
Weekly Gardening Tip with Jay Harper from Harper’s Nurseries
How can we improve our outdoor air quality? Plant Something! ! Want to improve your quality of life? Get your hands dirty and plant something. That’s right, putting trees, flowers or shrubs in the ground doesn’t just provide you with beauty and shade, it can also improve your property value, lower your energy costs, clean the air and water-even lower your heart rate.
Enter the Milorganite Community Garden Giveaway! Share your community’s story about how your garden has improved your community and you could receive a one year supply* of Milorganite organic nitrogen fertilizer! Entries must be submitted by April 15th!
In the Studio: Cheryl Goar from Arizona Nursery Association, Plant Something
Jay’s recommendation for Planting Something:
Palms
Banana Trees
Access your landscape and talk to your nurser for the best suggestions
Caller
Nancy, what to do about gnats in the yard. She’s preparing for an event
Recommendation: You need to dry out the yard, Blue Sky Pest Control
Dave, has a tree that is top heavy, breaking the stakes
Recommendation: Get the stake off of the tree
Plant Something on Facebook
Caller
Roy, has a dead yellow bell that is frost damaged
Recommendation: The scratch test, Listen to our podcast for Jay’s Scratch Test
What should we be doing with our lawn right now?
Keep it mowed
With the heat, water well
Fertilize
It’s too early to transition for Winter to Summer Lawn
If you’re fighting weeds:
Round up if your grass is dormant
If not, specific herbicides, pre-emergent (spurge)
Letter from Listener
Sharon, converting to Xerascapes in her HOA. Is now the time
Recommendation: Not yet, let the grass grow to its greenest, then treat it with Round up or Hi Yield Killz All
Mandy, her Totem Poles (amonsgt Succulents) are splitting in the middle.
Recommendation: Cut back on the water, move them, be wary of rotting
Jack, has bougainvillea and oleanders, some are doing well, others are not
Recommendationn: Root Stimulator, Scratch Test
Rosie likes Creosote
Caller
has a Ficus Tree that got frozen then adapted canker. Take it out
Recommendation: Yes, it needs to go. To protect make sure you use Go Natural…Pistache, Oaks, Palo Verde and Mesquites will do better
Randy, wants to put ground cover on his Roses to prevent weeds.
Recommenation: Shredded Bark Mulch, Petunias or Rose Moss in the Fall
Cheryl Goar from Arizona Nursery Association-Plant Something!
Rosie’s Arizona Republic Article: Air Quality
Caller
Robert, needs to re-stucco around new purchased windows.
Caller
Michelle, her pool pump is leaking right now. What to do until Monday
Recommendation: Monitor and watch it until Monday, Postorino Pools
Marsha, has a strange noise in her house coming from the pipes, every four days
Recommendation: Pressure Valve screwed on hose bib
Continued in next segment…
Continued from last segment…
Marsha, is getting an air hammer sound through her home
Recommendation: below 65 psi, Attach water pressure meter to hose bib, wherever the water comes into your home, Culligan Water of Tucson
Commentary: Air Quality
Caller
Lance, does he put a filter on the outside of his evaporative cooler
Recommendation: Cheesecloth around outside of evap cooler
Buy the right filter
1″ Paper Filter
Don’t use if you hear a sucking or whistling sound, you have a problem
Call a Rosie Certified A/C Professional in Phoenix, Tucson/Green Valley, Casa Grande and Northern Arizona
Caller
Roger, what do we think about staining a concrete floor; it also has a moving crack What do we recommend. How does he cover the carpet strip remnants
Recommendation: Romey loves Concrete Staining, Ardex to overlay on floor…continued in next segment
Stay Tuned for Rosie on the Box: Duct Cleaning
Rosie on the Box: Duct Cleaning
Paper Pleated Filters
Certified Air Quality Specialists
It costs about $700, will last for 7 years
Rosie Remodeling (480) 998-6961 or In Home Consultation
Have questions:? Email us at info@rosieonthehouse.com
Rosie Certified Remodelers in Phoenix can handle your bigger jobs
Caller
Lisa, has a reoccurring leak in drip irrigation system
Recommendation: Rosie Certified Landscapers, Gophers
John, had a whole house energy audit. He needs 5 new vents and Sun Screens for $750. Is that good?
Recommendation: Yes, that is an appropriate cost and good recommendations
Arizona Highways Wildflower Guide
Come see us out in the community:
Flagstaff Home and Garden Show, March 23rd.
Scottsdale Super Expo, April 6-7
Sahba Spring Home Show, April 5-7
New Casa Grande Network Partners:
Brutinel Plumbing and Electric
Cooper Painting
Desert Sun Heating, Cooling and Refrigeration
Presidential Pools
We are now broadcast on KGVY in Green Valley, tune in!
Caller
John, got a home energy audit. Now, he has a readout with expensive projects
Recommendation: Use a Rosie Certified Home Energy Auditor
Kelly, had a nightmare with a HVAC contractor
Recommendation: Green Valley Heating and Cooling, Temco in Tucson
March 20th! Arizona Gives Day
Caller
Ron, vinyl replacement windows on the house or aluminum or wood clad
Recommendation: No Vinyl for Rosie. Pella Windows in Phoenix or Tucson your best choice for your choice, only triple pane if you need sound barrier, Magnatite Windows