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Pruning Advice
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener With questions about pruning flooding into the garden center, there's no doubt that pruning is in full swing. Some homeowners/gardeners new to the area...
Pruning Advice
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener With questions about pruning flooding into the garden center, there's no doubt that pruning is in full swing. Some homeowners/gardeners new to the area...
Beginners Guide to Building Stone Retaining Walls
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener This is the time to turn your garden soils, plan crop rotation, and dream while turning the pages of that new seed catalog. The...
Beginners Guide to Building Stone Retaining Walls
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener This is the time to turn your garden soils, plan crop rotation, and dream while turning the pages of that new seed catalog. The...
4 Houseplants that are Easy to Grow
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The Christmas tree came down this week, the fresh wreath withered, poinsettia's gone, and the house is back to the way it was pre-Thanksgiving....
4 Houseplants that are Easy to Grow
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The Christmas tree came down this week, the fresh wreath withered, poinsettia's gone, and the house is back to the way it was pre-Thanksgiving....
Ice Melters Fatal to Plants
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Mountain snow keeps the forest healthy and strong, but ice melt products used to control it in or near our gardens can be dangerous...
Ice Melters Fatal to Plants
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Mountain snow keeps the forest healthy and strong, but ice melt products used to control it in or near our gardens can be dangerous...
Holiday Gifts and Wildflowers
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Gardeners are some of the “tough customers” on our seasonal gift lists; it’s hard to know what they’d like. Here are a couple of...
Holiday Gifts and Wildflowers
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Gardeners are some of the “tough customers” on our seasonal gift lists; it’s hard to know what they’d like. Here are a couple of...
7 Steps to Planting a Christmas Tree
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The idea of using living trees over fresh-cut trees to decorate for the holidays has increased in popularity. A quarter of my local Christmas...
7 Steps to Planting a Christmas Tree
by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The idea of using living trees over fresh-cut trees to decorate for the holidays has increased in popularity. A quarter of my local Christmas...