden you learn that our native soils are HARD !!! Skimp on spring...
6 Genius Uses for Eggshells in Your Garden
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Eggs are naturals for a gardener’s breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and the resultant empty eggshells are very good for the garden! Instead of throwing...
6 Genius Uses for Eggshells in Your Garden
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Eggs are naturals for a gardener’s breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and the resultant empty eggshells are very good for the garden! Instead of throwing...
17 Best Landscaping Shrubs of Spring
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The trees and shrubs in a landscape are the backbones of any yard. It would not be easy to overestimate the importance of the...
17 Best Landscaping Shrubs of Spring
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The trees and shrubs in a landscape are the backbones of any yard. It would not be easy to overestimate the importance of the...
Top 10 Houseplant Pests and How to Fight Back
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Plants are a natural home addition as the holiday decorations are boxed and stored for another year. After the last cookie, cakes, gelt, and...
Top 10 Houseplant Pests and How to Fight Back
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Plants are a natural home addition as the holiday decorations are boxed and stored for another year. After the last cookie, cakes, gelt, and...