Latest Episodes
Verbena neomexicana
I’m telling you, late summer and fall are great times to get out into the hills, especially if you want to find interesting plants....
Purshia mexicana
Cliffrose is the star of this show. It also goes by the common name quinine bush or the scientific name of Purshia mexicana. If...
Roadside Jungles
You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants,...
Mud Daubers in the Barn
This the start of my “mud dauber research” as I have much to learn about these wasps that fly around the Mesquitey collection of...
My Magical Monsoon Belief System
Well, I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to a desert rat and monsoon believer that I left some stuff out and...
Pituophis in the Hen House!
The scientific name for our gopher snake (or gophersnake. I’ve seen it written both ways) is Pituophis catenifer. The genus looks like a combination...