Grinding Holes and Wild Dock

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Mar 18 2024 | 00:04:10

00:00 / 00:04:10

Show Notes

We love finding grinding holes in rocks when out traipsing in the wild. One of our favorite destinations when we lived in Tucson was the Coyote Mountains west of town. There was spot in one of the canyons where we found grinding holes and it became a family and friends gathering place. “Let’s meet at grinding hole rock.” You can find grinding holes in rocks all over southern Arizona and they are such a wonderful reminder of the people that lived here centuries before you and me. I love to stand by them taking in the view and imagining the…

Other Episodes

Episode 0

January 31, 2025 • 00:04:19

California Buckthorn

I grew and sold California buckthorn for several years. Early on I sold it wholesale to other nurseries, but I also sold it at...

Episode

January 30, 2019 • 00:05:16

Collared Peccary

I have a bunch of javelina stories, most happier than this one, but listen, I suspect you have stories too. I’ve noticed that if...

Episode

February 21, 2018 • 4:44

Lanius ludovicianus

In birder lingo loggerhead shrikes are uncommon in southeastern Arizona. Some winters and springs it seems there is a shrike on every other fence...