Home and Garden

If you enjoy the beauty of a wildflower garden, why not create one in your yard or simply add wildflowers to your perennial beds. They’re a great solution for areas of the yard that are difficult to mow or water.

Safe air fresheners are ‘bear’ly noticeable

I recently stepped back in time a few hundred years.

Hollywood, Bollywood and Dollywood. How confusing. However, Las Vegas is fast becoming Hollywood East, or L.A. East or however you wish to express it. Let’s face it, we’re becoming some version of Hollywood — even down to the traffic, house prices and style.

Three months ago, the Department of Energy came out with new R-value recommendations for Southern Nevada. Do you know what that means? Should you be concerned? Well, your interest could save you more than a few dollars on your monthly energy bill.

There has been quite a bit of interest in the wood mulch used since 2005 at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Orchard in North Las Vegas. It is a clean mulch made of chipped wood from local trees that have been removed. Chipped wood is normally taken to the local landfill and buried for disposal unless we can find a use for it. One use for it is as a landscape mulch.

Board workshop to aid license applicants

Just about everyone would like smaller utility bills. Most people are ready to fully embrace solar energy. In fact, it is common to hear people ask why every home in Nevada does not have solar panels on the roof. It sure seems like a no-brainer, doesn’t it?

Those of us who call the Midwest home joke that there are two reasons we love the nation’s heartland: fall and spring. This time of year, the weather is so sublime that it’s easy to forget about our freezing winters and blazing summers.

: We have a new puppy and we need to add a pet door for him. I really don’t want to cut a hole in the wall for the door. Anyway, I saw a pet door insert that fits into the sliding glass door so that no cutting is necessary. Is this type of door a good idea?