Rosie on the House

11/3/18 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! Arizona Farm Bureau Talkin' PORK!

Arizona Farm Bureau's Julie Murphree and Executive Director of The Arizona Pork Council Tom Miller discuss facts about raising pigs and how a simple slogan gave the pork industry huge awareness.

11/3/18 - ARIZONA HOUR! Tonto National Monument Cliff Dwellings

The Tonto National Monument is a hidden jewel!  NPS Ranger Christa Sadler talks about the stories behind the ancient cliff dwellings inhabited over 700 years ago.  How they're constructed, still standing today and how you can hike to the lower and upper dwellings.
Plus Jan D'atri shares her delicious pork chop casserole.

10/27/18 - PAINTING APPS AND TOOLS

Rosie Right design.build.remodel paint expert Don Brees discusses proper painting tools. His take on painter's tape, brushes, rollers, corner sponge applicators, and some of the latest tools to get the job done right and clean up easier. Our staff also tested 3 paint apps designed to help pick colors for your paint project and give us their opinions.

10/27/18 - OPEN PHONES! #GlassPanes

Rosie tackles some of the listeners homeowner projects and fixes. ABC Glass Company stops by to talk about what their name implies, GLASS! We cover all things glass from fixing broken glass widows and shower doors to custom made glass shelving, tables and more!

10/27/18 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! Urban Farm With Farmer Greg

Apples, peaches, pears and more! Farmer Greg talks about his Urban Orchard. What types of fruit he grows in this Arizona climate and ways to prep and plant your trees for a large or small orchard. Plus the types he's tried that hasn't worked.

10/27/18 - ARIZONA HOUR! Future Of Arizona Water Resources

Water management in Arizona is important in order to grow crops and live in the desert. Planning dating back to the early 1900's has served the state well. Agriculture and city living has thrived with less usage of water. Now, how do we plan to keep agriculture going while competing with urban grow in the future? Sarah Porter of ASU discusses water policy with Arizona Farm Bureau President Stephanie Smallhouse.

10/20/18 - HOW TO CHOOSE PAINT COLOR/Sherwin Williams Color Snap

Choosing paint colors and color schemes aren't done by accident.  Color Paint Supervisor for Sherwin Williams Karen D'Andrea discusses how they work with clients to choose the colors for their paint project.  

10/20/18 - OPEN LINES!

Updates on our free 2019 home maintenance calendar, a caller wants to know how to grow grass under a ficus tree, and Jim Thomas of About Blind Cleaning talks about their unique widow covering cleaning process for blinds, curtain and using Green Earth Cleaning Products.

10/20/18 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR/Garden Notes With Jay Harper

A good time to fertilize your trees and plant your fall gardens and flowers.  Jay has some tips to help.  Plus caller questions on tree seed droppings sprouting around the roots, bug issues in agave plants, weed growth and shade tree ideas.

10/20/18 - ARIZONA HOUR! Fissures With Arizona Geological Survey

With record rainfall for October in the state, Mike Conway of the Arizona Geological Survey explains fissures.  What are they, how do they form, the recorded fissures in the state and the difference between a fissure and sinkhole.  Follow along on the Arizona Geological Survey website.

10/13/18 - HOW TO PAINT AN ARIZONA HOME! Arizona Painting Company

Joe and Joe of The Arizona Painting Company discuss the details on painting inside and outside your home.  Prep work, patching, washing, waterproofing, types of paint for the job and application techniques from brushing to backrolling.  You can follow along on our BLOG.

10/13/18 - OPEN LINES!

Rosie tackles listener home improvement calls including insulating a garage without costing a lot and underlay suggestions for replacing a tile roof.  Plus a discussion checking security systems like smoke detectors, carbon dioxide detectors, radon gas and security break in alarms.  Plus we welcome a new partner to the Rosie Certified Network.

10/13/18 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! Talking Trees With John Eisenhower

John of Integrity Tree Service and guest Barbara Eiswerth of Iskashitaa Tucson discuss how the Iskashitaa Refugee Network prevents food waste while refugees integrate into the community.  Plus John details the Tree Of The Month: Pomegranate.  Plus other tree tips including compost building.

10/13/18 - ARIZONA HOUR! Montezuma Castle & Well National Park

Laura Burkhardt of Arizona's Montezuma Castle National Park talks about the best preserved cliff dwellings in North America.  The castle's 20 room high rise nestled in a towering limestone cliff.  The story of ingenuity, survival and prospering in desert landscape over 800 years ago.  Plus the well, a limestone sinkhole filled with water from an underground spring.

10/6/18 - CHOOSING THE RIGHT PAINT AND PAINTING

Rosie and Romey discuss choosing the right paint for the exterior and interior of your home.  Also prep work and proper techniques about painting.  Rosie's thoughts on certain paints.  And a caller asks about elastomeric paint.
Follow along on our BLOG