Question: When do I no longer have to protect my citrus plants from freezing weather?
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It’s pretty hard to go wrong with an excursion to Valley of Fire State Park this time of year.
Question: Should I give my ash trees the same iron treatment as fruit trees?
Oh, it’s nice to see Seven McKnight again. In “True Story,” we get a chance to catch up on where she’s been and who she’s dating, and we get to spend some time with her friends, too. That’s fun — if you can understand what’s being said in the conversations between the characters. Like other books in this series, Simone uses lots of slang in this book which, while it makes the story authentic, also can make it hard to grasp. On the flipside, there’s enough humor in this book and the characters are appealing enough to make a reader want to stick around and, happily, the confusion eventually takes care of itself.
Question: Can I start feeding my fruit trees now, or should I wait until spring?
Start a New Year’s column with a catch phrase from the early 1970s? Crazy, I admit.
It’s pretty hard to go wrong with an excursion to Valley of Fire State Park this time of year.
Using verse to speak to young athletes, Lesynski highlights the excitement of the game and all its facets to kids for can’t get enough hoops. I liked the way author Loris Lesynski moves between spectator and player POVs here (for kids who are one or the other), and the action-packed cartoon drawings by Gerry Rasmussen just add to the enjoyment.
Question: The low temperatures affected the citrus trees. Most of my new growth is on the suckers. Should I remove them or just let the tree be?
Reading. Pfft. Who has time? Who can take hours and hours to actually read a book, especially if it’s not all that good? Why waste that kind of time? You wonder that often, which is where I come in. It’s my job to find the good stuff for you and, for this calendar year, these are the books I loved best that you shouldn’t miss.
Question: Do oranges grow in Las Vegas? Also, when is the best time to plant a new tree?
Well, if you did it again — waited until the last minute to buy Christmas presents for your favorite hiker or camper — you’re not in so much trouble as you may think. Some of the most practical and appreciated gifts for outdoorsmen can be purchased at a CVS, Walgreens or hardware store through Christmas Eve. Furthermore, they’re inexpensive, so you can buy several items, making it certain the recipient will truly love at least one. Buy a low-cost stocking, fill it to the brim, and it will even look like you planned ahead.
Question: During the excessive hot spell in July, our irrigation failed while we were out of town. As a result, one of our queen palms lost all of its branches. In spite of subsequent life support, it does not appear to be coming back. Is that too much to hope for? Is there anything we can do to help it recover, or should we just mourn its passing?
If you’re looking for a Kwanzaa-Christmas-Hanukkah book that will dazzle your 2- to 6-year-old, this one’s it. Read it, and “Dusk” could become one of her favorite things.
Thanks, everyone. Just a brief follow-up to last month’s column on skin cancer. From it, I learned five things:
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With winter about to wrap Southern Nevada in its chilly grip, it’s time to save water by changing your watering clock to follow the community’s mandatory winter watering restrictions.
From Nov. 1 through Feb. 28, sprinkler irrigation is limited to one assigned day per week; sprinkler watering is always prohibited on Sunday. Find your assigned watering day at snwa.com.
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Footage released by the Clark County School District shows the bus before it clipped Haylee Ryan’s bike, causing her to crash into a car parked in the bike lane.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Thursday reported the first flu-related death of the season.
The weather down in the Las Vegas Valley is holding steady as the first week of November is wrapping up.
The “beaver supermoon” was seen during the Class 5A girls soccer state semifinal game at Valley High School in Las Vegas.
