The three most common problems for lawns are irrigation, disease and insects. The easiest to diagnose are insect problems.
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Apriums, like apricots, need lots of heat to ripen and sweeten to their highest quality. They did not get it this year.
The general recommendation is to not have rocks greater than golf ball-sized so that lawn grass roots have a place to grow. Trees and shrubs have similar guidelines.
Some intrepid Southern Nevadans choose paths of darkness in their bid to keep hiking adventures alive during sizzling summer months.
Strong winds are particularly damaging in the spring when leaves are new and tender. Strong winds equal increased water lost by plants. The sudden death of leaves right after strong winds signals a need for water.
Black spots on a pluot could be either from the sun (sunburn on the fruit) or, more likely, a nutritional problem.
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With another scorching Southern Nevada summer now in full swing, there’s no time like the present to learn how to help your landscape survive these hot months—and what steps you can take to save water this season.
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A post office, smoke shop, tattoo parlor and other businesses appear to have been destroyed in the Las Vegas fire.
David Roger, counsel for the police union, told reporters that Metro officer Alexander Bookman was informed Thursday night that he would not be indicted in Brandon Durham’s death.
A shooting Friday morning on Interstate 15 in the northeast Las Vegas Valley wounded one and shut down several travel lanes for hours.
Nevada joined two other states in an investigation into the hospital operators’ alleged use of an agreement that led to employer-driven debt.
