Rosie On The House

SavATree Integrity Tree Service's John Eisenhower and Horticulturist Rebecca Senior discuss the Tree Of The Month: Vitex Trifolia or Chaste Tree.  Cutting back frost damaged trees, pruning tips and keeping weeds at bay with pre-emergent and (wood you believe) WOOD CHIPS!  Plus listeners with their tree questions.

We go over some of the many events happening in the state, ramping up romance for Valentine's Day, music, camping and hiking suggestion too!

Interview with Blue Sky Pest Control about the behavior of rodents and prevention from letting them get into your home.  Followup to our lead, asbestoes topic.  Listener questions on a costly remodeling project going horribly wrong, building a dog room near a water heater, air conditioners and roofs.

Common sense advice on navigating home exterior changes when living in a Home Owners Association neighborhood.  Benefits despite the negative stories.  And various listener questions concerning air conditioning installs, high cooling bills and more!

Julie joins Patty of Duncan Family Farms talk about the latest trends in breakfast using more greens, herbs, flours and plant based products. Plus President Stephanie Smallhouse discusses the signing of the USMCA bill and what it means to Arizona agriculture.

As part of The Veterans Heritage Project, the entire hour interview with Retired Air Force Colonel Thomas Kirk.  As a fighter pilot over 28 years of active duty,  Col. Kirk has shared his story of service, including his time as a POW in the "Hanoi Hilton" for 5 1/2 years, inspired hundreds of audiences through his life lessons. Awarded the Air Force Cross, 4 Silver Stars, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 7 Air Medals, and the Purple Heart. (POW STORY COULD BE EMOTIONAL)

Yes, you can repair drywall damage yourself!  Rosie details how.  Plus listeners have questions about mold in bathroom shower tile, building a dog area with dog door, and a block house flat roof seem to be separating from the home.  

Rosie details the things you should know about lead and asbestos testing and remediating.  Includes listener questions about finding asbestos in home projects and mold issues. BLOG

The Urban Farm's Farmer Greg has the experience and tips to get your fruit orchard started.  Planting fruit trees, creating healthy soil, explains successive ripening, the 3 way to kill your fruit treesm 3 things for successful fruit trees and more!

Rosie's visit to the International Builders Show in Las Vegas, a new event Art Of The Cowgirl, how Habitat For Humanity serves the community and our Phoenix Staycation Winner!

Our 'How To' on maintaining your tank water heater and the pros and cons of the tankless water heater which are becoming popular.  Clarify a misconception about heat pumps, helping a listener with a roof rat problem and does gas or electric water heaters have more hard water deposits.

Chris and Mark of CYC Landscaping discuss the innovations and ideas you can do with your outdoor space (and there are many).  How and what to landscape as part of the home?  Questions to ask about your vision? What is biophilic design? The key to a properly designed space and more!

Jay Harper gives tips on growing roses, growing root vegetables and listener questions on landscape fabric, privacy hedge and various types of tree issues.

Grand Canyon University Hotel and Canyon 49 Grill is not only a great place to stay and eat.  Its student operated, part of the hospitality management program.  General Manager Brett Cortright talks about it and other innovations giving GCU unique attention.

We discuss why its important to test your home for deadly radon gas.  Plus callers ask about drywall cracking, walk in shower wetness on the bathroom floor, trouble with squirrels and a humane way to remove them and is there such a thing as 'superheating'?

There are many innocuous tasks we do around the house that with one wrong turn could lead to a ER visit or hospital stay.  Ladders, cuts and lacerations, slips and falls around the home.  We discuss home safety hazards and how to prevent them.

John Eisenhower of SavATree Integrity Tree Service is joined by guests to discuss the Tree Of The Month the Hop (seed) Bush.  Tips on trimming deciduous trees, frost protection, how regulators can keep branches from growing too long, handling tree roots that have broken thru a brick walkway and other things 'tree'.

The Hall of Flame Museum in Phoenix is home to the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes and has almost an acre of fire history exhibits, over 90 fully restored pieces of fire apparatus on display (dating from 1725 to 1969) from all over the world.  Chuck Montgomery and Mark Moorhead discussed the incredible things you'll see and other firefighting history.

Ways to store your holiday decorations properly.  And listener questions include repairing a crack in a fiberglass shower, grout line cracking between the tile and aluminum door threshold and stucco damage in the eaves likely by pigeons.

Time do ditch the three-ring binder and move into the digital age!  HOME ZADA is our digital home management tool that can store your home's inventory, track a maintenance calendar, manage your home remodel projects, home finances and market your home when you are ready to sell it.