Petey will never be a learned fellow, but he’s a pretty nice fella.
Tufted evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa) is beautiful wildflower of the uplands. And though seeing it on a summer hike sounds hot and grueling, it does bloom into the fall. If you want one for your own habitat, it is grown commercially, so look for it in a good little nursery. But I do hope you stumble upon it on an early morning hike in the hills.
Aerial gunning of coyotes gets Petey thinking. Oh dear. It is mind boggling that there is still an agency in the USDA called Wild...
Petey Mesquitey sees some interesting plants while hiking and gets very excited. What’s new?
I could have jabbered on forever (you probably noticed) and still not have mentioned all the wonderful things happening now in the uplands as...