Petey is very excited about spring, but avocados are on his mind. Please stay out of the produce section Petey!
It is very exciting to think that avocados come from a plant native to the Americas. A wild native in the Laurel family, Lauraceae. A family that includes other interesting species like cinnamon, and bay laurel. And though we can’t grow an avocado tree (Persea americana), here in southeastern Arizona we can sure enjoy the pulpy fruit and spicy leaves of this very cool plant.
I love the two large walnut trees found along our drive and how they always seem to sport a bird or two perching near...
Here are some photos I took out along the ‘Ol Guajolote of the cones made in the sand by antlions, an antlion in my...
This episode is a very short list of near life experiences…I spared you, but suspect you have a pretty good…
