Latest Episodes
Bellota of the Borderlands
It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name...
Desert Rosemallow
Desert Rosemallow is the official common name I think, though I see it called Coulter’s Hibiscus as well. The latter name makes a lot...
The Green Dodo
The green dodo (Dodoneaea viscosa var. angustifolia) was a very common landscape plant around Tucson back when I first started working in a wholesale...
A Mesquitey Gardening History
Well, now you know about my personal gardening history. It’s not done. I mean there is history in the making in the garden just...
A Chicken Love Song
I think I revealed most of my chicken history in this show. It is an ongoing saga, though I am much more in control...
Tageticula yuccasella (Tageticula elatella)
Initially it was frustrating to read about Tageticula yuccasella as the moth that pollinated all of our native yucca species, when I knew from...