Finding Harmony Among Difficult Neighbors Print

Fruit and Citrus trees are Farmer Greg's favorite thing to grow.  He explains why.

Urban orcharding can make an edible privacy fence or hedges.

Advantages of keeping your trees small.

Greg explains successive ripening.  Yielding different varieties at different times.

Before planting, know the 3 ways you can kill your fruit trees.  From placement to watering.

Watering tip for winter and summer.  And how a soil probe can control the right amount of water.

Greg's 6-6 Rule:  6 foot diameter, 6 inches of woody mulch.  Why this is important once you plant your trees.

Digging your hole.  The 60/40 mix of what goes in the hole.  60% planting mix with 40% native dirt.  Plus adding Mycorrhiza, Azomite and Worm Castings to the mix.  What they do for the tree.

List of apples, apricots, peaches, plums, berries, figs and female mulberries that grow well in the low desert.  The 'no list' includes cherries, nectarines, nuts and pears.  Greg explains why.

Discussion of 3 Key Factors To Fruit Tree Success.

Plant trees with low chill hours for low desert.  Greg explains chill hours and the importance of it to produce fruit.

Planting on the correct root stocks.

Plant trees where the fruit ripens before July 1st!  

Dr. Chad Wilson talks about the East Valley Institute Of Technology's annual Expo.  (1/29/22 only)

The EVIT Expo features more than 40 career training programs offered to East Valley high school students and Phoenix area young adults.  Encouraging those to consider a career in the trades/building sciences.

January is the month to get organized.  Bridges Connor of 'Get Organized With Bridges' joins the conversation on finding harmony with not so great neighbors.

First impression start with the look of the front yard.

Rosie's decluttering story.  

Bridges story of a client who wants to downsize after 50 years in their home.  Now they want to travel.  Bridges explains how she qualifies for an Estate Sale in a different way. 

Balancing organizing around 'emotional attachement'.

Having a 'landing' for items.  Places where certain items will go and not pile up anywhere else.

Bridges explains shoving items in places because it doesn't have a home. 

Bridges describes her business in assisting clients on more that just organizing.  Family members who need help with downsizing elderly who need to go to assisted living.   Explains  'analysis paralysis'.

The many resources she offers.  Get Organized With Bridges.com

CALLER:  Planning a kitchen remodel, what are the pros and cons of repainting the existing cabinets or replacing with new cabinets.

CALLER:  We got a video from a home builder in Scottsdale.  He recorded a strange popping sound in a new build home.  After checking the entire home, they couldn't find what's causing the sound.  We're stumped too!  (We play the sound)

CALLER:  Has a concern about possible ground shifting.  Drained and looking to fill in the pool plus other issues with drainage, sloping, traffic along the property line and tile cracking in the home.

CALLER:  Has a jet bath tub in the master bedroom.  The switch for the motor works but the housing is broken.  Can't find a repair part anywhere.

Sanderson Ford

CALLER:  A smoke alarm that won't stop beeping (not the alarm itself).  Even after installing fresh batteries, it still beeping.  

Repeating the sound from a new home making a very pecular sound we can't identify.

CALLER:  Has a white dust problem coming from the air ducts.  Once in a while, pinhead sized chunks coming out.  This was after duct work sealed, replaced sections of duct work, cleaned ducts and duct pressure test.  

Weekly To Do on home security.  The front door is the Number One place you home is going to be broken into.  (We feature a product of interest in our E-Store)

Jared from TEKNA Security helps the previous caller about their beeping smoke detector problem.  He gives some recommendations on how to fix it.