by Elizabeth Smith Now is the time to prepare for colder weather in your garden. Many trees (and plants too) will benefit from protection but rather than creating an exhaustive list of all frost sensitive trees, ask yourself 3 questions: “Is...
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Water is life. But how much thought do you give to the water that comes out of your faucet at home? In Pima County, our tap water is very hard so to pass government regulation it has a lot of chlorine added to it. It may be safe, but it’s not...
by Stacy Winstryg We all know by now that Arizona needs to invest more money into our public schools, but how that will be done is in question. The Classrooms First Initiative Council, which was formed by the governor in May of 2015, has been...
by Stacy Winstryg of the Vail Parent Network Have you ever played Dodgeball? Thinking about it now brings back images of my 12-year-old self, fleeing rubber balls like they were hand grenades. You are supposed to grab a ball and throw it...
by Tom Howard Road Construction Update Houghton at Union Pacific Railroad, This project was advertised by the City of Tucson back in October. Due to numerous changes and additions to the contract it has been extended to November 30, 2016...
by Liane Ehrich, Guest Contributor from VAILAZ.COM I started down the chicken path the same way that many do; a few birds for a few eggs. I wasn’t insane to start with. The few birds were four Anconas and three Easter Eggers. Anconas are...
by Gaga Barnes Take a few deep breaths and allow your body to take in all the air that it needs. Imagine your entire body softening. Begin by being thankful for all the gifts in your life. Appreciating where we have been is a magical key to...
Well before Girl Scout Cookies were produced by licensed bakers to sell nationally, Girl Scouts baked and sold cookies on their own. In 1917, the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, baked cookies and sold them in its high school...
While pausing to observe a colony of industrious leafcutter ants beneath a creosote bush my attention was drawn to what first appeared to be two hairy creosote bush seed pods, one closely following the other. The pair of grayish...
This coming May, local Vail resident, Chris Cobb, will be attempting to climb to the top of North America’s highest mountain peak. Denali is located in Alaska, has a summit elevation of 20,300 ft., and is the third highest...