Petey seems to think that traipsing around in the wild borderlands of southeastern Arizona is good for children and adults too. He could be right.
There are so many articles, essays and books written about letting children romp in the wild. It seems such a “no brainer”, but many children never get out of their urban or even rural neighborhoods and experience anything wild. Sad, but true. And it stands to logic that the only way people will ever learn care about wild places is if they can get out and experience those places. Yea!
This show about our garden is a “repetey” from a couple years ago. Some things never change, except, we have started using neem oil...
Petey gathers acorns and ponders life found around an Emory oak.
When I initially wrote this story I was using Lyman Benson’s The Cactus of Arizona as my reference and the queen of the night...
