I hope we all get all of our monsoon fixes this season. One of those for me and maybe you too, will be toads calling from puddles.
The photo is mine and taken from our home of storms in the distance as the sun is setting.
When I used to give talks I would always show photos and talk about our regional yucca species; Yucca elata, Y. baccata and Yucca...
I grew up in Kentucky and the state flower of the state is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea....
The villain in this show is the grass Enneapogon cenchroides or soft feather pappus grass. There are many invasive exotic grasses that have changed...