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Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa
Stop Guessing. Start Growing. Welcome to the Ultimate Garden Blueprint.
Body Copy: Most big-box store advice will get your plants killed. The intense sun, the heavy wind, and the local wildlife require a completely different set of rules.
I'm Ken Lain, "Top 10 Gardener," and every week, I share the exact "un-killable" strategies we use to cheat the heat and build vibrant, blooming sanctuaries in USDA Zones 5–8.
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Episodes
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌧️ Can You Trust Rain to Water your Gardens
The start of the monsoon season in the Central Highlands makes us all breathe a sigh of relief. But Mountain Gardener Ken Lain cautions that monsoon rains here…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌳 Top Shade Trees for the Verde Valley
While much of the area’s garden wisdom applies to the Verde Valley as well, there are some differences when it comes to what trees can be grown there. Mountain…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🦋 Flutterfest Attracting more Butterflies to the Your Garden
Colorful butterflies add magic to your garden. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the best plants and shrubs to attract a variety of these winged beauties to…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🪻Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Deep Dive Behind Lavender and the Best Varieties for Your Back Yard
Lavender is a beautiful, fragrant addition to your garden. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the varieties of lavender and how to successfully enjoy them in…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 28 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺 Rose of Sharon: The Best Kept Secret of the Summer Garden
No need to have boring shrubs in your garden when Rose of Sharon is available. This easy to care for shrub comes in many colors and varieties and can add…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa⛑️ Garden First Aid - How to Fix Your Ailing Plants
Despite all of your planting, watering and caring for your garden, you have some plants that just aren’t thriving. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares how to…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌻Hottest New Plants for Summer
What’s better than discovering a beautiful new plant for your garden? Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share the latest varieties flowers, shrubs…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🐛 Stop the Chewing and the Disappearing Tomato Plants
You plant, feed and water your tomatoes all season, only to see them disappear almost overnight because of some voracious pest! Mountain Gardener Ken Lain…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺 Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Which Dahlia is the Best for Any Gardener
Dahlias are one of the most beautiful garden staples, and it's no wonder gardeners want to fill their spaces with these colorful flowers. But some gardeners…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🪻 Q & A: Garden Lavender Do’s and Don’ts
Lavender is a beautiful, fragrant addition to your garden. Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share the varieties of lavender and how to successfully…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🪴Go BIG or Go Home: Top 10 Tall Plants for Massive Outdoor Planters
There is an art to planting large containers so they’ll make a statement in your landscape or on your patio. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the best plants…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 27 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌻Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Two of the Lowest Maintenance Plants in the Yard
Mid-summer is a great time to plant two easy maintenance, beautiful plants in your garden. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares these colorful, easy to grow…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺 Hibiscus Hysteria - How to Ship Summer’s Most Famous Blooms Nationwide
Hibiscus are one of the most spectacular garden or patio plants, and they come in a huge variety of lovely colors. Now, you can ship these magnificent plants…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🦟 The Bite Free BBQ - Backyard Parties without the Mosquitoes and Flies
You’ve put all that work into your garden, and you want to show it off to your family and friends. But then a mob of mosquitoes and a swarm of flies comes to…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌿The Best Sedums of Summer
Sedums are some of the most colorful, easy to care for succulents you can grow in your garden. Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share the latest…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🦗Stop the Chewing: - Ken’s Invisible Shield Against High Desert Grasshoppers
Those cute little baby grasshoppers grow exponentially, reproduce, and hungrily devour your garden. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain gives you all the ammo to evict…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Number One Selling Red Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are the jewels of the garden. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the number one selling red flower that will be sure to attract these garden…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌳 Q & A: Arborist’s Guide to Healing Really Big Trees
There are a lot of remedies for what ails trees, whether it’s bugs, disease or poor soil. But what do you do when your patient is a really big tree? Mountain…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺 Why Rose of Sharon is the Queen of the Summer Gardens
Rose of Sharon, a cousin of the beautiful hibiscus, is a an incredible, colorful staple of Central Highlands Gardens. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 26 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌻 Unlocking the Farm Gates: How to Shop Watters Secret 1000 acres of Plants
If you think Watters Garden Center has a great selection of plants, trees and shrubs, and it does, you’ll be blown away by what’s available through Watters’…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🪻Stop Staring at Bare Fences: The Secret to Lush Vertical Gardens
If you have a fence or plan to put one in, you don’t have to stare at that empty space! A fence is an opportunity for a beautiful vertical garden! Mountain…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🐇 Rabbit Proof Plants Perfect for Every Garden
Rabbits are cute, but they can decimate your garden, especially if you have a lot of these critters in your landscape! Now you can enjoy the wildlife and your…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌳 The 250 Limit: Claim Your Family’s Liberty Tree Before the Final Day!
The partnership between Watters Garden Center and the Daily Courier to plant 250 trees for America’s 250th anniversary has been wildly successful! Mountain…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🦗Follower Behind the Scene Bonus: Creating an Invisible Shield for Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are one of the most annoying pests in late summer - they are hungry and your garden is their smorgasbord! Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares a…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌳 Q and A: What is Better - Single or Multi Trunk Aspen?
Aspen trees are known for their distinctive, shimmering leaves. They also have smooth, greenish-white bark, and their leaves turn a vibrant yellow in the fall…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa☀️ The Secret to Planting Successfully in the Summer
It’s one of the hottest months of the year with drying winds – tough gardening conditions! But with a little care and the right soil, amendments and watering…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🇺🇸 Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: The 250 Limit When Planting a Liberty Tree
Your chance to have one of Watters Garden Center/Daily Courier's Liberty trees to celebrate America's 250th birthday is coming down to the wire! Choose your…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 25 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🥕Squash Patch Panic: Afternoon Collapse vs. The Vine Borer Emergency
You’ve babied your vegetable garden, and you come home one day to find everything wilted or covered with bugs that are having a feast. Mountain Gardener Ken…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🇺🇸 Interview with Jessica Cauthen – The Daily Courier
The Watters Garden Center/Daily Courier partnership to plant 250 trees for America’s 250th anniversary has been successful beyond expectations! Mountain…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌼 Summer Flowers that Bloom in Hot Sun
Gardening in the hot sun can be a challenge, but there are blooms that thrive even when the sun is brutal! Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🍎 Backyard Orchard in a Pot: How to Grow Heavy Fruit Crops on Your Patio
The summer evenings are cool and gorgeous, and a great time to enjoy your patio. What if you could pick a fresh fruit crop right off a tree on your patio?…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌻 Q & A: How to Keep Flowers Blooming through Summer
When the hot days of June and the windy and dry conditions begin to make your garden fade, there is hope! Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌳 Summer Shocker: Ken’s Foolproof Rules for Planting Trees in Jun
It’s one of the hottest months of the year with drying winds – tough gardening conditions! But with a little care and the right soil, amendments and watering…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 24 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌳 Q & A: 10 Bulletproof Evergreens That Stand Up to Severe Winds
🌳 Q & A: 10 Bulletproof Evergreens That Stand Up to Severe Winds If you have an area you need to screen off, but you live in a Central Highlands area that gets…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🦟 Follower Behind the Scene Bonus: Plants Repulsive to Mosquitoes
What's worse than not being able to enjoy all the work you've put into your garden because hoards of mosquitoes are out to get you? Mountain Gardener Ken Lain…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🍎 The Heaviest Producing Fruit Trees for a Massive Harvest
The Central Highlands area has a unique growing climate, and some fruit trees will produce abundantly here. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the best fruit…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌹The Patio Perfume Blueprint - How to Plant a Living, Sweet-Scented Mountain Sanctuary
Some of the best summer times are enjoying mornings and evenings on your patio with beautiful blooms all around. Beautiful fragrance is the icing on the cake…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🦟 How to Reclaim Your Backyard from Blood Sucking Pests
The summer evenings are cool and gorgeous. The garden is beautiful and it’s the perect time for a barbecue, or just enjoying family and friends outside. But…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌹Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Insider Secret to Training Everblooming Roses
If you want spectacular roses that'll beautify your landscape all summer long, Mountain Gardener Ken Lain has some tips for you in this Follower Bonus!
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎖️ Meet an Active Duty Army Captain at This Watters Sip & Shop
The Watters family is in Town, and Army Captain Lain is one of them! Captain Lain will be joining with Lains Sweet Wellness at this special summer Sip & Shop…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🧖♀️ The Garden Glow Secret: Modern Wellness Taking Over the Prescott Plant Beds
Sip & Shops have become a popular summer event at Watters Garden Center. This week, enjoy the beautiful blooms, a little wine and aesthetic wellness services…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 23 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌼 Your Blueprint to Endless Summer Blooms Starts This Saturday
If you’re new to gardening in the Central Highlands, or you want to up your garden game, Watters Garden Center’s free Saturday garden classes are a great way…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌸 Q&A: Top 10 Perennials Groundcovers for Hillsides
Hillsides can be a difficult landscaping problem, but Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share a number of beautiful and hardy perennials that will…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌻 Perennials that Love Blooming in Summer
You can have a spectacular array of flowers in your garden during the Central Highlands summer! Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share the best…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌳 Tree Emergency: The Tiny Katydid Secretly Bleeding Your Landscape Dry
If you’ve wondered what those clicking insects on your trees are, and if they are harming your landscape, Mountain Gardener Ken Lain identifies katydids and…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺 Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: The Best Time to Choose Your Plants at Watters Garden Center!
Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares some insider information on how and when to score the freshest, newest and best plants at Watters Garden Center!
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺 Kelly Kall’s Secret to a Double Explosion of Summer Blooms
Clematis are one of the most beautiful and varied perennials that thrive in the Central Highlands. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain visits with Kelly Kall of…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌼 Heat Seekers: 10 Flowers That Thrive in the Brutal Summer Sun
Summer’s here, and June has some of the hottest days, along with a good amount of wind. You might think your garden will give up under these conditions, but…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 22 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🍎 How to Turn Your Useless Side Yard Into An Orchard
One of the best things about gardening is trying out the new varieties and hybrids that come out each year. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the new Fruit…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🏅Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: The Only 250 Trees Getting This Historic Medallion
Watters Garden Center and The Daily Courier partnered earlier this year to encourage gardeners to plant 250 trees for America’s 250th anniversary. The…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🍓Mountain Hardy Berries Just Arrived and They are Moving Fast!
One of joys of summer is to get into your garden and pick fresh vegetables and fruits you’re your own plants. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the different…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌻 Summer Flowers that Bloom in Brutal Sun
It’s summer! Hot, windy, dry, and that sun is brutal! Yet the mornings and evenings are perfet times to get outside, and you’d like to enjoy your garden…
Top 10 Gardener the Ultimate Garden Blueprint with Ken & Lisa🌺 Hide That Ugly Fence With Vertical Fireworks.
If you have an area of your yard you’d like to hide, Clematis may be your new best friend. These incredible vines come in a huge variety of colors with huge…