One thing we love to do at the end of the year at Rosie on the House is to look back to our website analytics to see what has interested homeowners the most.
What we found this year is that in spite of the crazy year 2020 has been, people are just as interested in home improvement as ever before.
As many have changed their workflow and/or school-flow to spend all or most of their time at home, the things that need fixing, improving and updating, are grabbing their attention more than ever.
The most viewed blogs included information on difficult and unique plants in Arizona, ways to update your home and how to cool off your garage in the summer. Other most searched topics included, roof repair, critter control, when to replace an air conditioning unit, and how to care for stucco.
The Rosie on the House website acquires tens of thousands of page views every week as readers search for the best advice and assistance we have to offer, including recommendations to homeowners on what Rosie-certified partners to hire for repair or remodel of their homes, answers to frequently asked questions about houses in Arizona and their special problems, videos on home repair and maintenance, podcasts of past broadcasts, and more.
Those are just some of the possibilities. Every week on our website youβll find a new article or blog that will be discussed on the air the following Saturday; you could also have these new articles delivered right to your inbox if you sign up for our Thursday weekly newsletter. As always, we focus on topics that are particularly important to Arizona homeowners. As our partners, employees, and regular listeners know, thatβs because weβve always specialized in being βevery Arizona homeownerβs best friend.β This week we revisit the five most popular blogs from 2020.
1. Plants out of control
Not long ago, we told you about plants that are tough to grow in Arizona. But there are also plants that seem to love Arizona, grow easily and maybe grow too well. Then, when you decide to get rid of them, itβs hard to make them go away. Be wary of Arizona plants that can take over your yard. Learn more at tucne.ws/rothplants
2. The toughest stuff to grow in Arizona
Over the years weβve found that there are several unique plants that many Arizona residents really yearn to have in their yards despite the fact that the odds of success are stacked against them. Again and again these gardeners call our βRosie on the Houseβ radio program asking if they can grow them or asking why they died.
Jay Harper, a master gardener and regular expert on the gardening hour of our broadcast, gave us his list of the six most popular finicky plants and explained why they generally fail to thrive in the Arizona desert. Check it out at tucne.ws/rothgrow
3. All about saguaros
Nothing says youβre in Arizona better than those silhouettes of saguaros set against a red sky at sunset. After all, the National Park Service says, saguaros mostly grow in the Sonoran Desert. That means that almost all the wild ones grow in Arizona and some smaller areas of Mexico and California.
Often on βRosie on the House,β we get questions from homeowners who have saguaros in their yards or want to plant a saguaro. Find what you need to know at tucne.ws/saguaros.
4. Five must-do fixes for your aging home
When you moved into your house 10 years ago, you promised yourself youβd update the place. But like most homeowners, the longer you live there, the less you notice the 40-year-old light fixtures, the wallpaper from the 1970s, and the sunken living room.
Even if you feel comfortable in your current home, when it comes time to sell, you could have some big problems. Here are five fixes you may have to make. But do them now so you can enjoy the improvements before you sell your home. Learn more at tucne.ws/rothupdate.
5. How to cool off the garage in the summer
It may be one of the most irritating things about our long, hot summers: You have a super-hot garage you hardly use in June, July and August, except as a parking space for your car. Homeowners ask us all the time how they can cool off that garage so that it can be used as a workshop, a place to tinker on cars, as a man cave or woman cave, as a place to keep pets, or an area where you can work out in peace. Learn how at tucne.ws/rothgarage.
