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Air Quality Print
Eight O'Clock with John Jay Harper
Broadcasting on KTAR, KAFF, KNST & KGVY: Click the segment links below to listen to the archive.
Segment 1 (running time 11:57)
Weekly Gardening Tip with Jay Harper from Harper's Nurseries-
How can we improve our outdoor air quality? Plant Something! Want to improve your quality of life? Get your hands dirty and plant something. That's right, putting trees, flowers or shrubs in the ground doesn't just provide you with beauty and shade, it can also improve your property value, lower your energy costs, clean the air and water-even lower your heart rate.
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In the Studio: Cheryl Goar from Arizona Nursery Association, Plant Something
Jay's recommendation for Planting Something:
- Palms
- Banana Trees
- Access your landscape and talk to your nurser for the best suggestions
Caller
- Nancy, what to do about gnats in the yard. She's preparing for an event
Recommendation: You need to dry out the yard, Blue Sky Pest Control
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Dave, has a tree that is top heavy, breaking the stakes
Recommendation: Get the stake off of the tree
Segment 2 (running time 6:48)
- Roy, has a dead yellow bell that is frost damaged
Recommendation: The scratch test, Listen to our podcast for Jay's Scratch Test
Segment 3 (running time 11:27)
- Keep it mowed
- With the heat, water well
- Fertilize
If you're fighting weeds:
- Round up if your grass is dormant
- If not, specific herbicides, pre-emergent (spurge)
Letter from Listener
- Sharon, converting to Xerascapes in her HOA. Is now the time
- Mandy, her Totem Poles (amonsgt Succulents) are splitting in the middle.
Recommendation: Cut back on the water, move them, be wary of rotting
- Jack, has bougainvillea and oleanders, some are doing well, others are not
Recommendationn: Root Stimulator, Scratch Test
Rosie likes Creosote
Segment 4 (running time 6:49)
- has a Ficus Tree that got frozen then adapted canker. Take it out
Recommendation: Yes, it needs to go. To protect make sure you use Go Natural...Pistache, Oaks, Palo Verde and Mesquites will do better
- Randy, wants to put ground cover on his Roses to prevent weeds.
Cheryl Goar from Arizona Nursery Association-Plant Something!
Nine O'Clock with Rosie and Romey
Broadcasting on KTAR, KAFF, KNST & KGVY: Click the segment links below to listen to the archive.
Segment 1 (running time 11:56)
Caller
- Robert, needs to re-stucco around new purchased windows.
Segment 2 (running time 6:47)
- Michelle, her pool pump is leaking right now. What to do until Monday
- Marsha, has a strange noise in her house coming from the pipes, every four days
Continued in next segment...
Segment 3 (running time 11:27)
Continued from last segment...
- Marsha, is getting an air hammer sound through her home
Commentary: Air Quality
Caller
- Lance, does he put a filter on the outside of his evaporative cooler
Segment 4 (running time 6:48)
Buy the right filter
- 1" Paper Filter
- Don't use if you hear a sucking or whistling sound, you have a problem
- Call a Rosie Certified A/C Professional in Phoenix, Tucson/Green Valley, Casa Grande and Northern Arizona
Caller
- Roger, what do we think about staining a concrete floor; it also has a moving crack What do we recommend. How does he cover the carpet strip remnants
Stay Tuned for Rosie on the Box: Duct Cleaning
Ten O'Clock with Rosie and Romey
Broadcasting on KTAR, KAFF, KNST & KGVY: Click the segment links below to listen to the archive.
Segment 1 (running time 11:51)
- Paper Pleated Filters
- Certified Air Quality Specialists
- It costs about $700, will last for 7 years
- Have questions:? Email us at info@rosieonthehouse.com
Segment 2 (running time 6:56)
- Lisa, has a reoccurring leak in drip irrigation system
- John, had a whole house energy audit. He needs 5 new vents and Sun Screens for $750. Is that good?
Segment 3 (running time 12:26)
Come see us out in the community:
- Flagstaff Home and Garden Show, March 23rd.
- Scottsdale Super Expo, April 6-7
- Sahba Spring Home Show, April 5-7
New Casa Grande Network Partners:
- Brutinel Plumbing and Electric
- Cooper Painting
- Desert Sun Heating, Cooling and Refrigeration
- Presidential Pools
Caller
- John, got a home energy audit. Now, he has a readout with expensive projects
- Kelly, had a nightmare with a HVAC contractor
Segment 4 (running time 5:49)
- Ron, vinyl replacement windows on the house or aluminum or wood clad