Petey thinks pocket gophers are very cute. A huh.
Pocket gophers are amazing rodents, spending almost all of their life underground in the tunnels they build. How deep are the tunnels and how far do they go? I’ve observed water in an irrigated field disappear down a gopher hole and never fill up. Whoa! Talk about getting water and air into the earth. These rascal are environmental engineers. And even though they can be pesky around your homestead, they are very cute.
Cliffrose is the star of this show. It also goes by the common name of quinine bush or its scientific name is Purshia mexicana....
I can’t help myself and guess I should come to grips with the fact that I am a total plant geek and no matter...
Petey loves the native milkweeds and like it or not you’re gonna hear about it. No matter where you like in Baja Arizona you...
