Putting one foot in front of another is a highly efficient way of getting to know a city. We logged 24,000 steps on our self-guided tour.
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Peaches are a lot easier to protect than figs. Figs must be picked when they are ripe. Peaches will ripen off the tree.
Uncommon wildflowers and desert blooms should be part of the spring hiking mix in the coming weeks at Lake Mohave.
If you’re looking to add sparkle to your exercise routine and brighten your holiday spirit, try a December trek down the Las Vegas Strip.
There are two types of cracking of tomatoes, longitudinal cracks and radial cracking. Radial cracking is mostly a varietal issue.
Nitrogen causes stem growth as well as dark green leaf color. Adding only an iron fertilizer or chelate causes the new growth to become green but does not stimulate new growth that much.
April kicks off the reemergence of desert reptiles. Among the easier species to spot are side-blotched lizards, zebra tails, yellow-backed spiny lizards, and chuckwallas.
Phone apps are good for predicting a possible freeze, but nothing replaces verification that an actual freeze happened. Maximum/minimum thermometers are a good bench check against your phone app or the National Weather Service predictions.
Once a landscape design is finished, the amount of water it needs is fixed. You won’t be able to change the amount it needs, by much, without removing plants or changing them.
Even the youngest children can learn to love the outdoors. Here are some tips for parents.
It common for the chitalpa tree to partially defoliate in the summer.
It’s a six-plus hour drive to this city in southwestern Arizona, and the climate is pleasant in February and March.
Desert willow can look shaggy during the winter because of the brown seedpods that hang from the tree. The seedpods provide a good supply of birdseed for various desert birds during the fall and winter months.
Adding woodchips to the soil as an amendment has gained popularity largely because of social media. Woodchips applied to the soil surface as a mulch is OK, but mixing these into the soil can lead to problems if you aren’t careful.
Our kayaking journey along the Lower Colorado River started with a phone call a month in advance to an outfitter licensed to shuttle paddlers close to Hoover Dam’s base.
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One common sign is wilting, even in watered plants. Afternoon droop or “Flagging” is temporary, a plant’s natural defense. If wilting persists into the evening or morning, it’s a sign
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Weeks of 215 Beltway lane and ramp closures to hamper traffic near Harry Reid International Airport.
Police are investigating after a dog was found dead in a crate near a dumpster Friday morning in the east Las Vegas Valley.
The storefront is at the base of condo tower and has been vacant for years.
Police investigated a fatal crash that left a woman dead on the Las Vegas Strip.
