Dec 9, 2022 | Sonoran Desert Living
Thomas Edison created the first Christmas light display in 1880 at his Menlo Park laboratory. Two years later, his friend and colleague Edward Johnson decorated the first Christmas tree with 80 blinking red, white and blue electric lights. He perched it on a revolving...
Nov 8, 2022 | Sonoran Desert Living
Rita Applegate’s backyard is where she goes to relax after a busy day in the Fountain Hills Community Garden, where she’s the Garden Manager. Her desert oasis is the result of imagining what she could do with a ho-hum yard. “When I first moved into this home...
Nov 3, 2022 | Sonoran Desert Living
As the world’s 17th International Dark Sky Community, Fountain Hills is a unique dark sky oasis in the Valley of the Sun. Here are some things you can see in November 2022. PLANETS Mars (after 8:30 PM in the East), Jupiter & Saturn overhead, Venus (right...
Oct 17, 2022 | Sonoran Desert Living
Take a walk through a neighborhood in Fountain Hills, and you’re bound to see a beautiful ficus tree growing in someone’s yard. Their sturdy trunks and dense green foliage are tempting to homeowners who want some extra shade and more green in their...
Oct 11, 2022 | Sonoran Desert Living
Have you ever turned on the water at your kitchen sink and wondered, “Where does this water come from?” WATER RIGHTS FOR FOUNTAIN HILLS Getting water to homes in Fountain Hills was a big hurdle that had to be cleared in the late 1960s when McCulloch Properties, Inc....
Oct 5, 2022 | Sonoran Desert Living
Prickly pear season isn’t over quite yet, so why not make your own prickly pear jelly? It’s exciting to make something you can eat from ingredients you can forage from native desert plants. Prickly pears are one of the most unique, edible plants in the Sonoran...
