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Question: For many years, my family has had access to wild, abandoned quince bushes in the east San Francisco Bay area. We have since moved from there and see that you list this fruit as a tree that may survive here in the Las Vegas area with the proper soil.
The first time Amanda Propst snowboarded down a mountain, it was do or die. Her oldest brother had taken her to the top of Brian Head Peak and then, like any self-respecting big brother would, left her. Not on purpose. He just preferred the company of his friends to a tag-along little sister, especially since she didn’t know how to snowboard.
When a 9-year-old Neil Smith got his first guitar – a secondhand Danelectro – he didn’t play it immediately.
Instead, he took it apart.
Question: Can you recommend a good, small indoor tree for my living room that will grow almost up to the cathedral ceiling?
A few years ago Sara Rosenberg of Miami took one glance at the fashion look of accessories such as pocketbooks and tote bags that showed sports team logos and was aghast.
I thought a look ahead at the world of golf in Las Vegas for 2013 would be appropriate. The world did not end in December as some thought the Mayans predicted, and we had one foot dangling in thin air with the fiscal cliff. What’s next? A zombie uprising?
Question: Regarding using house water for plants: Is it safe to use reverse osmosis water as compared to tap water?
Question: Our Meyer lime is full of blooms. In previous years, it has yielded lots of fruit. However, last year, the blooms were abundant, but all of the bloom fell off, and we had a crop of one lime. What happened?
Question: A pine tree in my front yard appears to have had two open wounds for some time, judging by the amount of sap around them.
Ice skating is a quintessential winter activity, and the Las Vegas Valley offers four locations to choose from.
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Pure Maintenance, a Utah-based mold removal expert known for its non-destructive, demolition-free mold remediation method, has added Jackie Henson as its newest partner for the Las Vegas area. Henson’s addition brings the number of Pure Maintenance partners serving different areas around Las Vegas to three. This means that more residents and property owners in the […]
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
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