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• Rosie & Jennifer reminisce about their wedding and honeymoon as they celebrate their 39th Wedding Anniversary!

Caller:

• Anthony - He wanted to call in and congratulate the lucky couple!

• Rosie talks about his busy week up in the Flagstaff area. Lots of activities, plus a few other sights across the state.

• Romey checks in from a rodeo in Marana and we talk scenic drives and where to spot wild flowers. 

• Rosie gets on his soapbox about television programming & congress. 
• Jennifer shares a few ideas in the valley to take advantage of the great weather in the valley.

We welcome Bill Andres with the Arizona Game & Fish Department:

• All the activities you can witness and enjoy at the weekend events.
• The perfect event to introduce your family or friends to outdoor activities.
• "Non-Gun Related" outdoor activites.
• See all kinds of wildlife too!
• Talking food while your camping.

• Attend the Tres Rios Nature Festival Nature Festival. It's been rescheduled.

• Romey gives an updated on the events around the rodeo in Marana. 

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Romey is joined by Greg Peterson with The Urban Farm!

What goes into "healthy soil": 

• Components included. Dirt, Air, water, organic matter and everything that's alive in the ground
• The keys to a good start.
• Using the root system and weeds to enhance soils.
• Greg shares a story of getting a friends garden started for them.

Greg talks through garden placement:

• Spend a year in your house to determine the best place.
• Dealing with directional sun, especially the west facing area of your home.
• Planting in spaces during different times of they year.
• Adding shade can help add available space protected from the sun.

Caller:

• Joel - What is the best kind of wood to use for a raised planter?

• We discuss "The Planting Calender" and which plants to get started.
• The 4 different seasonal starts and staggering your planting (successive planting)
• Listen as we discuss the different plants and veggies you can plant during different times of the year.
• Regular potatoes don't do so great here, but sweet potatoes do.
• Seed depth.
• Tips on planting tomatoes and using black plastic to kill weeds.

• What is in a seed.....GMO's, hybrid seeds, etc.
• Heirloom seeds and why Greg loves them.
• Ways you can reach Greg and learn from his experience.
• 2 things to boost your garden.

Learn more from Greg and The Urban Farm next month. 

• Previewing the rest of the show an what to expect.
• We give tickets to the SAHBA Homeshow in a few weeks. 

Caller:

• Dwayne - His concrete slab has dots, knicks and discoloration. Is there anything he can do to correct this?

• Jim - He has a home with 9 different hot water handles and 3 of them don't get hot enough and they are in the master bathroom. He describes the setup and we investigate.

• We continue with Jim

Caller:

• Mike - He has stamped concrete that looks like flagstone. It's fine around the pool, but the overall deck looks really bad. What can he do to salvage it?

*He can take pictures to Cohills Building Specialists for advice. 

• In Tucson Border Marvel, they are having a special sale.

• Rosie talks about getting the show started nearly 30 years ago!

Email From a Listener:

• A contractor is asking them to add attic insulation from an R30 to an R38. What do we think?

• When it's unneccesary to add insulation in your attic. Rosie gives a general message about insulation and how to install it.

• Common scams that will not help you save money on your cooling bills in the summer.

Caller:

• Bill - He's working on a load bearing wall and the rafters are short and he needs advice on matching everything up when it's not totally square.

Callers:

• Brent - His house is continually settling and had work done to combat this twice. Doors are not aligned and the floor keeps cracking over and over again. What could be causing this continual shifting?

*We recommend having Arizona Foundation Solutions to take a look.

• Mitch - He had REEis Air Home Performance & Air Conditioning install his AC and recently had TWD - Design. Build. Remodel. do some work too along with others. (He loved it!) He's concerned some of his insulation shifted. Should he have REEis come back to verify that it's all installed correctly.

Get rid of that boring concrete slab! Learn how with the great products Belgard Pavers you can purchase at Oldcastle Superlite.

• The special offers offered for today. Sorry if you're late!
• Wood vs. Concrete.
• Raised planters are a perfect solution for aging gardeners and areas with poor soil quality.
• The importance of "Outdoor Living" when you live in such a beautiful place like Arizona.
• Different elements that will change the way you live and how to design them.
• Technology will help you visualize changes to your yard before they pick up a shovel.
• Pavers can be a good do-it-yourself project, but beware it needs to be done correctly to last and you have to know what you're doing.
• Paver driveways are dominating the market. We think it makes sense!

• More on the event happening at Oldcastle Superlite and what you can expect.
• We discuss a caller from last hour and how overlay pavers could be a great idea for his situation. This could cover the damaged concrete around Mike's pool.
• Discussing the proper installation method for different products.

• Nathan's story and he's also part of the Interlocking Concrete Paver Institute or ICPI.
• We walk through a basic system and what it takes. It's not simply throwing them down on the ground and you're done.
• Dressing up that boring concrete slab with an overlay system!
• Installation methods and tips for the do-it-yourselfer.

• We give Phoenix Coyote tickets away and passes to the SAHBA Homeshow!

Caller:

• Tina - Her home has saltillo tile over her concrete patio and is cracked. "She's done with it" so what do we recommend she do to replace it.

Stop in to Oldcastle Superlite locations across Arizona for great products from Belgard Pavers.