Pitchforks — hers and his — have been turning earth at the Bradleys’ urban home. It’s a corner backyard plot where Lucy and her 16-month-old son, Pat, will grow carrots, beans, lettuce and annuals, a small square in a larger edible patchwork.

Caffe Boa chef Payton Curry will host a four-course luncheon at noon Sunday to benefit the new Tempe Urban Garden, which hopes to provide locally grown produce to Valley chefs and members of the community.

Mesa chef Taylor Blackburn examined soil and watched a watering system put in place on his new garden bed early Monday evening.

Join survival instructor Tony Nester as he covers both 24-72 hour situations and long-term survival resulting from a grid-down situation.

If "been there, done that" is your standard response to suggestions for weekend getaways, chances are no one has offered up an overnight stay at Arcosanti.

The chicken may have crossed the road to get away from situations just such as this: A flood of people streaming through the coop all day long to "ooh" and "aah" and ask if brown eggs taste better than white ones.

The dream is to see Papago Park elevated to the same iconic status as New York’s Central Park, Chicago’s Lincoln Park or San Diego’s Balboa Park as an urban oasis and cultural focal point.

The dream is to see Papago Park elevated to the same iconic status as New York’s Central Park, Chicago’s Lincoln Park or San Diego’s Balboa Park as an urban oasis and cultural focal point.

CACTUS CLASS Learn how to propagate cactus and how to select ones ideal for a blend of color, shapes and flowers from Matt Johnson, the Tucson-based author of “Cacti, Other Succulents and Unusual Xerophytes of Southern Arizona,” during a class 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, U.S. 60, near Superior. $27.50. Registration required. (520) 689-2723.

Ryan Biggs' Feb 12 article concerning the heat island effect was interesting and timely. A recent study on the efectiveness

October 28, 2004

The first tangible improvement to result from the iMesa initiative sprouted Thursday as the city broke ground on a downtown community garden.