To Les Shipley, Green Valley's beauty begins with its thickets of mesquite and palo verde trees and stretches as far as the sunrise over the Santa Rita Mountains. Such beauty is why he moved three ...

Q : Recently I noticed, on two mesquite trees, a tarry-looking seepage coming out, and in some cases dripping onto the ground. What is it, and what if anything should be done about it? The only thing ...