Crotalaria pumila or Rattle Box is a sweet little legume found out in the grassland and up slope as well. The family Leguminosae may be Fabaceae now or maybe it is the other way around, but one thing is for sure: at night Kangaroo Rats use the pods of rattle box to shake out rhythms as they swirl beautiful patterns in dust with their long tails . It’s true.
I’ve written a few Growing Native episodes about sycamore trees over the years. There is just something about these large riparian trees. Oh, and...
Mister Mesquitey tip toes out of work and gets in some botanizing on a micro-vacation in the Dragoon Mountains. Mexican Passionflower is almost always...
Looking at storms out across the land from our little homestead near the Ol’ Guajolote.
