Towel bars usually come loose because the hole in the drywall becomes elongated and enlarged, and the screw and anchor pop out of the wall. Fortunately, there is a quick and inexpensive answer.
Home and Garden
Big trees use quite a bit of water. The cost of watering these trees must be balanced with the need for cooling.
With the holidays rapidly approaching, local designers expressed their thoughts about seasonal tablescapes.
The Extension Botanic Gardens feature more than 1,500 species of plants, including many found nowhere else in the Las Vegas Valley.
In our Mojave Desert environment, most artificial grasses get over 165 degrees any time when in full sunlight and air temperatures are over 100 degrees.
The average clogged sink can be cleared very quickly, but be forewarned: It’s a messy job.
Tree roots are lazy. They grow best where water is easiest to get. And tree roots absolutely love fertilizer.
The toilet is running because either water is running in the toilet or water is running out. You need to replace the fill valve and/or the flapper.
In the hot desert, loss of shade from an irrigation problem leads to attacks by borers.
Q: I planted a sweet lavender plant last year and it grew great until this August and then suddenly died. It was getting about 2 gallons per watering via two emitters. I would like to replace it with another lavender. It gets morning sun and afternoon shade. What variety of lavender would you recommend we try?
Branch dieback in citrus, particularly lemon, is very confusing. Most likely it is a disease issue called “shoot and twig dieback” of citrus.
Q: My home is about 20 years old. My problem is with the lights in the kitchen. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. When I turn on the switch, the light flickers or just partially lights. I have replaced the fluorescent tubes, but they still don’t work properly. What should I do?
This is the Mojave Desert. Las Vegas and the high or middle deserts can have cold winters, unexpected early spring frosts and winds. Depending on the type of citrus, fruit trees can survive cold temperatures ranging from the mid to low 20s all the way to no freeze at all.
Selecting a fruit tree that gives you improved tolerance to freezing winter temperatures may be a better idea in the long run
To keep the sliding glass door from sticking, you need to replace the rollers on the bottom of the door. This is not hard, just a little cumbersome. The door is large and somewhat fragile.
