Once upon a time, we had lush, green, soft natural grass in our backyard. Sometimes. However, in the winter if we didn’t overseed the grass and it went dormant it became brown, crispy, and ugly. Maintaining the grass to keep it looking beautiful involved reluctant mowing, the occasional edging, lawnmower maintenance, yearly overseeding, and a […]
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Bike sharing is popular around the world, but the United States has been a little late to the game. You may picture China as a smoggy, polluting place, but the vast majority of public bikes are found there, so you have to give them a little credit. Tucson was one of the first U.S. cities […]
Have you heard about Cape Town’s imminent water shortage? The popular vacation destination in South Africa is expected to run out of water in the next few months. This is the stuff that nightmares are made of, especially for those of us that live in the desert. Though Tucson isn’t expected to run out […]
I’ve been hearing rumblings for a while now about the need for homeowners to install solar panels ASAP because of impending changes from TEP, but of course I was skeptical that this was just a ploy from the solar installation companies to get more business. So after a class at the Tucson Association of […] You won’t find any beachfront property in Arizona, save the shores of the Colorado River in Lake Havasu perhaps, yet we Arizonans love to beat the heat with a nice trip to the ocean once in a while. A six hour drive away, San Diego is probably the most popular destination for this, but […] I’ve lived in Tucson my entire life, but other than what I learned in 8th Grade about Tucson and Arizona history, sadly I don’t know much. Nor did I really care to, until I read Nancy E. Turner’s historical fiction novel These Is My Words, written in the style of a young woman’s journal in the […]
This is the seventh in a series of articles targeted towards potential home buyers looking at building a custom home and the topics or questions they might face. Read the last article: Don’t Be Afraid of a Septic System. While these articles will focus on the typical issues of building a custom home in the […]
This is the sixth in a series of articles targeted towards potential home buyers looking at building a custom home and the topics or questions they might face. Read the last article about Wells & Water Issues in Tucson. While these articles will focus on the typical issues of building a custom home in […] Summer’s grip is still upon us in the Old Pueblo and staying cool is a priority for just about everyone. One way to beat the heat is by knowing how to effectively use your ceiling fans. Contrary to what some may believe, ceiling fans don’t actually make the air colder in a room. They […]
This is the fifth in a series of articles targeted towards potential home buyers looking at building a custom home and the topics or questions they might face. Read the last article about Hiring an Architect & Builder for a Custom Home. While these articles will focus on the typical issues of building a […] |
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