Petey is having insect issues in the garden and gets pretty worked up. Let’s listen. Vegetable gardens are very rewarding, but always challenging. At our little homestead near the banks of the ol’ Guajolote we try to keep our sense of humor as we battle the various critters that want to eat our garden before we do. 
The better common name for Terrapene ornata luteola is the ornate box turtle. The name desert box turtle is old like me….not Miocene old…maybe...
There are 3 genera of pocket gophers in North America and close to 20 species. In southern Arizona, Botta’s Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) is...
August and September in southeastern Arizona is the most wonderful time to get up into the sky islands, especially is you like cool native...
