Rosie On The House

We talk about home maintenance and repairs.  Especially for first time home owners.  And Romey describes in detail building his dream 'maintenance free' home.  A discussion on a 'ram earth' home with a listener who lived in one and talks about his experience.

Farmer Greg says time to plant for the fall.  Put your plans together for an edible landscape.  Lots of tips on how to examine your space for a garden, sun and shade exposure and putting together healthy soil to get your garden growing!

Romey and Garry go thru the list of events comming up around the state, update on our Arizona Staycation giveaway and Dr. Sky busts a myth that the full moon and Mars will appear the same size as the moon in the night sky.  Plus asteroids versus comets!

Tap water is safe, but the hardness can give it an off taste and leave scale in pipes.  George Funkhouser of All About Water discusses the technology and systems to improve your home water quality.  The levels of water treatment like reverse osmosis (RO), filters, softners, even whole home water systems.  George explains how it all works.  Plus questions on getting RO in an apartment, treating well water, evaporative cooler pad issue and more

Tom Reilly of Renovations remodeling joins Rosie to discuss recent news about water resources.  Sources, consumption, shortages, conservation.  What stories are true and not true.  Update on construction.  Plus callers have questions about windows, roof coatings and more. And Bruce Yacko of the Jaws Cleaning System talks about his streak free, eco-friendly cleaning products for your home.  Jaws:  Just Add Water!

Jay Harper of The Farms Choice talks about the time to start planning your fall garden, tree planting and winter lawns.  Plus many other tips on getting your ground ready, what to plant and types of shade trees.  

Former Managing Editor Win Holden and Editor Kelly Kramer of ARIZONA HIGHWAYS Magazine discuss its beginnings nearly a century ago.  Its become one of the most popular state magazines in the country known for its incredible photography, stories and its influence on Arizona tourism around the world.  

A discussion about water treatment from Jack Eversol of Kinetico Tucson.  Throughout Arizona and other places, water can be too hard, smells a bit off or doesn't taste as good as it should.  Hard water can make cleaning more difficult and cause scale in your water pipes.  Jack talks about ways to improve the water quality in your home with various filtration, softners without salt and purification systems.      

Mike with Above And Beyond Pools talks remodeling your home pool.  When do you know its time to resurface the pool.  Pros and cons between salt and chlorine systems.  How extensive can you go with a remodel including the most popular pool feature.  Discussion of the 3 filtration systems and in floor cleaning.  Plus the way Above And Beyond Pools gives back to Veterans.

Kyle and Bobby of Sun Valley Solar talk about the upcomming APS Solar Buy Back Rate change and what customers need to do to lock in their current rate for the next 10 years.  The many tax credits available installing a solar system.  A current look at the grid and its future.  And a look at battery storage of solar energy.

John with Integrity Tree Service discusses the tree damage around the city after days of monsoon storms.  The Tree Of The Month The Desert Fern.  Assessing if a tree can be saved.  And various tree support systems.

We talk about the serious monsoon weather and events around the state.  Plus we ask our listeners for topic suggestions for the Arizona Hour.

A pool cover to beat all!  A power lock cover that extends your pool season, keeps kids from falling into the pool, saves money on maintenance, can reduce your electric and water costs, keeps your pool clean for months or hibernate for good.  Tom Bohner of Solar Safe Pool Covers explains how it works.  And how he started his business with a phone number and famous celebrity!

A deep discussion on air conditioning.  How it works from compressors to coils, static pressure, refridgerant, duct leakage.  Plus the reasons why most installs are done wrong.  And thats just for starters!  With Intelligent Design Air Conditioning & Heating in Tucson.

Representatives from Hayward Pools discuss pool water maintenance, interior finishes and equipment .  Plus how automation has taken pools to do anything you want.  Listeners call in their questions on cleaning maintenance issues, salt water systems versus chlorine, wasps and other bugs in the pool.

Rosie goes over what's happening at Rosie On The House.  And listeners have questions on up front payments from contractors, window type suggestions, awning storm damage, repairing and recoating patio concrete, and hot water heater leak.

Charlotte from Mortimer Farms in Dewey, AZ talking corn with Julie with The Arizona Farm Bureau.  They explain how corn is grown on the farm, when its ready to harvest and the function of the stalk and silk husks.  Plus the other things grown on the 'u pick em' farm.

Arizona State Astrophysics Professor Rogier Windhorst discusses the origins of gravity and black holes.  Laser Interferometer Gravitatiional-Wave Observatory in Washington and Louisiana that detect ripples in time and space.  What this facinating and sometimes hard to grasp research tell us.  You might need Einstein's brain to understand it but we promise it will blow your mind! E=mc2