Home And Garden

We live right in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. This area stretches north to the Mogollon Rim, south into the Mexican state of...

Enjoying citrus fruits from your backyard is one of the greatest joys of home gardening. Citrus trees thrive in Pinal County and with a...

The perfect project for the curious desert gardener just might be planting garlic. Once the inground garden bed, raised bed or large container is prepped...

Jerusalem artichokes — also known as sunchokes, wild sunflowers or sunroot — can easily be mistaken for a common sunflower at first glance. But...

If your garden is like mine, peppers are thriving while most everything else is on its last legs. The triple-digit heat is deadly to...

Are you aware of the Master Gardeners in our fair city of Maricopa?  Let me introduce you to our history and program.    The Land Grant...

Raise your hand if you have attempted to grow tropical plants. My hand is up. While living in Kansas, my stepfather said he was going...

Summertime means more water will be used outdoors. The good news is you can provide plants with water they need and still use water...

The big orange box may bring with it a big green light for development in Maricopa. Atlanta-based Home Depot, the world’s largest home-improvement chain with...

Home Depot is coming to Maricopa. The Atlanta-based, big-box, home-improvement chain has confirmed with the city its intention to open a store on Stonegate Road...

Purchasing a home adjacent to a golf course has its advantages. In addition to a certain amount of prestige that comes with owning a...

With the moderate weather we are experiencing this winter, I can imagine many of you are eager to get your vegetable gardens growin’. The average...

Maricopa’s neighborhood Ace Hardware has a new man on the job to assist with building the store’s business clientele. Peter Menzynski is new business-development manager...

The single-family home is king in Maricopa. But a housing shift is beginning. More options are coming — in the short term and long term...

She has worked in banks. She has dressed hair. She has shipped freight all over the world. And she’s been pretty good at all of...

When it’s time to sell or invest in a home, Maricopans have a unique opportunity to benefit from using a local agent who is...

Roses are timeless flowers and, fortunately, they grow very well in Arizona. In fact, the oldest Lady Banks Rose in the world, which was...

It’s that time of year again, when we give thanks with pumpkin and squash on the holiday table. Cucurbita, Latin for gourd, is among the...

Lights may bring cameras and action tonight when Maricopa Realtor Dayv Morgan of HomeSmart Success flips the switch on his annual Christmas light show...

Cotton, among the five “Cs” of Arizona’s economy (copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate), has a long history in central Arizona, especially Pinal County. Cotton...

Maricopa is finally getting the big-box store residents have been clamoring for, and the populace – at least that portion that responded to our...

A new program that will offer enrolled residential and small-business customers an incentive to reduce energy during times of peak system demand soon will...

Corn is one of the most significant economic agricultural products on Earth. An iconic American food crop grown as one of the three sisters (with...

Did you know Maricopa offers waste and recycling services every Saturday? Disposing of waste and recycling in an environmentally friendly manner is vital to the...

Planting a new garden? Are you torn between what type of garden bed you should use? When establishing a garden, you can either choose a...

The least expensive home sold July 10 through Aug. 9 was a three-bedroom home at 19296 N. Costa Verdez Ave. in Tortosa. It fetched...

Do you wonder if water heater flushes are necessary? Do you do regular maintenance on your water heater? Well, if not, you should be....

When I take potential buyers to look at a home, they begin making their decision on whether they like the property from the moment...

It’s August, and we have not quite given up on summer and are wondering when it will end. The temperatures are consistently in the...

You may have seen the TV commercials, but there is more than meets the eye with chia (Salvia hispanica), the iconic seed of the...