Question: I have “burlap” growing between the fronds at the trunk of my 4-year-old male date palm. They look awful and are difficult to manage. Please advise.
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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.
Question: Can you recommend a good, small indoor tree for my living room that will grow almost up to the cathedral ceiling?
Your best friend, for instance his family came from Mexico. A classmate of yours had ancestors from Africa, and another classmate’s Mom was born in China. Maybe your own grandparents immigrated from Germany , India , or Israel.
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?
Your friends all know better. They know they’re wasting their breath when they try to tell you to do something. They know it won’t work.
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.
This Christmas, you’ll find lots of surprises beneath your tree.
Question: We have two fan Texas Ash trees that are 15 years old. They are spreading out too far. How far can we cut them back without killing them?
While the native California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) can be found in several areas in California, including Joshua Tree National Park and near Palm Springs, there is one hidden spot in Arizona where it also can be found.
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Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the suspect is now in custody and was the property manager of the east Las Vegas home officers have been investigating.
For the second time this month, the Metropolitan Police Department says it was able to locate a missing child by deploying a drone.
Shirley Raines, widely known online as “Beauty to the Streetz,” the name of the nonprofit she founded, died Tuesday at 58.
Las Vegas celebrated several Black community leaders during a jovial and reflective ceremony at City Hall Thursday morning.
