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Belligerent Bermudagrass tough to destroy

Question: I have a small fescue lawn that is being taken over by what appears to be Bermudagrass or some type of large-blade thick, dense grass that is much greener and thicker than the fescue grass.

Trellised vines make good wind blocks

Q: I was hoping to put up a nice strong wind and sun block on the west and southwest corner of our front yard, approximately 20 feet each way. Could you give me some suggestions?

USA Taekwondo National Tournament winner works to impact students lives

Even though Master Daniel Jackson claimed another gold medal from the USA Taekwondo National Tournament in July, his real reason for training and teaching martial arts isn’t awards. It is to see the impact in people’s lives.

Classes can be a big load for students, especially on their backs

Sixteen-year-old Aleza Sheppard is sure it’s going to happen. For the sake of her aching back, however, she wishes the shift from textbooks to tablets and similar mobile devices would happen sooner rather than later in Las Vegas.

Communicating with child’s teacher essential

Another school year begins, and children once again prepare themselves to face the scary — at least for a kid — prospect of having to get used to a brand-new teacher.

Pluot gumming can be from borers, sunburn

Question: We planted a pluot this past spring along with four peach trees of different varieties. The pluot just started oozing sap or gumming on the lower truck.

Understanding handicap system, course rating is rocket science

I recently spoke with Eric Yaillen, the executive director of the Southern Nevada Golf Association. The topics of our conversation have been the USGA handicap system, how to establish a course rating and what the heck a slope measures.

Girdling keeps plant roots from spreading properly

Q: We notice that some of our trees don’t seem to be rooting into the soil properly. We assume it’s because of improper root ball preparation or girdling roots. Our test to see if the tree has rooted after at least one growing season is to bend the tree trunk back and forth. If the root ball under the soil easily moves when the tree is pushed, we assume that the tree has poor or little rooting into the surrounding soil.

Nepantla Scholars navigate the ‘in-between’ at Nevada State College

When a guest speaker recently challenged a room full of Nevada State College Nepantla Scholars to write a poem about their roots, Carolina Rojas, 18, decided to deliver a special message to her peers. So she rapped it.

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