4 plant sales and a quince tasting this weekend
Normally, Fall planting should only begin after the average daytime high temperature drops below 90F. That rule of thumb is not really about air temperature …
Category: Nature in Tucson
Before/After: Navajo Wash Tree Massacre
NOTE: 2 of the people responsible for the destruction of trees in Navajo Wash sued the City of Tucson for neglecting the area and not …
How to turn messy mesquite pods into pies
The Mission Garden at the foot of A Mountain held a mesquite pod milling session on Saturday. All you had to do was collect those …
Fun and free at the Tohono Chul gardens and bistro
While the Tucson Botanical Garden recently won an award as one of the best botanical gardens in the nation, it is in most ways a …
What’s wrong with this Zebra?
Currently at the Tucson Botanical Garden is an exhibition of LEGO(R) sculptures by Sean Kenney, including the zebra shown at the top of this post. …
Grow your own eggs, but it will cost you
With the price of eggs at Albertsons ranging up to $8 a dozen, it may have occurred to you to buy chickens to produce eggs …
480 free dogs are waiting for you
It is sorta like an after-Christmas sale at the Pima Animal Care Center on north Silverbell. Use the coupon on the PACC website and you …
Artificial Intelligence art you create with words
No art skills? No problem! Thanks to a new A.I. program online you can “create” original artwork with a few words. That’s right — words, …
Where to get your $5 tree
A million new trees to cast cooling shade in Tucson by 2030 — that is Mayor Romero’s goal. It is a reachable goal and, in …
Update: the 2 Tree Challenge for Tucson
The day Mayor Regina Romero took office was the day she issued the Million Tree Initiative for Tucson. Her goal for the city: plant one …