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Hunting Plants at Boyce Thompson

Jenn Walker May 4, 2014 Living 0

Thanks to Mark Siegwarth, the executive director of Boyce Thompson Arboretum, I decided to pay a visit to the arboretum this afternoon. Siegwarth gave a lecture Friday evening at Bullion Plaza for this month’s First Friday lecture series. He shared some fun, lesser known facts about the arboretum, as well …

Your Wednesday Briefing on Scorpions

Jenn Walker February 26, 2014 Living 0

After one of our friends posted a picture of a scorpion she found in her house on Facebook yesterday, and another friend discovered a scorpion on his floor several days ago, we decided it was time to read up on these age-old little creatures. Jenn WalkerJenn Walker began writing for …

Why We Plant

Kim Stone October 13, 2013 Living 0

A plant-filled landscape has co-evolved with humans for as long as we have been around to see it. Your stucco, wood, and concrete house is really just a fancy cave, and the picture window in your living room is the transparent cave door that keeps out the bears and inquisitive …

Fred Jimenz shows off his compost worms thrive. Photo by Jenn Walker

Fred Jimenez: The Worm Man

Jenn Walker May 9, 2013 Living 0

After 46 years of waking up at 5 a.m. to work in Arizona’s mines, Fred Jimenez had to decide what to do next. The Gila County native spent the ‘60s working at the Inspiration Copper mine in Miami, spent another 25 years working at the Cyprus mine in Tucson, and …

DarinLand: Growing a Green Thumb

Darin Lowery April 16, 2011 Living 0

'Nature’s Bad Boy', that’s me.

Finding magic in clearing the clutter

Guest Contributor January 1, 2011 Living 0

There is more to clutter than you think. What one chooses to surround themselves with, and how they occupy space, can say many things about a person. In the practice of Feng Shui, these things reflect dreams, relationships and thoughts. Schneider explains how rearranging or removing clutter can result in new beginnings.