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.
Petey and Ms. Mesquitey hike into the land of the Apache pine.
Well, I was a little worried, but I was pretty close on the number of Penstemon species in Arizona. There are close to forty....
I read from the book I’m in Charge of Celebrations, but I could have read from many others. If you live in Tucson or...
