Free Garden Class offered every Saturday in June @ 9:30 am at Watters Garden Center, 1815 Iron Springs Rd in Prescott. June 10 @ 9:30 am – Plant Better Berries and Grapes – Berry, grape, fig, and pomegranate are all covered in this juicy, fast pace class. You will have bowls of fruit picked fresh from the gardens after this
On a scorching September day in 2018, Stephanie Pullman, a 72-year-old woman living in Sun City West, was found dead in her home. According to the coroner, her death was due to environmental heat exposure combined with cardiovascular disease. Her electricity had been cut off by Arizona Public Service the previous month because she couldn’t
A new online dashboard that aims to give state and local governments the real-time information they need to fight climate change paints a bleak picture for Arizona’s future, calling for more heat, more drought and more wildfires. Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said it’s an important, if grim, message. “We are spending tens of millions of
Early one evening in February 1946, Harry Truman summoned the White House’s chief usher to the second-floor Oval Study. He pointed out the window through the South Portico to the Washington Monument and Potomac River beyond. “That’s a magnificent sight,” he said. Then he dropped his bombshell. “I’d like to take better advantage of the
A Free Garden Class is offered every Saturday in June @ 9:30 am at Watters Garden Center, 1815 Iron Springs Rd in Prescott. June 11 @ 9:30 am The Doctor is in the House – How to Heal Sick Plants -As we enter summer the heat, bugs, and disease take their toll in the gardens. Frustrated gardens will
Photo: Rebecca Mosher is the lead investigator for the UArizona team The machine, with sharp teeth and a long metal rod, sounds like a kitchen blender, but this is far from your average appliance. “This is a tissue homogenizer,” said Jesse Woodson, an associate professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Plant Sciences. The