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You’ve probably heard of fungi, whether it’s mold in your bathroom or mushrooms on your favorite hiking trail, but recently, I’ve been hearing that...
Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KMXT
- Added: May 01, 2023
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 3
It’s time for Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees and a reminder to appreciate and respect nature. Tune in to "Sounds Jewish" for Tu B’Sheva...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The photos are mine of the Mirabilis longiflora flowers and Manduca sexta, the Carolina sphinx moth and tobacco hornworm. Note the seven streamline...
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 04:21
Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are wonderful and lots of folks agree. The little town of Bisbee in the Mule Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona ...
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 04:29
San Miguelito (Antigonon leptopus) is quite the Mexican native plant. I read that it’s found in habitat not only in Sonora and Chihuahua and southw...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 05:08
I hope we all get all of our monsoon fixes this season. One of those for me and maybe you too will be toads calling from puddles.
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 04:01
I pursued the Mexican stoneroller ( Campostoma ornatum) for a few minutes trying to get a photo or two before deciding to quit harassing the fish i...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 04:19
I started my nursery/horticulture career in the spring of 1980 at Desert Trees Nursery northwest of Tucson. It was and still is a wholesale nursery...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:16
The riparian woodland Ms. Mesquitey and I were hiking in is at around 6,000 ft. in elevation. I think that may be the upper limits of the elf owls'...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:33
We are living in stressful times and getting out of the house, if only to your back yard, is always a good idea. Native flora and fauna can cure th...
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 04:59
Encelia farinosa (brittle bush, incienso) loves rocky hillsides and gravelly desert. And though this native shrub has a large range showing up in t...
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 04:35
I forgot to say that the genus Crotalus comes from the Greek krotalon or krotos for rattle or rattling. (A couple favorite native plants are called...
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 04:18
Cactus wrens were one of the first Sonoran Desert birds I learned when I arrived in Tucson to go to the University of Arizona. They are such rascal...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:44
I was reading a Christmas card from some very dear friends and in the hand written portion of the card it mentioned this season as being the “holie...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:53
The loose rock fandango can get pretty elaborate with elements of modern dance, hokey pokey, ballet and of course some jazz hands thrown into the m...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:00
The photos are mine of a chiltepin at our our home. It’s one of several we have in pots. They are great in the ground too, but I love the way they ...
- Added: Nov 01, 2021
- Length: 04:52
Wandering through a woodland.
- Added: Nov 01, 2021
- Length: 05:16
In this 'Fresh Look' Mike McGrath warns you not to PRUNE so quickly this fall! And takes you into the fall with Tips for 'Taming' Rampant Rousers!!...
- Added: Oct 14, 2021
- Length: 54:58
On this episode of YBYG, Mike takes you 'Down Under' to the wild world of Composting in the Question of the Week! Plus your wild phone calls!!
- Added: Oct 07, 2021
- Length: 54:58
Hemp seeds were first introduced to North America by European colonists and were grown to produce everything from rope and canvas, to paper, paints...
- Added: Oct 05, 2021
- Length: 21:33
On this episode of YBYG, Mike gives you needed info of deterring slugs and squirrels using the 'Hair of the Dog'! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
- Added: Oct 03, 2021
- Length: 54:58
This episode is a reminiscence sparked by some old photos. I’m pretty sure my father took the photos, because I can’t remember him ever being witho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:42
On this episode of YBYG Mike shreds your leaves to compost in a timely Question of the Week! Plus your shredding phone calls!!
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 54:58
On this episode of YBYG Mike helps gardens whose tomatoes took a late season slump! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
- Added: Sep 16, 2021
- Length: 54:58
On this 'FRESH LOOK' at an episode of YBYG, Mike gets you ready to save your seeds for next years garden. Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
- Added: Aug 26, 2021
- Length: 54:58
